Intermittent versus Dispatchable Power Sources: An Integrated Competitive Assessment
The costs of replacing dispatchable power sources based on fossil fuels with intermittent renewable power sources remain controversial. The life-cycle […]
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How to Reach 50 percent Zero-emission Vehicles
The transition to EVs is within grasp, if it is supported by the right mix of policies. Prof. Knittel and two co-authors propose policies that Congress can adopt to meet this 50% goal by 2030.
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Rust? Trains? Why clean energy is turning to exotic ideas to fix its storage problem
An article on NBCnews looks at storage solutions, such as Form Energy’s iron-air battery technology, and asks CEEPR Director Christopher Knittel for his thoughts on grid-scale storage options.
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Lack of Transatlantic Cooperation on Trade Threatens Global Climate Change Goals
CEEPR’s Deputy Director Michael Mehling and the Bipartisan Policy Center’s George David Banks discuss border carbon adjustment proposals from both the US and the EU in this piece on The Hill.
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Water for a Warming Climate
California has a pressing need for additional sustainable fresh water supplies. This report explores the feasibility and economic benefits of co-locating a large seawater desalination plant at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant to supply potable water to the state. This arrangement integrates the two facilities by sharing infrastructure, forming a water-power coproduction system.
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Facilitating Transmission Expansion to Support Efficient Decarbonization of the Electricity Sector
Many studies have found that achieving decarbonization targets in a cost-efficient manner will require significant investments in new transmission capacity. However, there are numerous barriers that go beyond “NIMBY†opposition. These barriers are identified and potential reforms to reducing them are discussed in this Working Paper.
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