Doug Vine Archives - Center for Climate and Energy Solutions https://www.c2es.org/profile/doug-vine/ Our mission is to secure a safe and stable climate by accelerating the global transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and a thriving, just, and resilient economy. Fri, 26 May 2023 16:17:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://www.c2es.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cropped-C2ESfavicon-32x32.png Doug Vine Archives - Center for Climate and Energy Solutions https://www.c2es.org/profile/doug-vine/ 32 32 The stakes for hydrogen just got higher https://www.c2es.org/2023/05/the-stakes-for-hydrogen-just-got-higher/ https://www.c2es.org/2023/05/the-stakes-for-hydrogen-just-got-higher/#respond Fri, 26 May 2023 15:59:05 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?p=17302 The post The stakes for hydrogen just got higher appeared first on Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.

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]]> https://www.c2es.org/2023/05/the-stakes-for-hydrogen-just-got-higher/feed/ 0 Build Back Better for Climate and Energy https://www.c2es.org/2021/12/build-back-better-for-climate-and-energy/ https://www.c2es.org/2021/12/build-back-better-for-climate-and-energy/#respond Thu, 09 Dec 2021 17:30:11 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?p=14259 The post Build Back Better for Climate and Energy appeared first on Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.

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]]> https://www.c2es.org/2021/12/build-back-better-for-climate-and-energy/feed/ 0 Clean Industrial Heat: A Technology Inclusive Framework https://www.c2es.org/document/clean-industrial-heat-a-technology-inclusive-framework/ Thu, 21 Oct 2021 19:06:46 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?post_type=document&p=13776 This brief focuses on the challenge of heat for the industrial sector. Worldwide, heat makes up roughly three-quarters (74 percent) of energy demand for industry and accounts for more than one-fifth of total (all sectors) global energy consumption. Today, most industrial heat production comes from the combustion of fossil fuels; 45 percent is produced using coal, 30 percent with natural gas, […]

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]]> This brief focuses on the challenge of heat for the industrial sector. Worldwide, heat makes up roughly three-quarters (74 percent) of energy demand for industry and accounts for more than one-fifth of total (all sectors) global energy consumption. Today, most industrial heat production comes from the combustion of fossil fuels; 45 percent is produced using coal, 30 percent with natural gas, 15 percent with oil, and 9 percent with renewable energy.

 

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]]> Clean Heat Pathways for Industrial Decarbonization https://www.c2es.org/document/clean-heat-pathways-for-industrial-decarbonization/ Tue, 31 Aug 2021 17:26:03 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?post_type=document&p=13492 Most heat energy industry uses today comes from fossil fuel combustion, accounting for about 10 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. In the United States, the industries using the most heat include petroleum refining, paper, chemicals, cement, and steel. Unless industries change course, U.S. industrial emissions are expected to rise significantly by mid-century. Identifying and […]

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]]> Most heat energy industry uses today comes from fossil fuel combustion, accounting for about 10 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. In the United States, the industries using the most heat include petroleum refining, paper, chemicals, cement, and steel. Unless industries change course, U.S. industrial emissions are expected to rise significantly by mid-century. Identifying and deploying clean heat solutions will be essential. 

This brief first provides an overview of the current status of industrial heat in a range of sectors. It then lays out the key criteria for evaluating or characterizing clean heat technologies and describes some of the challenges and opportunities presented by clean heat technology options. The brief concludes with recommendations for a suite of policies that can provide a pathway to reducing emissions from industrial heat.

Necessary policies: 

Innovation: additional investment in research, development, and demonstration of clean heat technologies (particularly ones that could be used in the highest-emitting sectors), as well as expanded pilot programs and improved access for businesses to the technical expertise in the national labs 

Deployment: tax incentives and technical assistance to overcome cost-competitiveness challenges and perceived risks in deploying less established technologies 

Carbon pricing: a price signal to the market that would make clean heat technologies more cost-competitive, while giving industries the flexibility and time to find opportunities to innovate 

Standards and regulations: measures to drive or require the industrial sector to produce a certain amount of its heat from clean energy sources 

Competitiveness: measures, such as border carbon adjustments, to protect the global competitiveness of American industries adopting clean heat technologies

 

 

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]]> Clean Connection: Canadian and U.S. Electricity https://www.c2es.org/document/clean-connection-canadian-and-u-s-electricity/ Mon, 14 Jun 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?post_type=document&p=13126 The U.S. and Canadian electric power grids are connected by dozens of transmission lines from New England to the Pacific Northwest. The interconnected North American power grid enables two-way trading and benefits both Canada and the United States with enhanced electric reliability, increased environmental (i.e., lower carbon and air pollution) and economic benefits (i.e., affordability), […]

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]]> The U.S. and Canadian electric power grids are connected by dozens of transmission lines from New England to the Pacific Northwest. The interconnected North American power grid enables two-way trading and benefits both Canada and the United States with enhanced electric reliability, increased environmental (i.e., lower carbon and air pollution) and economic benefits (i.e., affordability), security, and resilience to increasingly frequent extreme weather events. The two countries have worked together to improve service through markets, international regulatory bodies and various bilateral engagements. Both nations have prioritized climate change mitigation, leading to greater action by provinces, states, cities and businesses and a growing demand for clean electricity.

Connecting more low-carbon electricity (i.e., wind, solar, nuclear and hydro) on both sides of the border with additional transmission capacity can increase trade and enable a more efficient build out of clean electricity infrastructure, helping ensure each country achieves its clean energy goals even more affordably and reliably. Due to the comparatively clean mix of Canadian electricity, increased trade could assist the United States as well as individual states and cities in achieving their clean energy goals. Furthermore, the inherent storage capability of Canadian hydropower can help states integrate greater quantities of intermittent renewable power.

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]]> Winter weather in Texas and the importance of infrastructure resilience investment https://www.c2es.org/2021/02/winter-weather-in-texas-and-the-importance-of-infrastructure-resilience-investment/ https://www.c2es.org/2021/02/winter-weather-in-texas-and-the-importance-of-infrastructure-resilience-investment/#respond Thu, 25 Feb 2021 18:37:42 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?p=12746 The post Winter weather in Texas and the importance of infrastructure resilience investment appeared first on Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.

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]]> https://www.c2es.org/2021/02/winter-weather-in-texas-and-the-importance-of-infrastructure-resilience-investment/feed/ 0 Keeping the clean energy transition on track https://www.c2es.org/2020/06/keeping-the-clean-energy-transition-on-track/ https://www.c2es.org/2020/06/keeping-the-clean-energy-transition-on-track/#respond Tue, 16 Jun 2020 15:59:46 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?p=11774 The post Keeping the clean energy transition on track appeared first on Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.

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]]> https://www.c2es.org/2020/06/keeping-the-clean-energy-transition-on-track/feed/ 0 Reviving economies while reducing emissions https://www.c2es.org/2020/04/reviving-economies-while-reducing-emissions/ https://www.c2es.org/2020/04/reviving-economies-while-reducing-emissions/#respond Wed, 08 Apr 2020 19:13:26 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?p=11510 The post Reviving economies while reducing emissions appeared first on Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.

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]]> https://www.c2es.org/2020/04/reviving-economies-while-reducing-emissions/feed/ 0 The Climate Case for Hydrogen https://www.c2es.org/2020/03/the-climate-case-for-hydrogen/ https://www.c2es.org/2020/03/the-climate-case-for-hydrogen/#respond Mon, 16 Mar 2020 12:00:30 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?p=11374 The post The Climate Case for Hydrogen appeared first on Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.

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]]> https://www.c2es.org/2020/03/the-climate-case-for-hydrogen/feed/ 0 A cavalcade of 100-percent clean electricity targets https://www.c2es.org/2019/12/a-cavalcade-of-100-percent-clean-electricity-targets/ https://www.c2es.org/2019/12/a-cavalcade-of-100-percent-clean-electricity-targets/#respond Fri, 13 Dec 2019 13:00:28 +0000 https://www.c2es.org/?p=10999 The post A cavalcade of 100-percent clean electricity targets appeared first on Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.

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