Publication: CETEP Energy
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Policies for Promoting Low-Emission Vehicles and Fuels: Lessons from Recent Analyses
Since the energy crises of the 1970s the U.S. has struggled to substitute alternative energysources for petroleum use by motor vehicles. This report reviews recent studies of a wide rangeof policies to promote alternative fuels and vehicles to extract insights about their impacts andeffectiveness. Although the emphasis has varied over the past four decades, the…
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New study explores energy and resource impacts of quantum computing
As quantum computing moves closer to large-scale deployment, new research is examining its future energy, water, and material demands.
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Tennessee Needs to Double Electrical System Scale to Meet Growing Demand
A new analysis of the Tennessee energy landscape highlights a series of emerging policy challenges and opportunities as the state grapples with rapid electrical demand growth.
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Policy Responses to Rare Earth Element Supply Shocks
The United States’ dependence on foreign sources for REE has been an important topic at the nexus of energy policy, economic policy, and national security for over a decade (Grasso, 2013; Gholz 2014).
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Economic Impacts of Construction and Operation of a Small Modular Reactor on Tennessee
Tennessee has strong roots in the nuclear sector, dating back to the era of the Manhattan Project.
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How Better Accounting Can More Cheaply Reduce Carbon Emissions
Much of corporate renewable energy carbon accounting today relies on an analytical technique that the Greenhouse Gas Protocol identifies as a significant simplifying assumption. However, a simple example demonstrates that this widely used accounting practice can mismeasure carbon savings by as much as 45 percent. Recent advances in estimating the emissions avoided through renewable energy…