New research examines the relationship between climate change-related events and returns on green investment, and why returns for green stocks might lag those of brown.
Will Defense Production Act Spur Solar Supply Chain Development?
An expert in international trade policy discusses the Biden Administration’s use of the Defense Production Act, and tariff restrictions, to build a competitive U.S. solar supply chain.
How Will Energy Dollars in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Be Spent?
Advanced Energy Economy’s Leah Rubin Shen discusses energy spending priorities in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Why Is It so Hard to Build the Electric Grid of the Future?
America’s electric grid is ill-equipped to enable the low carbon energy system of the future. A grid policy expert explores the policy and economic changes that will be needed to bring the grid up to date.
What’s Driving Corporate America’s Big Bets on Clean Energy?
Corporate renewable energy deals were equal to a quarter of total U.S. electric power additions in 2020. The Renewable Energy Buyer’s Alliance talks policies to accelerate clean energy purchasing.
The War on Coal that Never Was
The results also make clear the extent to which the war on coal narrative has been in reality a politically convenient creation of a president, and Republican party, that has catered to fossil fuel interests.
Debunking the ‘War on Coal’
A variety of narratives have been put forth to explain coal’s decline. None has been more politically charged than the "war on coal."
Clean Energy Is An Investment, Not A Cost
Due to climate change, the choice of which energy technology to use is no longer a binary one that pits the cost of renewables against the status quo. There is now a third reference point, which is the future.
Bold Climate Policy Is Coming. Investors, Take Note
A group of global investors foresees bold policy action on climate by the mid-2020s. What will such action, dubbed the Inevitable Policy Response, mean for capital markets and economies?
Does the UK’s Hinkley Point Nuclear Project Have a Place in a Future With Cheap Renewables?
“The government needs to keep its options open.”