Comparing Pedestrian Safety Between Electric and Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles

Vehicle electrification has become a major strategy for mitigating transport carbon emissions. Concerns have been raised about electric vehicle’s safety impacts due to their quieter driving and heavier weight compared to conventional internal combustion engine vehicles. This research utilizes Great Britain’s STATS19 road safety database to understand the pedestrian safety implications of electric vehicles. We show that the pedestrians are no more likely to collide with a fully (battery) electric vehicle compared to a conventional vehicle. In case of a collision, pedestrians are no more likely to be severely injured by an electric vehicle either. Hybrid electric vehicles have a …

Utility-Scale Lithium-Ion Battery Storage Fire Safety: Frequently Asked Questions

Battery energy storage systems can be a cost-effective tool for utilities to meet peak demand and provide flexibility to the power grid. When properly installed, battery storage has proven to be a safe technology, and it is becoming safer every year as more protective regulations and best practices are established. However, many communities have raised concerns about battery storage safety, especially regarding lithium-ion batteries, which currently dominate the battery storage technology market. Clean Energy Group created this fact sheet to build battery storage safety awareness and dispel common misconceptions.…

Safety Research for Nuclear Reactors: Enabling Safe Deployment

Residential Lithium-Ion Battery Storage Fire Safety: Frequently Asked Questions

Battery energy storage systems can serve as a clean and reliable source of backup power for homes and businesses. When properly installed, battery storage has proven to be a safe technology, and it is becoming safer every year as more protective regulations and best practices are established. However, many communities have raised concerns about battery storage safety, especially regarding lithium-ion batteries, which currently dominate the battery storage technology market. Clean Energy Group created this fact sheet to build battery storage safety awareness and dispel common misconceptions.…

Evidence of a Cascading Positive Tipping Point Towards Electric Vehicles

Electric vehicles have recently seen rapid innovation, decline in cost and a rise in popularity. Past a tipping point where uptake becomes self-propelling, electric vehicles could irreversibly replace internal combustion engine vehicles, as industry discontinues conventional production chains. Here we provide evidence that this tipping point has occurred or lies within the next few years in lead markets of the European Union and China, and potentially the United States, which could spill out into peripheral vehicle markets across the rest of the world. The historical evidence shows a sudden decline in conventional vehicle sales starting around 2019 concurrent to a …

OurEnergyPolicy Event Summary – Powering Progress: Batteries and Energy Storage

Read this summary of the OurEnergyPolicy webinar on advancements in battery technology, their role in the grid of the future, and the current political and economic landscape for battery deployment.…

Interconnected Minigrids: From Pilots to Powerhouses

Africa faces the world’s largest energy poverty gap across the globe: 600+ million people remain without electricity, and another 800 million live with unreliable power. This is largely because African utilities struggle with aging infrastructure, rising debt, and unprofitable tariff structures and business models. Interconnected minigrids (IMGs) offer a transformative solution by blending local renewable energy assets with existing grids to augment service reliability and availability, while increasing affordability.…

GREASE Lightning: A Playbook for Investment-Led, State-Driven Electro-Industrial Economies

Global demand for clean technologies, data centers, and advanced manufacturing is surging, and the United States is entering an “electro-industrial” era where energy, manufacturing, and computing power are one growth engine. A recent wave of federal industrial policy has unlocked record construction of factories, grids, and supply chains, but the gains are uneven and increasingly exposed to changing policy priorities.…

High-Quality Energy Investment Planning: Attracting Private Finance at Scale

Flawed Foundations: Identifying Errors in Regulatory Analysis for Deregulatory Actions

As the Trump Administration moves to rapidly advance its deregulatory agenda, federal agencies are increasingly cutting corners on regulatory analysis. When an agency issues rapid-fire regulations without proper analysis, justification, or opportunity for public comment, it violates its legal responsibility to conduct reasoned decisionmaking and other procedural requirements. This report summarizes some of the key analytical and legal requirements for proper regulatory analysis and agency decisionmaking, with particular consideration of how these requirements function in the context of regulatory repeals.

Because following best analytical practice is intrinsically intertwined with legal requirements for sound decisionmaking, an agency’s failure to show its …