May 12, 2021

MIT Unveils a New Action Plan to Tackle the Climate Crisis

The plan includes a broad array of new initiatives and significant expansions of existing programs to bring the Institute’s expertise to bear on this critical global issue.

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May 10, 2021

Are Complementary Policies Substitutes? Evidence from R&D Subsidies in the UK

Fostering innovation is one of the longest-standing and most pressing economic challenges. Governments globally provide subsidies comprising hundreds of billions of dollars each year. A paper by CEEPR faculty affiliate Jacquelyn Pless examines the interdependence of direct subsidies and tax incentives on private R&D.

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April 28, 2021

On the Path to an Equitable Energy Transition, a New Collaborative Report Provides Insight on How to Get There

MIT researchers join scholars from across the United States in an analysis of 35 policy proposals to support an equitable energy transition for all communities.

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April 12, 2021

CEEPR Research Referenced in Hydro-Quebec CEO’s Vision for Climate Action

Canada’s leading newspaper highlights CEEPR research that informed Hydro-Québec’s strategic realignment under CEO Sophie Brochu.

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April 8, 2021

The Economics of Grid-Scale Energy Storage

The transition to a low-carbon electricity system is likely to require grid-scale energy storage to smooth the variability and intermittency of renewable energy. This paper investigates whether private incentives for operating and investing in grid-scale energy storage are optimal and the need for policies that complement investments in renewables with encouraging energy storage.

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March 19, 2021

Resilient Decarbonization for the United States

The past decade has seen an unprecedented surge of climate change-driven extreme weather events that have wrought over $800 billion in damage and taken more than 5,200 lives across the United States — a trend that appears poised to intensify. At the same time, the need for a large-scale effort to decarbonize the U.S. electric power system has become clear, along with the growing climate risks and impacts that any such effort will face.

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