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Oct 10, 2024

Facilitating the Transition to 100% Carbon-Free Electricity with Multi-Objective, Multi-Scenario Decision Support

In 2018, the city of Los Angeles set the goal of achieving 100% carbon-free electricity by 2045. This is a step into the unknown, since no city of comparable size currently has 100% carbon-free electricity derived primarily from solar and wind.
Commentary

Aug 19, 2024

The Double-Edged Sword of Air Conditioning in a Warming World

Last summer was the hottest on record and 2024 looks to be hotter still. Cranking up the AC can provide temporary relief but it could lead to greater vulnerability to extreme climate events over time. Fortunately, there are strategies that could reduce air conditioning's greenhouse gas emissions.
Research

Jul 18, 2024

Study on Clean Energy R&I Opportunities to Ensure European Energy Security by Targeting Challenges of Distinct Energy Value Chains for 2030 and Beyond: Final Report

Future energy security will increasingly depend on access to clean energy technologies and materials. This study assesses the energy security challenges of value chains across 17 clean energy technologies and identifies R&I actions to address them.
Research

Jul 18, 2024

Study on Clean Energy R&I Opportunities to Ensure European Energy Security by Targeting Challenges of Distinct Energy Value Chains for 2030 and Beyond: Annex

This annex presents the bespoke methodology used in a study which assesses the energy security challenges of value chains across different clean energy technologies.
Research

Jul 18, 2024

Study on Clean Energy R&I Opportunities to Ensure European Energy Security by Targeting Challenges of Distinct Energy Value Chains for 2030 and Beyond: Executive Summary

A summary of a study which assessed the energy security challenges of value chains across different clean energy technologies.
Research

Jul 18, 2024

Policy Brief: Clean Energy R&I Actions to Ensure European Energy Security

This policy brief relates to a study which assessed the energy security challenges of value chains across different clean energy technologies.
Project

Jul 17, 2024

Clean energy R&I opportunities to ensure energy security in the EU

RAND Europe and partners assessed current and future energy security challenges of clean energy value chains.
Research

Jul 8, 2024

How Can We Ensure Energy Security in Europe as We Transition to Clean Energy?

This factsheet summaries the research done in a study which assessed the energy security challenges of value chains across different clean energy technologies.
Expert Insights

Jun 25, 2024

Unlocking Alaska's Critical Minerals Development Potential: Evaluating Opportunities and Barriers—Findings from a Tabletop Exercise

In this paper, authors provide key findings for policymakers and other stakeholders on development of critical minerals projects in Alaska. A summary of a tabletop exercise methodology conducted to produce the findings is also presented.
Project

May 22, 2024

Center for Climate and Energy Futures

The RAND Center for Climate and Energy Futures studies the risks associated with climate change, society’s responses to those risks, and the conditions needed for policy change.
Research

Apr 18, 2024

Informing Clean Energy Planning in California's San Joaquin Valley

This report describes the San Joaquin Valley (SJV) Clean Energy Portfolio Toolkit to help SJV decisionmakers explore how the region might harness its resources to achieve broad prosperity by participating in California’s clean energy transition.
Research

Mar 28, 2024

Analysis of Alternative Uses for the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility

In response to three fuel releases, the Secretary of Defense authorized the permanent closure of the Navy’s Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Hawaii. This report fulfills a congressional requirement to assess alternatives for reusing the site.

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The U.S. Must Close the Long-Distance Power Transmission Gap with China

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Facilitating the Transition to 100% Carbon-Free Electricity with Multi-Objective, Multi-Scenario Decision Support

The Double-Edged Sword of Air Conditioning in a Warming World

Study on Clean Energy R&I Opportunities to Ensure European Energy Security by Targeting Challenges of Distinct Energy Value Chains for 2030 and Beyond: Final Report

Study on Clean Energy R&I Opportunities to Ensure European Energy Security by Targeting Challenges of Distinct Energy Value Chains for 2030 and Beyond: Annex

Study on Clean Energy R&I Opportunities to Ensure European Energy Security by Targeting Challenges of Distinct Energy Value Chains for 2030 and Beyond: Executive Summary

Policy Brief: Clean Energy R&I Actions to Ensure European Energy Security

Clean energy R&I opportunities to ensure energy security in the EU

How Can We Ensure Energy Security in Europe as We Transition to Clean Energy?

Unlocking Alaska's Critical Minerals Development Potential: Evaluating Opportunities and Barriers—Findings from a Tabletop Exercise

Center for Climate and Energy Futures

Informing Clean Energy Planning in California's San Joaquin Valley

Analysis of Alternative Uses for the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility

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Informing Clean Energy Planning in California's San Joaquin Valley

The U.S. Must Close the Long-Distance Power Transmission Gap with China

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Facilitating the Transition to 100% Carbon-Free Electricity with Multi-Objective, Multi-Scenario Decision Support

The Double-Edged Sword of Air Conditioning in a Warming World

Study on Clean Energy R&I Opportunities to Ensure European Energy Security by Targeting Challenges of Distinct Energy Value Chains for 2030 and Beyond: Final Report

Study on Clean Energy R&I Opportunities to Ensure European Energy Security by Targeting Challenges of Distinct Energy Value Chains for 2030 and Beyond: Annex

Study on Clean Energy R&I Opportunities to Ensure European Energy Security by Targeting Challenges of Distinct Energy Value Chains for 2030 and Beyond: Executive Summary

Policy Brief: Clean Energy R&I Actions to Ensure European Energy Security

Clean energy R&I opportunities to ensure energy security in the EU

How Can We Ensure Energy Security in Europe as We Transition to Clean Energy?

Unlocking Alaska's Critical Minerals Development Potential: Evaluating Opportunities and Barriers—Findings from a Tabletop Exercise

Center for Climate and Energy Futures

Informing Clean Energy Planning in California's San Joaquin Valley

Analysis of Alternative Uses for the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility

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