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Clean Air Task Force (CATF) convened a high-level workshop with 25 researchers and thought leaders from various facets of the global transportation sector to assess options for decarbonization by 2050.
This report synthesizes the findings from that workshop, and presents the consensus that pursuing various pathways simultaneously, including the advancement of both electrification and zero-carbon fuels like hydrogen and ammonia, is imperative to maximizing the probability of success, and that clean fuel standards can play a critical role in driving the carbon intensity of transportation energy down to zero.
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View Full ResourceMajorities of Democrats and Republicans—in Washington, DC, and around the country—agree on the goal of rebuilding the nation’s manufacturing sector. This sector has historically been a key job creator, with spillovers rippling across broad regions of the country and helping to lift many workers without a college education into the middle class. A strong manufacturing base creates a more resilient and equitable economy, accelerates innovation, strengthens international competitiveness, and improves national security.
This report seeks to take a first step toward creating an integrated manufacturing and climate strategy. Through a series of workshops and interviews as well as documentary research, …
View Full ResourcePower-to-Gas technology has recently experienced lower acquisition costs and lower conversion efficiency losses. At the same time, wholesale power markets have seen increasing volatility with significant amounts of surplus electricity at select hours of the year. Here we examine the economic potential of reversible Power-to-Gas systems that can convert electricity to hydrogen or operate in the reverse direction to deliver electricity during times of high power prices. Our model framework is applied to the current market environment in both Germany and Texas. We find that the reversibility feature of solid oxide fuel cells makes such systems already competitive at current …
View Full ResourceEconomy-wide decarbonization is urgently needed to stop climate change and protect our communities’ public health, infrastructure, and biodiversity. Green hydrogen is a game-changer in this transition to a low-carbon future, as the only viable, scalable option to decarbonize sectors that are difficult to electrify – such as heavy-duty trucking, seasonal renewable energy storage, industrial processes, shipping, and aviation.
HyDeal Los Angeles (LA) is an initiative to create the first scaled hub for green hydrogen in North America, delivering green hydrogen at under $2/kg by 2030, consistent with the $1/kg DOE Hydrogen Earth shot production goal. The initiative brings together the …
View Full ResourceIn its new report Making Clean Electrification Possible: 30 Years to Electrify the Global Economy, the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) states that massive clean electrification will be the primary route to decarbonization, complemented by hydrogen in the harder-to-abate sectors. The report sets out why it is essential but also feasible and affordable to multiply the size of the global power system by 5, while shifting to renewable-based electricity provision. The report estimates electricity could represent up to 70% of final energy demand by 2050, versus 20% today.
Transitioning to clean electricity as the main source of final energy represents …
View Full ResourceSubnational actors have been at the centre of US climate action in recent years, as America’s states, cities and businesses have stepped up their ambition, through both near-term investments and long-term emissions reduction goals. Policy has been a crucial driver of climate action, but the falling costs of renewables, advances in technological development and a shift in businesses’ priorities have also stimulated the green economy. As a result, in recent years, there have been massive investments at the state level in renewable energy, grid upgrades, energy storage, electric vehicle infrastructure, energy efficiency, hydrogen, carbon capture, adaptation and resilience, along with …
View Full ResourceFully decarbonizing U.S. industry is essential to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by midcentury. This paper evaluates the regional, economic, and technical realities of decarbonizing U.S. industry in order to inform state and federal strategies to address this category of emissions.
The analysis focuses on reducing emissions from four industrial sectors: 1) chemicals, 2) metals, 3) minerals, and 4) pulp & paper manufacturing. It identifies three key technologies that are critical to reducing industrial GHG emissions across these sectors: 1) carbon capture, 2) electrification, and 3) zero-carbon hydrogen.
Previous research has found that the viability of these technologies will …
View Full ResourceAdvanced nuclear could play a critical role in getting the domestic and global electricity sector to net-zero emissions by 2050, decarbonizing industrial processes, and producing green hydrogen. These contributions from new nuclear technologies are possible, in significant part, because of the advocacy work that Third Way and its partners have performed since 2013. As a result of this collaboration, commitment, and leadership, a robust federal program supporting the demonstration of advanced nuclear is now in place. Innovators across dozens of companies in the United States and Canada, working with US national laboratories and the US Department of Energy (DOE), are …
View Full ResourceGiven the scale of the issue, Citi GPS has published Financing a Greener Planet in two volumes. This volume, Volume I — Catalyzing Private Capital for a Net Zero Emissions World — focuses on the three factors which indicate we are at a tipping point on climate action — policy and regulation, innovation, and green momentum in the investor community. Volume II — Bridging the Gap between Green Investment and Investors — is dedicated to the financial options available to close the massive climate investment gap.
Section 1: The world is reaching a green tipping point focuses on governments and …
View Full ResourceAccelerating the development and deployment of sustainable low-carbon energy solutions is required to continue to grow affordable, reliable and environmentally responsible energy for all, and to allow the US to lead the global energy transition. The convergence of advancing the science and engineering of energy and sustainability –including carbon management, renewable energy, alternate fuels such as methanol and hydrogen, energy storage, and the circular economy – is necessary for driving this acceleration. Moreover, their alignment with policy and social drivers such as human behavior is crucial. One of the strongest accelerators for the transition relies on developing the capabilities and …
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