For Obama's Clean Energy Goal, Details Behind the Policies Matter
This post originally appeared on the National Journal Energy & Environment blog.In his State of the Union address, the president called for a goal of 80 percent clean energy by 2035. If...
View ArticleTwo Degrees of Innovation
Key ResourcesWhat is the Two Degrees of Innovation Platform?How to Seize the Opportunities in Low-Carbon PowerInnovation and Technology TransferGlobal Integration in the Solar PV IndustryOpen Trade and...
View ArticleHigh Wire Act: Electricity Transmission Infrastructure and its Impact on the...
Executive SummaryContextRenewable energy (RE)—electricity from wind, solar, and other naturally renewing energy sources— has drawn increasing attention in the quest to reduce greenhouse gases on a...
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High Wire Act: Improving the Grid for Renewable Energy
China, the United States, and the European Union take on transmission upgradesThe European Union, China, and the United States have all made significant commitments to renewable energy deployment, at...
View ArticleIPCC Study: Renewable Energy Could Provide Majority of World’s Energy by 2050
Recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a comprehensive study on renewable energy, entitled Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation. The...
View ArticleGrounding Green Power: Bottom-Up Perspectives on Smart Renewable Energy...
Watch the summary interview with Lead Author Lutz WeischerThis paper was published by the German Marshall Fund of the United States in cooperation with the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the World...
View ArticlePRESS RELEASE: New Paper Lays Out Smart Policies for Renewable Energy Growth
Offers six principles of smart energy policy for developing countriesA recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said that 77 percent of the world’s energy could come from...
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Renewable Energy & Efficiency
Open Climate NetworkThe Open Climate Network (OCN) is an independent, international partnership that tracks and reports on the progress of key countries on climate change. OCN partners will be tracking...
View ArticleTechnology Transfer
Technology transfer refers to the manner in which technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and aid climate adaptation efforts are developed and shared across borders. Developing countries will...
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WRI Experts on Asia's Clean Energy Future
Why is Asia such an important region for clean energy deployment? WRI experts respond.From June 22-24, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the...
View ArticleIs the Fit Right? Considering Technological Maturity in Designing Renewable...
Recent studies suggest that the United States can greatly expand its deployment of renewable energy resources beyond current levels. This would reduce emissions of harmful pollutants and enhance energy...
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Fact Sheet: The Power of Innovation: Meeting our Energy Challenges through...
Innovation can close the gap between the low-carbon technologies of today and the low-cost, high performance technologies the world needs.Download PDF(PDF, 920 Kb) (includes additional references)More...
View ArticleInside Stories on Climate Compatible Development: China
Key messagesA clear expression of political will, backed by a set of effective policy measures, has been key to China’s success in building the world’s largest wind power market.The establishment of a...
View ArticleWRI Summary of the Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012, S. 2146
This summary provides an overview of S. 2146, the Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012 (CESA), introduced by Senator Bingaman and 8 cosponsors on March 1, 2012. The CESA establishes a standard for clean...
View ArticleChina's Overseas Investments in the Wind and Solar Industries: Trends and...
Executive SummaryShifting to a low-carbon economy will require current emitting countries and projected future emitters to rapidly scale up their investments in renewable energy. In recent years, major...
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