Global Clean Energy Innovation

The Impact of China’s Production Surge on Innovation in the Global Solar Photovoltaics Industry
China’s subsidy-aided rise to dominance in PV manufacturing has driven prices way down, but at the cost of undermining promising alternative technological pathways. Policymakers should adopt measures to sustain greater diversity in PV and similar technologies.
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Global Clean Energy Innovation
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October 5, 2020
The Impact of China’s Production Surge on Innovation in the Global Solar Photovoltaics Industry
China’s subsidy-aided rise to dominance in PV manufacturing has driven prices way down, but at the cost of undermining promising alternative technological pathways. Policymakers should adopt measures to sustain greater diversity in PV and similar technologies.
September 15, 2020
To Confront the Climate Crisis, the U.S. Should Launch a National Energy Innovation Mission
America has successfully launched national innovation missions time and again.
September 15, 2020
Gene Editing for the Climate: Biological Solutions for Curbing Greenhouse Emissions
Join ITIF for a presentation of a new report on gene-edited solutions for climate change and a panel discussion on the implications of these technologies.
August 14, 2020
Failing Toward Success: The Mothballing of Petra Nova Carbon Capture Demonstration Project Is a Teachable Moment
When the world’s first carbon capture facility on a coal-fired power plant came online in Texas in 2017, it was touted as a big step toward transforming the dirtiest fossil fuel into a low-carbon power resource. Now, it’s been labeled “a nightmare for unsuspecting investors” and a “warning sign” for the industry. What happened?
July 17, 2020
Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation: A Workshop Series
The time is ripe for a serious reconsideration of the U.S. energy innovation system and the role of the federal government in it. An upcoming workshop series, sponsored by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine’s Board on Energy and Environmental Systems and open to the public, offers a valuable chance to think through many of the key questions.
July 16, 2020
Capitalizing on Federal R&D Investment With a New Energy-Tech Foundation
A new, non-profit foundation that works closely with DOE could help fill the gap and help create partnerships to power new clean energy technologies through the "valley of death."
July 6, 2020
Beyond the Energy Techlash: The Real Climate Impacts of Information Technology
Alarmists claim the tech sector’s carbon footprint is mushrooming out of control. But they wildly misrepresent the facts. Not only is the ICT sector making significant progress in decarbonizing, but ICT is also a powerful technology that enables other sectors to become more energy efficient.
April 2, 2020
How Oil Tariffs Can Unite Strange Political Bedfellows
A strange twist of fate has aligned to make a “strange bedfellows” coalition of red-state Republicans and environmentalist greens on oil tariffs.
November 27, 2019
Pay Attention to the Other Paris Climate Agreement
Mission Innovation—a commitment by the world’s major powers to accelerate innovation in emissions-cutting technologies—has been virtually forgotten. Worse, its signatories are not living up to its terms.
September 23, 2019
Omission Innovation 2.0: Diagnosing the Global Clean Energy Innovation System
Despite concern over climate change, global carbon emissions continue to rise. Clean energy innovation is needed to reverse the trend. It is time for Mission Innovation member nations to make good on their commitment to double clean energy RD&D.

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