A Business Plan for America’s Energy Future
Note: Synopsis based on OurEnergyPolicy.org review of report's executive summary. Synopsis intended solely for purposes of generating discussion.
A Business Plan for America's Energy Future
By the American Energy Innovation Council
In the...
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Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E): Innovations Through the U.S. Department of Energy
Full Title: Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E): Innovations Through the U.S. Department of Energy
Author(s): Sam Wurzelmann
Publisher(s): Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
Publication Date: 4/2012
Language: English
Length: 16 pages, PDF
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Tagged ARPA-E, Clean Energy Technology, Federal Funding, Innovation, low-carbon, R&D, US DOE |
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Advancing Technology for America’s Transportation Future
Full Title: Advancing Technology for America’s Transportation Future
Author(s): Clarence P. Cazalot, Jr., Linda A. Capuano, Daniel P. Poneman, David B. Sandalow, James W. Owens, Deanne M. Short, John S. Watson, S. Shariq...
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Tagged Electric Vehicles, Innovation, Liquid Fuels, Natural Gas, Oil, Transportation |
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An “All-of-the-Above” Strategy to Reduce Oil Use
The President said in his State of the Union Address, “And nowhere is the promise of innovation greater than in American-made energy.” He then talked about opening federal land for...
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Tagged Biofuels, CAFE Standards, Climate Change, Electric Vehicles, Ethanol, Flex Fuel, Global Competitiveness, Innovation, Methanol, National Security, Oil Sands, President Obama, Shale Oil, State of the Union |
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Beyond Boom and Bust: Putting Clean Tech On a Path To Subsidy Independence
Full Title: Beyond Boom and Bust: Putting Clean Tech On a Path To Subsidy Independence
Author(s): Mark Muro, Jesse Jenkins, Letha Tawney, Michael Shellenberger, Alex Trembath, and Ted Nordhaus
Publisher(s): The Brookings...
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Tagged Energy Policies, Energy Policy, Innovation, Manufacturing, renewable energy, Renewables, Solar, Wind Energy |
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Can We Rely on Technology to Stop Climate Change?
In a column for the New York Times titled “There’s Still Hope for the Planet,” columnist David Leonhardt describes why investments in technology – particularly governmental investments in clean tech...
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Tagged Cap and Trade, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Coal, Innovation, Natural Gas, R&D, Renewables |
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Catalyzing American Ingenuity: The Role of Government in Energy Innovation
Full Title: Catalyzing American Ingenuity: The Role of Government in Energy Innovation
Author: American Energy Innovation Council
Publisher(s): American Energy Innovation Council
Publication Date: 5/2012
Language: English
Length: 44 pages, PDF
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Innovation is the core of america’s economic...
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Tagged Energy Innovation, Innovation, R&D |
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Clean Energy Loan Guarantee Program
The high-profile and controversial collapse of Solyndra and Beacon Power has led critics to question the integrity and merit of DOE’s loan guarantee program. Energy Secretary Steven Chu was asked...
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Tagged Beacon Power, Congress, Energy Policies, Global Competitiveness, Innovation, Power Sector, R&D, Renewables, Solar, Solyndra, Steven Chu, US DOE |
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Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012 Introduced
Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) has introduced the Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012, which would require electric utilities to derive increasing percentages of their supply...
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Tagged Biomass, CES, Clean Energy Standard, Climate Change, CO2 Capture, Coal, Combined Heat and Power, Congress, Electricity, Emissions, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policies, Energy Security, Environment, GHGs, Global Competitiveness, Hydropower, Innovation, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Power Sector, Renewables, Senator Bingaman, Senator Murkowski, Solar, Wind |
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Climate Pragmatism: Innovation, Resilience, and No Regrets
Full Title: Climate Pragmatism: Innovation, Resilience, and No Regrets
Author(s): By Rob Atkinson, Netra Chhetri, Joshua Freed, Isabel Galiana, Christopher Green, Steven Hayward, Jesse Jenkins, Elizabeth Malone, Ted Nordhaus, Roger Pielke...
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Tagged Breakthrough Institute, Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, climate policy, Hartwell group, Innovation, UNFCCC |
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Could a “Green Button” Change our Energy Use?
In 2011 the Obama Administration put out a challenge to utilities: give customers a way to better access and understand their energy use data. The challenge, and its result the...
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Tagged Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policies, Green Button, Gridwise Alliance, Innovation, Itron, OPower, Pacific Gas and Electric, US DOE |
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Creating a Clean Energy Century
Note: Synopsis from report's executive summary.
Creating a Clean Energy Century: Recapturing the Lead in Clean Tech Innovation
By Josh Freed, Sam Hodas, Sarah Collins, and Stephanie Praus
While the energy market has...
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Tagged ARPA-E, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Energy Education, Fossil Fuels, Global Competitiveness, Innovation, Markets, Pollution, US DOD |
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Cut to Invest: Institute a Modest Carbon Tax to Reduce Carbon Emissions, Finance Clean Energy Technology Development, Cut Taxes, and Reduce the Deficit
Full Title: Cut to Invest: Institute a Modest Carbon Tax to Reduce Carbon Emissions, Finance Clean Energy Technology Development, Cut Taxes, and Reduce the Deficit
Author(s): Mark Muro and Jonathan Rothwell
Publisher(s): The Brookings...
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Tagged Carbon Tax, GHG Emissions, Innovation, Tax Policy |
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Defense and Energy Innovation
A recent report from the Bipartisan Policy Center, Energy Innovation at the Department of Defense: Assessing the Opportunities, challenges the assumption that the DoD can function as a be-all-end-all driver...
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Tagged Bi-Partisan Policy Center, Biofuels, Climate Change, Energy Innovation, Fuel Cells, Innovation, National Security, US DOD |
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DOE Forging Ahead with Loan Guarantees
Last week, DOE announced plans to continue its provision of loan guarantees for approved renewable energy projects. The announcement comes seven months after the controversy surrounding the agency’s loan to...
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Tagged American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Energy Policies, Global Competitiveness, Innovation, Loan Guarantees, Renewables, Solar, Solyndra, Subsidies, US DOE |
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Does Cap and Trade Promote Innovation?
A study of successful cap-and-trade schemes published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science found that cap-and-trade policies – a widely favored tool in climate change mitigation –...
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Tagged Cap and Trade, Climate Change, Energy Innovation, Energy Policies, Innovation, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Margaret Taylor, R&D |
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ExxonMobil’s 2012 Outlook for Energy
ExxonMobil recently released its 2012 Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040, a report forecasting energy trends out for the next several decades. Among the projections highlighted in ExxonMobil’s announcement:
“Global...
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Financial Innovation Among the Community Wind Sector in the United States
Full Title: Financial Innovation Among the Community Wind Sector in the United States
Author(s): Mark Bolinger
Publisher(s): Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Publication Date: 7/2012
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In the relatively brief history of utility-scale wind generation, the “community...
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Four Policy Principles for Energy Innovation & Climate Change
Full Title: Four Policy Principles for Energy Innovation & Climate Change
Author(s): n/a
Publisher(s): Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes -- Arizona State University
Publication Date: 6/2010
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Language: English
Length: 12 pages, PDF
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Description (excerpt):
There is now little doubt that...
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Four Policy Principles for Energy Innovation & Climate Change: A Synthesis
Full Title: Four Policy Principles for Energy Innovation & Climate Change: A Synthesis
Author(s): Clean Air Task Force and the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes at Arizona State University
Publisher(s): Clean...
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Fraud in Renewables Markets
In 2007, US EPA began using renewable identification numbers (RINs) to track fuel producer compliance with the Energy Policy Act of 2005’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which calls for fuel...
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Tagged Biofuels, Innovation, Liquid Fuels, Oil Dependence, Renewable Identification Number System, Renewables, Transportation, US EPA |
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Highlights of Major 2010 Energy Innovation Reports
Note: Drawn from report synopses by OurEnergyPolicy.org.
Highlights of Major 2010 Energy Innovation Reports
A Business Plan for America's Energy Future
by the American Energy Innovation Council
Released June 2010
Post-Partisan Power
by Steven F. Hayward,...
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Tagged ARPA-E, Energy Education, Global Competitiveness, Incentives, Infrastructure, Innovation, R&D, Subsidies |
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House Takes Aim at DoD Biofuel Efforts
The House Armed Services Committee’s newly proposed 2013 Pentagon budget contains a provision that would prevent the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) from purchasing alternative fuels, largely in the form...
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Tagged Alternative Fuel Commercialization, Biofuels, Congress, Department of Defense, Energy Security, Innovation, Oil Dependence, Renewables, US DOD |
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Innovation Policy for Climate Change: A Report to the Nation
Full Title: Innovation Policy for Climate Change: A Report to the Nation
Author(s): Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes Arizona State University and Clean Air Task Force
Publisher(s): Clean Air Task Force
Publication...
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Innovation under cap-and-trade programs
Full Title: Innovation under cap-and-trade programs
Author(s): Margaret A. Taylor
Publisher(s): Proceedings of the National Academies of Science
Publication Date: 3/2012
Language: English
Length: 20 pages, PDF
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Description (excerpt): Policies incentivizing the private...
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Tagged Cap and Trade, Climate Change, Innovation |
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