Energy Innovation

Energy sector innovation and broader efforts to address climate change should resemble the best of the tech start-ups in the U.S.: fast, disruptive, exciting and good for consumers. The Energy Sector Innovation Credit, or ESIC, would update the energy portion of the tax code by allowing cutting-edge technologies to gain commercial viability and upend the status quo without distorting the free market.

The U.S. oil and gas industry has been instrumental in the recent landmark reductions of greenhouse gas emissions seen across America. Enabled by ultra-productive natural gas harvesting methods, clean burning natural gas replaced coal as the leading source of U.S. electricity — driving a 28% drop in grid emissions since 2005.

The House Energy & Commerce Republicans hosted the first-ever “Energy & Environment Innovation Showcase” – an exhibition designed to celebrate a host of American innovators and outline a clear legislative agenda to support realistic climate solutions.

Energy storage is a key piece to solving the clean energy puzzle. Storage technologies benefit each portion of the grid from generation to transmission over long distances to distribution to homes and businesses. Quidnet is one of the most exciting and promising companies in the grid scale energy storage space.

Geothermal is a critical, clean, renewable, dispatchable power source that deserves more attention. Geothermal harnesses the Earth’s core for heat that can be used in homes, industrial processes, or to generate electricity.

With strategies now laser-focused on affordably meeting both growing global demand for reliable and lower-carbon power, chances remain high that the new generation of miracle technologies will be created in an American national laboratory in collaboration with the U.S. private sector.

Much like the term “energy efficiency”, carbon capture is an umbrella term for many technologies. This overview describes the main technology types.

Watch this ClearPath whiteboard video on the exciting new technology coming from Jupiter Oxygen, and why you should pay attention to the future of coal plants with carbon capture.

In a break from our regularly scheduled programming, we wanted to highlight some hidden innovation gems being researched at the Department of Energy that could prove to be just as critical in expanding a reliable and clean power sector.

In this whiteboard video, ClearPath Executive Director Rich Powell explains the Nuclear Energy Leadership Act (NELA) and why it is worth closely tracking.

U.S. and global climate and clean power goals won’t be achievable without existing and next-generation nuclear generation. The scale of global environmental challenges demands that we continue developing and improving on a range of low-carbon options.

Energy storage can help the grid in so many ways – it allows us to save electricity for a more appropriate time or can be used in multiple applications to assist in balancing and maintaining the grid.

Leaders of some of the world’s largest corporations have used best-in-class data to determine that climate change is a dire global risk deserving of serious solutions.

American leadership is essential to bend the curve of carbon pollution downward toward zero. A U.S.-powered international initiative to accelerate progress on a technology essential to that push — long-duration energy storage — would demonstrate that leadership.

Do a set of little-understood but far-reaching Clean Air Act permitting requirements unintentionally impede a key tool for addressing industrial-caused climate change? ClearPath’s Faith Smith and Justin Ong dive into how New Source Review requirements can affect carbon capture upgrades at power plants and other facilities.

ClearPath Executive Director Rich Powell’s whiteboard video details why the future of storing nuclear, renewable and other clean power will depend on the world moving past the blood diamond of batteries.

Mission Innovation (MI) is an initiative by 22 countries and the European Commission to increase collaboration on clean energy research and development (R&D). The initiative was launched in 2015 by the United States, France, India and a coalition of business leaders.

A recent study cosponsored by ClearPath forecasted huge economic benefits tied to enhanced oil recovery and carbon capture that may sound too good to be true – until you hear it has already been happening for nearly half a century in the United States.

Technology innovation is America’s specialty. It’s what maintains our international leadership and competitive edge and what will ensure our nation’s future success. Half of all economic growth in the U.S. since WWII can be linked to technological innovation.

American scientists are the world’s energy pioneers. For the past century, their research has positioned us to lead on virtually every energy technology, from solar panels to clean coal. We can cement this legacy with commonsense reforms that enable and inspire American ingenuity. Download Policy Overview  How to Reform Innovation Policy Click below to navigate around reformation advice…

The Energy Department’s ARPA-E agency, a widely popular and successful federal advanced energy agency now has its sights set on a new potential breakthrough: next-generation nuclear technologies.

I want conservatives to be leaders on clean energy – from nuclear to hydropower to clean fossil fuels – both to make the environment better and strengthen real conservative leadership.

There are few “game changers” in the energy space. NET Power has the potential to be one of them. If successful, it will greatly simplify the process and equipment needed to produce not just cleaner power, but emission-free power from coal and natural gas.

At ClearPath, we work on conservative clean energy policy. Wait, what? What is conservative clean energy? We can explain and few approach these issues in exactly the way we do. Here are the top 10 reasons why we work on conservative clean energy.

For the longest time, the left has owned this debate; calling for wind and solar, battery storage and energy efficiency. These technologies are a growing part of our energy mix but will only be a portion of our future supply. A cleaner energy future must be based on nuclear, hydropower and clean fossil fuels – workhorses that provide reliable baseload electric power 24/7.

I was encouraged to hear now-Energy Secretary Rick Perry, in his recent Senate confirmation hearing, suggest that the Department of Energy will help foster carbon capture technologies, advanced nuclear reactors and innovation through our best-in-the-world national labs.