June 10, 2022

When “Low-Hanging Fruit” Are Beyond Reach: Management Practices and Firm Energy Efficiency

Industrial energy efficiency plays a central role in projections that achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by mid-century. According […]

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May 27, 2022

Climate worries galvanize a new pro-nuclear movement in the U.S.

As states race to keep plants open, California becomes a test case of how much the tide has shifted. The […]

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May 16, 2022

MITEI Releases The Future of Energy Storage Report

The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) has just released a significant new research report, The Future of Energy Storage—the culmination of […]

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April 26, 2022

Deregulation, Market Power, and Prices: Evidence from the Electricity Sector

In the late 1990s, several states in the United States started to restructure the electricity sector, replacing regulated and vertically […]

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March 24, 2022

Coping with National Fuel Subsidies in Regional Power Markets

Fuel subsidies for fossil generators persist in different electricity markets across five continents. In light of the current European energy […]

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March 15, 2022

Technology Neutral vs.
Technology Specific Procurement

A principal (e.g., a regulator or a firm) needs to procure multiple units of a good or service that can […]

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