Renewables
RollCall: Inflation Reduction Act anti-inflationary
By Benjamin Hulac
Transatlantic divergence
U.S. and European companies vulnerable to the clean energy transition have seen their stock prices go very different ways since Russia invaded Ukraine.
New Energy Imperative
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights the crisis and opportunity of the energy transition
The heat-pump fix
To ditch fossil fuels for good, we must combine a range of technologies and approaches.
The Cost to Reach Net Zero By 2050 Is Actually a Bargain
A multi-trillion-dollar global investment seems massive. But the closer you look, the smaller the numbers become.
Reuters on McKinsey report: "The net-zero transition"
$3.5 trillion in new investments globally, per year through 2050, to get to net zero emissions.
Cheaper solar PV is key to addressing climate change
The rapidly dropping price of solar power has transformed how we think about clean energy. But it needs to still get a whole lot cheaper.
Leveraging Open-Source Tools for Collaborative Macro-energy System Modeling Efforts
U.S. Open Energy Outlook
"Eine CO2-Steuer trifft die Reichen"
Gespräch mit Benedikt Narodoslawsky
Factoring in the forgotten role of renewables in CO2 emission trends using decomposition analysis
by Kristina Mohlin, Jonathan R. Camuzeaux, Adrian Muller, Marius Schneider, and Gernot Wagner
European Forum Alpbach seminar "Energy transition"
Alpbach, Austria
Establishing practical estimates for city-integrated solar PV and wind
by Lee Miller, Vaclav Smil, Gernot Wagner, and David Keith
Stated estimates for city-integrated wind and solar PV are too high
by Lee Miller, Vaclav Smil, Gernot Wagner, and David Keith
LEDs meet the locavore
Don't focus on rebound. Focus on welfare.
Energy and Environment class
New York University Stern School of Business
Push renewables to spur carbon pricing
by Gernot Wagner, Tomas Kåberger, Susanna Olai, Michael Oppenheimer, Katherine Rittenhouse, and Thomas Sterner
The Economics of Energy
Fall 2015
Air conditioning is not the enemy
Carbon pollution is.
