Maryland Clean Energy Center Annual Report 2024

Fifteen years ago, the Maryland General Assembly took a landmark step in supporting the transition to a clean energy economy by founding the Maryland Clean Energy Center (MCEC). Charged with the ambitious mandates of pursuing clean energy adoption through financing, technology acceleration, and information dissemination, MCEC has embraced these challenges with determination and success.…

“Transportation Electrification in the Southeast” Fifth Annual Report

The fifth annual “Transportation Electrification in the Southeast” report, prepared by Atlas Public Policy in partnership with Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE), analyzes the data underlying the electric vehicle (EV) market in SACE’s six-state region from July 2023 to June 2024. The data reveals a continuation of growth trends across six indicators: manufacturing investments, anticipated jobs, EV sales, charging infrastructure deployment, utility investments, and public funding.…

Annual Report 2023-2024 Clean Energy: Growing Globally

Some believe we cannot solve the climate crisis without major trade offs in profitability, affordability, jobs, equity, or reliability. But you will find a different message in RMI’s annual report — one of hope, possibility, and opportunity, with the evidence to back it up.

Momentum cannot slow down when the stakes are this high. RMI is grateful to their donors for the critical support to make possible RMI’s work to transform the global energy system. …

Nasty Bytes: Managing Digital Risk in Energy Transition Business

Getting clean energy leaders to engage more deeply with cybersecurity is key as renewables become the mainstay of global power systems.

Reuters Events’ latest whitepaper, Nasty Bytes: Managing Digital Risk in Energy Transition Business, produced in collaboration with AXA XL, gives critical insight into how energy decision makers can keep cybersecurity top of mind whilst building transition infrastructure.…

The New Pragmatism: Scenarios to Understand a Volatile Energy Transition

Discover the insights from “The New Pragmatism: Scenarios to Understand a Volatile Energy Transition.” This comprehensive report from S&P Global Commodity Insights delves into the intricate dynamics shaping the global energy landscape. As we navigate a slow energy transition marked by rebounding fossil fuel demand post-COVID-19, the report highlights crucial geopolitical impacts, like the Russia-Ukraine conflict, that are influencing energy markets.

Explore three distinct scenarios: Inflections, a base-case outlook predicting gradual change; Green Rules, which envisions an accelerated transition driven by robust policy changes; and Discord, where geopolitical tensions hinder progress. With projections indicating that most countries will struggle to …

Building Up Buyer Demand for Novel Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies

Large-scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR)—that is, the drawdown of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere—is a critical component of U.S. plans to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by midcentury. Novel CDR technologies have the potential to provide durable carbon removal at the scale needed, but the industry is nascent, and the associated costs are high. Existing federal policy for novel CDR focuses on increasing the supply of carbon removal by supporting the development and deployment of novel technologies. But given that CDR is a public good and lacks a built-in market, support is needed to ensure sufficient demand as the …

Worldwide internet carbon footprint

It might not be one of the first things we think about when it comes to carbon emissions, but our online presence directly contributes to global emissions. In this guide we delve into the digital landscape, uncovering the extensive environmental impact of internet usage (and more) across the globe. From vast data centres to individual users’ digital habits, we examine the environmental implications of our interconnected world and highlight the challenges and opportunities in reducing the internet’s carbon footprint. And we explore what steps can be taken to foster a more sustainable digital future.…

100% Renewables Roadmap for Avellaneda, Argentina

The Municipality of Avellaneda, along with ICLEI Argentina, ICLEI América do Sul, and the ICLEI World Secretariat, developed the city’s 100% Renewables Roadmap.

Avellaneda plans to make use of the potential of improved energy efficiency, expand innovation within its territory, and take advantage of its large bioenergy potential, particularly to fulfill its high industrial energy demand and transport demand.…

Analysis of Novel EV Battery Technologies, with a Focus on Tech Transfer and Commercialisation

This report summarises the recent advancements in battery technologies for mobility applications, focusing on electric vehicles, and looks at the main barriers encountered in their journey from lab to market. Both Li-ion batteries and next-generation batteries are discussed. The report includes information about identified barriers for scaling-up the battery manufacturing industry in Europe and proposes solutions to overcome them. It identifies technical challenges, such as manufacturing of Li-ion and next-generation batteries at industrial scale, while maintaining high yield and quality without excessive cost. It also reveals that scaling up is hindered by financial issues and lack of funding, especially given …

Accelerating City Climate Action Through Geospatial Data

In a decisive move towards forging ahead with tangible climate action in cities, the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM) and the World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC) jointly launched today at Cities & Regions Summit of the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) in Nairobi, Kenya, a new white paper titled “Accelerating City Climate Action through Geospatial Data”.

As cities and local governments continue to face mounting and myriad pressures, tackling climate change has become evermore challenging – especially where in-house capacity and knowledge are low. This white paper sheds light on how geospatial …