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Energy Policy Now

Energy Policy Now offers clear talk on the policy issues that define our relationship to energy and its impact on society and the environment. The series is produced by the Kleinman Center for Energy ... Read more

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Grid Operator PJM Talks Details of Energy Price Formation

Grid Operator PJM Talks Details of Energy Price Formation

The Energy Department’s proposal to shore up coal and nuclear power plants could undermine the very foundations of compe... Read more

12 Dec 2017

37mins

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Advancing Energy Storage

Advancing Energy Storage

New energy storage technologies are increasingly connecting to the electric grid, but it’s not clear that current rules ... Read more

30 Jan 2017

29mins

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Can Nuclear Bailouts and Electricity Markets Coexist?

Can Nuclear Bailouts and Electricity Markets Coexist?

Recent financial bailouts of nuclear reactors in New York and Illinois highlight the conflict between states’ environmen... Read more

26 Jun 2017

43mins

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U.S. Offshore Wind Industry Arrives

U.S. Offshore Wind Industry Arrives

After a decade of false starts, the U.S. offshore wind industry is poised for real growth. The Chief of the U.S. Bureau ... Read more

24 Jul 2018

24mins

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Distributed Energy: Utilities' Existential Challenge?

Distributed Energy: Utilities' Existential Challenge?

Distributed energy technologies like rooftop solar are eating away at electric utilities’ business. Can utilities adapt,... Read more

28 Mar 2017

25mins

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Are 100% Renewable Energy Targets Realistic?

Are 100% Renewable Energy Targets Realistic?

A number of states are pushing legislation that would require 100% renewable energy supply. But challenges ranging from ... Read more

31 May 2018

33mins

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The Economics of Climate Change

The Economics of Climate Change

How much should countries spend today to avoid climate change impacts that may be far into the future? A renown economis... Read more

29 May 2017

25mins

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What’s the FERC, and How is it Shaping Our Energy Future? (Part 1)

What’s the FERC, and How is it Shaping Our Energy Future? (Part 1)

Former FERC Commissioner Colette Honorable explains the work of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and its often ... Read more

30 Apr 2019

41mins

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Distributed Energy's Wholesale Opportunity

Distributed Energy's Wholesale Opportunity

Owners of rooftop solar could soon begin selling power into wholesale electricity markets, the traditional domain of big... Read more

14 Nov 2017

29mins

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Envisioning a Low Carbon, Lowest Cost Grid

Envisioning a Low Carbon, Lowest Cost Grid

Today's electric grid will need to be reimagined to deliver carbon-free power. MIT's Jesse Jenkins talks about what a de... Read more

30 Jan 2018

46mins

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How U.S. LNG is Changing the Global Gas Market

How U.S. LNG is Changing the Global Gas Market

In 2016 the first shipment of U.S. liquefied natural gas left by tanker from a terminal on the Gulf coast. In the year s... Read more

28 Feb 2017

29mins

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The Path Forward for Grid Electricity Storage

The Path Forward for Grid Electricity Storage

Battery storage will play a central role in decarbonizing the nation’s electric grid, yet the rules by which batteries w... Read more

15 Oct 2019

22mins

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200 Years of Energy History in 30 Minutes (And What We Might Learn for the Future)

200 Years of Energy History in 30 Minutes (And What We Might Learn for the Future)

The current energy transition is fraught with economic and social implications, not to mention abundant political squabb... Read more

19 Mar 2019

34mins

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Debunking the "War on Coal"

Debunking the "War on Coal"

The Trump Administration has blamed the decline in America’s coal industry on a regulatory “war on coal.” Yet investor r... Read more

9 Oct 2019

40mins

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The Airline Industry Eyes its Carbon Footprint

The Airline Industry Eyes its Carbon Footprint

The airline industry accounts for two percent of global carbon emissions, and emissions are likely to increase as the po... Read more

19 Jan 2017

35mins

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Carbon Capture's Clean Coal Ambition

Carbon Capture's Clean Coal Ambition

Carbon Capture and Storage has the potential to dramatically reduce the carbon emissions from the burning of coal. Yet t... Read more

15 May 2017

31mins

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Distributed Energy's Cyber Risk

Distributed Energy's Cyber Risk

As distributed energy grows, so does cyber risk to the grid. Two energy security experts discuss solutions. --- In recen... Read more

30 Apr 2018

34mins

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Rethinking Global Emissions Trading

Rethinking Global Emissions Trading

The Environmental Defense Fund's chief economist discusses a plan that leverages international cooperation to achieve am... Read more

26 Nov 2019

27mins

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Where Coal Mining Brings Environmental Benefits

Where Coal Mining Brings Environmental Benefits

Can tightly regulated coal mining help undo decades worth of environmental damage caused by the coal industry? A Pennsyl... Read more

18 Sep 2017

34mins

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Vox’s David Roberts on Energy, Climate, and the Media

Vox’s David Roberts on Energy, Climate, and the Media

Vox writer David Roberts weighs in on the media’s role in shaping views on energy and the environment.---Vox Media’s Dav... Read more

27 Nov 2018

37mins

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