Blog Posts: energy

This episode of WRI’s “Big Ideas Into Action” podcast examines energy resilience in Texas and Tamil Nadu, India.

While Texas experiences the harshest winter storm in decades, some pundits are blaming wind turbines for blackouts. In reality, the blackouts in Texas are a resilience and planning problem, and more resilient energy systems are part of the solution.

As African governments design their economic recovery plans from the coronavirus pandemic, they must consider access to affordable and reliable electricity.

If the United States is to build an equitable low-carbon economy, the federal government must provide support in these 3 areas to aid American fossil fuel workers and communities.

Meeting climate goals will require carbon dioxide removal, likely at the billion-tonne scale by midcentury. Direct air capture (DAC) is gaining traction as a promising carbon removal approach, but will require careful consideration of energy, land and water use to inform siting and minimize resource impacts.

These seven questions and answers can help U.S. policymakers understand whether renewable natural gas can contribute to meeting ambitious climate change targets.

In the United States, the ballot box decides many innovative efforts toward sustainable energy. This year, citizens across the country used their votes to support renewable energy, efficient housing, sustainable transportation and climate action finance, all of which will help ensure a clean energy transition.

The cities and communities responsible for consuming and setting clean energy targets have historically had little influence on their wholesale electricity markets’ policies and operations. That may change with the emerging PJM Cities and Communities Coalition, a growing coalition dedicated to removing and preventing barriers to decarbonization in the PJM territory.

Transitioning to a low-carbon energy system can help Southeast Asia create jobs, improve public health and build back better from COVID-19.