Full Title: Opportunities for Industrial Modernization in Washington- Technical Pathways, Investments, Policy, and Decarbonizing Options for Emission-Intensive, Trade-Exposed Industries
Author(s): Drew Veysey, Valeriya Azarova, Camellia Moors, and Hannah Thonet
Publisher(s): RMI
Publication Date: June 21, 2025
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Description (excerpt):
Washington’s Cap-and-Invest program is a popular and powerful tool for meeting the state’s greenhouse gas targets and funding investments that support Washington’s businesses and residents. But how the program considers industrial emissions beyond 2034 will have to be revisited by Washington’s legislative and regulatory bodies in order for the program to function efficiently and equitably in the long term.
RMI has performed a technical pathways analysis for each of Washington’s “Emission-Intensive, Trade-Exposed” (EITE) industrial sectors, which produce paper, food, beverages, steel, aluminum, glass, cement, building materials, airplanes, semiconductors, fertilizer, and transportation fuels. We found that existing and near-term technologies could reduce emissions from EITEs 39% by the end of 2034, largely through implementing energy and material efficiency measures and electrifying applications.