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U.S. Sanctions Against Nord Stream 2 Pipeline: Strategic Hit Or Miss?
currently under construction and could bring up to 55 billion cubic meters of ... .S. elections): European energy security concerns and protecting Ukraine ... law. After it passes the full Senate, the House and Senate versions need
At CEEPR Workshop, Taxing Carbon is the Name of the Game
MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research hosted its 2019 Spring Energy and Environmental Policy Workshop. This workshop brought together industry leaders, academics, and policy makers for an off
An International Investment Treaty Could Jump-Start Sustainable Development
2015 Paris Climate Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals, will require trillions of dollars in new investments between now and mid-century. Many nations—and cities—have committed to ambitious energy and climate
Beating the Authoritarian Playbook on Climate Change
. Scientists and analysts are more openly debating whether it is too late to meet ... the best readers of physical and social science and the best translators of it for decision makers and their constituents—reluctantly concede
Solar Industry Growth Set to Slow
approved “safeguard tariffs” on imported solar equipment (e.g. cells and ... 3, and ending in year four at 15%. According to the International ... , subsidies, and tariffs. As a result, China’s share of global solar cell
Part 1: Cost-of-Service Retired More Coal
-plus-profit returns to generators that store 90 days of fuel on-site (e.g. coal and nuclear plants) and operate in competitive power markets that have capacity markets. The merits of DOE’s claims about resiliency and its proposed
Hurricane Harvey: Energy Markets Respond to the Flooding of a Major Energy Hub
with over 40 inches of rain, and it is expected that by Tuesday evening ... . Large portions of central Houston, and coastal towns in the region are under feet of water, affecting millions of people, and causing billions of
Top Lines from PJM’s Capacity Auction
states and D.C., runs its annual capacity auction in order to ensure it has ... generation investment and going forward costs for existing resources ... June 1, 2019 through May 31, 2020. Below are some of take-aways and key
Mongolian Energy Futures: Repowering Ulaanbaatar
health effects for residents, particularly for children, the elderly, and ... Center for Public Health and UNICEF Mongolia, the air pollution is linked to extremely high rates of childhood asthma, pneumonia and other
The Impact of Renewable Energy Procurement Auctions in Brazil
’s electricity grid and compares the different methods of awarding renewable energy ... calculate the efficiency of both the FIT and the renewable energy auctions, in order to better understand the costs and benefits of emission abatement in