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Fact Sheet: The Power of Innovation: Meeting our Energy Challenges through Accelerated Innovation

By Micah Ziegler on November 14, 2011

With contributions from Letha Tawney and Lutz Weischer

Innovation can close the gap between the low-carbon technologies of today and the low-cost, high performance technologies the world needs.

Two Degrees of Innovation: How to Seize the Opportunities in Low-Carbon Power

Working Paper: September, 2011

This paper offers a strategic framework for policymakers seeking to capitalize on the low-carbon transition.

PRESS RELEASE: 6th Asia Clean Energy Forum Opens in Manila, Philippines

June 22, 2011
Location: Manila, Philippines

ADB President Calls for “Radical Steps” on Clean Energy

Six Things Companies Need to Know About Climate Change Adaptation

By Janet Ranganathan on June 21, 2011

In a survey of global businesses, 86 percent described responding to climate risks or investing in adaptation as a business opportunity. So finds a new report jointly released yesterday by the UN Global Compact, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Oxfam and the World Resources Institute.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Asia Clean Energy Forum Kicks-Off June 22, Philippines

June 16, 2011
Location: Manila, Philippines

Leaders exchange ideas on clean energy innovation, business models, policy and investment at ACEF2011

WRI Experts on Asia's Clean Energy Future

By Maggie Barron on June 16, 2011

Why is Asia such an important region for clean energy deployment? WRI experts respond.

Renewable Energy & Efficiency

WRI works with businesses, governments, and researchers of all kinds to ensure that technologies to provide low-carbon energy effectively, efficiently, and inexpensively are available and deployed around the world.

Low-Carbon Energy Technology

WRI works with business, policymakers, and researchers to move the world toward cleaner, less expensive forms of power to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make low-carbon energy available everywhere.

In Germany’s Nuclear Phase-Out, Renewable Energy Plans Are Clear

By Jennifer Morgan on June 7, 2011

Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in the United States yesterday to be presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, coming shortly after her announcement that Germany plans to phase out nuclear energy by 2022 and accelerate the transition to a clean energy system largely built on renewable energy and energy efficiency. Jennifer Morgan analyzes the steps the country is taking to move to a low-carbon, non-nuclear future.

Grounding Green Power: Bottom-Up Perspectives on Smart Renewable Energy Policy in Developing Countries

Working Paper: May, 2011

This working paper identifies key components of smart renewable energy policy in developing countries, focusing on the power sector. It also provides recommendations for maximizing the effectiveness of international support for deployment of renewable energies, drawn from these on-the-ground experiences in developing countries.

IPCC Study: Renewable Energy Could Provide Majority of World’s Energy by 2050

By Lutz Weischer on May 23, 2011

Recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a comprehensive study on renewable energy, entitled Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation. The report finds that by 2050, nearly 80 percent of the world’s energy supply could be provided by renewable energy sources. WRI Analyst Lutz Weischer, who works on renewable energy policies, sat down to talk about the report’s implications.

Purchasing Power: Best Practices Guide to Collaborative Solar Procurement

Jenna Goodward, Rachel Massaro, Benjamin Foster, and Caroline Judy, in collaboration with Alex Perera and Christopher Lau

April, 2011

This Best Practices Guide is intended to assist commercial and government entities in the process of organizing and executing a collaborative solar purchase.

Next Practice Collaborative: Business in a Zero-Carbon Economy

Harnessing innovation and opportunity to develop the business case, tools and metrics that advance corporate climate leadership for a zero-carbon, climate-resilient economy.

Two Degrees of Innovation

The Two Degrees of Innovation project works with researchers, engineers, policymakers and other practitioners to create the conditions for global innovation in clean energy, from research to deployment.

To Increase Use of Solar Power, Collaboration Can Help

By Jenna Goodward on October 13, 2010

Collaborative solar purchasing brings buyers together to reduce the costs of solar energy.

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