Blog Posts: renewable 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.

President Biden signed an executive order that gives federal agencies 90 days to devise a plan for a zero-emission federal fleet in the United States. These four recommendations can help guide the federal fleet transition plan toward best outcomes.

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

The ocean is traditionally viewed as a victim of climate change, rather than a source of solutions. A new report from WRI aims to help governments explore ways to include oceans-based climate solutions into NDCs.

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

Global momentum to tackle the climate crisis has been building since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015. The world has proven that it is ready for more ambitious climate action.

New research shows that climate action is happening far too slowly for the world to meet its emissions-reduction targets – and in some cases, we’re moving in the entirely wrong direction.

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.