Unlocking Capital for Zero Emission Trucks: Case Studies from Global Markets

In India, one of the major barriers to early ZET adoption is access to finance. Securing commercial loans for ZETs is more challenging, often with higher interest rates compared to diesel trucks. Investor hesitancy is driven by the risks associated with ZET technology, which is still new and lacks operational proof points. To address this, innovative financial solutions are needed to improve capital accessibility and reduce ownership costs. The government’s INR 500 Crore allocation under the PM E-Drive Scheme is a significant step, and now is the time to unlock private lending to support steady ZET adoption.

Globally, key ZET …

Responsible Mining

“Responsible Mining” is the third white paper of the Terranaut Minologues, a series by OurEnergyPolicy with generous underwriting from The Earthshot Foundation aimed at addressing opportunities in securing access to critical minerals for the energy transition. This paper addresses the environmental, public health, and cultural impacts associated with mining for critical minerals needed to fuel the energy transition, and steps that can and must be taken towards more responsible mining practices. …

A Community Assessment of Health Impacts from the Pittsfield Generating Facility on Local Communities

This report assesses the community health impacts of a fossil fuel peaker power plant in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Built in 1990, the oil and gas-powered Pittsfield Generating Facility runs only during times of peak electricity demand, producing some of the most expensive and polluting energy on the grid. As the facility ages, its rate of pollution increases.

On average, residents living downstream from the Pittsfield Generating Facility live a shocking 10 to 12 years less than residents living elsewhere in the city. The power plant sits near bodies of water and various parks and schools; one elementary school shares a property …

Demand Side Flexibility – Unleashing Untapped Potential for Clean Power

In its latest briefing note, Demand side flexibility – unleashing untapped potential for clean power, the ETC highlights the critical role of demand side flexibility in delivering clean, expanded power systems as countries gear up to increase ambition of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) this month.

Demand side flexibility means being able to shift the consumption of electricity at peak times, helping offset new grid and generation capacity needed across the system, reducing costs and speeding up the transition.

In many cases, demand side flexibility options are low-cost and already available. For example, heating or cooling buildings a couple of hours …

Grid Reliability In The Clean Energy Transition

Electricity demand is rising, although how much and how fast remains an open question. But new data centers, increased domestic manufacturing, and the electrification of buildings, transportation, and industry means we need more electricity at a time when fossil plants are retiring. Likewise, we need to reimagine how to run a clean system while updating outdated equipment – 70 percent of transmission lines and transformers are at least 30 years old.

New Energy Innovation research walks through the basics of grid reliability and explains why clean energy helps keep the lights on. Yet grid operators, reliability authorities, and utilities are …

Molecular-Scale CO Spillover on a Dual-Site Electrocatalyst Enhances Methanol Production from CO2 Reduction

Cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPc) is recognized for catalysing electrochemical CO2 reduction into methanol at high Faradaic efficiency but is subject to deactivation. Cobalt tetraaminophthalocyanine (CoPc-NH2) shows improved stability, but its methanol Faradaic efficiency is below 30%. This study addresses these limitations in selectivity, reactivity and stability by rationally designing a dual-site cascade catalyst. Here we quantify the local concentration of CO, a key intermediate of the reaction, near a working CoPc-NH2 catalyst and show that co-loading nickel tetramethoxyphthalocyanine (NiPc-OCH3) with CoPc-NH2 on multiwalled carbon nanotubes increases the generation and local concentration of CO.

This dual-site cascade catalyst exhibits substantially higher performance …

Electricity 2025: Analysis and Forecast to 2027

Strong growth in electricity demand is raising the curtain on a new Age of Electricity, with consumption set to soar through 2027. Electrification of buildings, transportation and industry combined with a growing demand for air conditioners and data centres is ushering a shift toward a global economy with electricity at its foundations.

The International Energy Agency’s Electricity 2025 provides a deep and comprehensive analysis of all these trends as well as recent policy developments. For the period 2025 through 2027, it forecasts electricity demand, supply and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions for select countries, by region and worldwide. The report explores …

Optimal Demand Response in Virtual Power Plant Using Local/Global Service Providers in Interaction with Energy Storage Systems

Recently, there has been a substantial increase in the adoption of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) within power systems. Additionally, traditional fossil-fuel automobiles are progressively being substituted by electric vehicles. As the incorporation of RES in supplying aspects and Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) on the load side rises, a heightened variability emerges in the power system’s operations. This research introduces an innovative framework for Virtual Storage Plants (VSP) designed to amalgamate the repository capabilities of PEVs into energy grids. The proposed VSP consists of intelligent points for recharging a Parking Lot Aggregator (PLA), a Local Service Provider (LSP), and a Global …

Carbon Dioxide Removal: Policy Recommendations for a European Strategy

It is now widely recognised that carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere is needed to reach climate objectives alongside deep emissions reduction. Precisely how much carbon dioxide removals will be needed, which type, and where it will be deployed, depends on several factors, including the peak temperature reached and how quickly, and with how many residual emissions.

The current regulating framework is not sufficient to deliver an effective carbon dioxide Removal (CDR) strategy in Europe. There is a lack of clear measures that are needed to define the development and deployment of CDR in Europe, including appropriate targets, safeguarding principles, …

Disrupted Place Attachments and Emotional Energy Geography in Fracked Appalachia

To date, there has been limited analysis at the intersection of extractive industry and emotional geography. This research addresses this intersection by investigating how gas extraction, production, and distribution have disrupted residents’ place attachment, and how this disruption is emotionally embodied. This research relies on 24 interviews and 2 workshops conducted in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia in the summer of 2021. This tristate region, sitting on the Marcellus shale, has witnessed a significant industrial buildout in the form of pipelines and hydraulic fracturing in the last fifteen years. This buildout is compounded by social vulnerability and environmental degradation resulting …