The US energy transition and its wider context – in cooperation with CESI

As a climate policy researcher, I am often asked: what is the biggest obstacle to decarbonization? My answer has changed profoundly over the last couple of years. Before, I used to point to a complex combination of a lack of…

Since the very first day of his term, President Biden made it clear that fighting climate change represents a priority for the new administration. The announcement that the US will rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement finally brings the…

The amount of CO2 emissions due to human activities has grown over the years, as can be seen in Figure 1, with an increasing impact from Asia in the last decade compared to Europe and the US, which lowered their emissions levels. …

The electric grid has been classified as one of the largest and most complex machines in the world and ranks first as the “Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century” by the National Academy of Engineering. Delicately balancing…