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Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) represents a cornerstone of every pathway to limit average global surface temperature rise to 1.5°C in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. At COP27 in Egypt, the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions launched the CDR 2030 Breakthrough, a suite of ambitious CDR goals to achieve before 2030. As part of the Race to Zero, this Breakthrough sets out what must be done, by whom and when, to deliver the comprehensive change needed to achieve a resilient, zero carbon world.
This report can be seen as a ‘companion’ to the CDR 2030 Breakthrough, providing further …
Read this resource for a summary of Our Energy Policy’s event on the Energy Transformation from December 5th, 2023, discussing the need for bipartisanship and collaboration between different groups in ensuring an equitable energy transformation.…
View Full ResourceThe energy transition towards a more sustainable and renewable future is a pivotal global endeavor. Central to this shift for the United States is the critical role of domestically sourced lithium, a key mineral in the production of high-performance batteries essential for electric vehicles and renewable energy storage systems. This has driven the United States to invest heavily in a domestic supply chain for battery-grade lithium to enhance energy security, reduce supply chain vulnerabilities, and foster economic growth by tapping into local resources. The “Salton Sea Known Geothermal Resource Area” in Imperial County, California has been identified as a potential …
View Full ResourceThe World Energy Outlook 2023 provides in-depth analysis and strategic insights into every aspect of the global energy system. Against a backdrop of geopolitical tensions and fragile energy markets, this year’s report explores how structural shifts in economies and in energy use are shifting the way that the world meets rising demand for energy.
This Outlook assesses the evolving nature of energy security fifty years after the foundation of the IEA. It also examines what needs to happen at the COP28 climate conference in Dubai to keep the door open for the 1.5 °C goal. And, as it does every …
View Full ResourceThe distributed energy resource landscape is continuously expanding and broadening its reach. Technology that started as mainly niche rooftop solar installations has now expanded to include heat pump water heaters, intelligent thermostats, battery energy storage, intelligent vehicle charging, and other devices. Increasingly, utilities have opted to deploy a software solution that can interact with these grid-edge technologies called a distributed energy resource management system (DERMS).
Evaluating, selecting, and justifying DERMS remains challenging due to the high cost of the solution and complexities in integrations, cybersecurity, and implementation timelines. SEPA and a task force of 12 utilities used insights from 11 …
View Full ResourceThe report provides a guiding framework for planning and implementing solar-plus-storage projects, while leveraging private investments. The report’s framework outlines four-phases covering the identification and planning of a project, selection, and adaptation of a business model from three pre-set configurations, and finally utilizing complementary PPA template resources in a competitive procurement process.
The report aims to streamline adoption and deployment of IPP-owned solar-plus-storage hybrid generation projects, especially in countries where reliance on fuel-based thermal generation is deepening their vulnerability and deficits, accelerating a much-needed transition.…
View Full ResourceIn an era marked by unprecedented global challenges, from climate change to resource scarcity, energy has emerged as the critical lever that can either propel humanity toward a sustainable future or entrench us in the perils of environmental degradation and social insecurity. At the mid-point of the 2030 Agenda, as we stand at this critical juncture, we are delighted to introduce the Energy Compacts Annual Progress Report 2023, a testament to our collective determination to shape a brighter tomorrow.
As you will read in this report, the Energy Compact community has demonstrated unwavering commitment in responding to the UN Secretary-General’s …
View Full ResourceThe release of ChatGPT on Nov. 30, 2022, sparked a global conversation about the future of computing. By January 2023, this large language model had 100 million users—a number that rose to 173 million by April 2023. Created and released by the company OpenAI, ChatGPT gave the broader public its first direct access to the computational power of artificial intelligence (AI) and its ability to provide human-like text generation with highly accurate contextual understanding.
These advances in AI and machine learning from ChatGPT and other AI models like Google’s Bard, Meta’s LLaMA and other open-source models could fundamentally alter the …
View Full ResourceThere is a consensus in the international community that geological repositories provide the necessary long-term safety and security to isolate long-lived radioactive waste. However, despite the technical merit and safety of repositories, challenges remain in many countries. These challenges include building and maintaining public confidence, the availability of skilled staff and the transfer of knowledge, as well as the involvement of younger professionals. As a synthesis of the Sixth International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR-6) hosted in Helsinki, Finland in April 2022, this report discusses the significant progress made in developing geological repositories over the past two decades and addresses …
View Full ResourceThere is a consensus in the international community that geological repositories provide the necessary long-term safety and security to isolate long-lived radioactive waste. However, despite the technical merit and safety of repositories, challenges remain in many countries. These challenges include building and maintaining public confidence, the availability of skilled staff and the transfer of knowledge, as well as the involvement of younger professionals. As a synthesis of the Sixth International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR-6) hosted in Helsinki, Finland in April 2022, this report discusses the significant progress made in developing geological repositories over the past two decades and addresses …
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