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An Energy Future Transformed: The Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) – R&D Path...

From the website: This report offers a detailed roadmap for the implementation of ARPA-E, outlining the proper start-up sequencing, staffing structure, and the right approach to risk management. The report also offers advice on balancing expectations for a "hit-the-ground-running" start-up against the specter of past government failures by establi ...
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Jane A. “Xan” Alexander
Clean Air-Cool Planet, July 2009
Objectives: Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Specialized Analysts

Energy Policies of IEA Countries

From the Executive Summary: "Canada enjoys the advantage of a diverse and balanced portfolio of energy resources eand is one of IEA’s largest producers and exporters of energy. The importance of the energy sector for the Canadian economy, and for global energy security, has grown steadily over the last decade. The country’s bundant resource bas ...
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International Energy Agency
International Energy Agency, Paris, France, 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member StatesFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

Role and Potential of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency for Global Energy Supply

This report (only available online) examines a wide range of different global energy scenarios designed to increase energy efficiency. They confirm that the exploitation of renewable energies will play a critical role in reaching the goal of global CO2 reduction targets. In fact, according to many global climate-change watchdogs cited in the rep ...
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Wolfram Krewitt, Kristina Nienhaus, Corinna Kleßmann, Carolin Capone, Eva Stricker, Wina Graus, Monique Hoogwijk, Nikolaus Supersberger, Uta von Winterfeld, and Sascha Samadi
Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt), Germany, 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Evaluating Programs,Analyzing Opinions & Attitudes
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

Sustainable Energy — Without the Hot Air

This downloadable book is in four parts. The first quantifies the potential contribution of a wide range of supply- and demand-side energy options. The second offers a menu of energy plans that “add up” to a solution for the United Kingdom. The third presents technical information to back up the assessments in Part I, and the fourth provides inf ...
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David MacKay
UIT Press, May 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member StatesFor Specialized Analysts|For the Public

Technology for a Low Carbon Future

From the website: The main report findings are: • Fully 70% of the reductions needed by 2020 can be achieved by investing in energy efficiency – lighting, vehicles, buildings and motors - and reducing deforestation, the costs of which are manageable and generate positive returns; • Just seven known policies that are already being ...
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Shane Tomlinson
The Climate Group, July 2009
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: Rich and Poor NationsFor Specialized Analysts|For the Public

Technology Roadmap: Nuclear Energy

"The central finding of the IEA’s Technology Roadmap on nuclear energy is that nearly one-fourth of global electricity generation could be met with nuclear power by 2050, offering significant carbon dioxide savings. The Roadmap finds that realizing this goal would require tripling current nuclear capabilities. It further states that this is ...
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Martin Taylor and Cecilia Tam
International Energy Agency, Paris and OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, France, 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

The Future of Nuclear Energy to 2030 and Its Implications for Safety, Security and Nonproliferation:...

This report is an overview highlighting the two major findings of the larger study by the same name which examines the need for international governance of nuclear energy. First, the study concludes that although there is global renewed interest in nuclear energy (and for good reasons--energy security, climate change and increasing global d ...
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Trevor Findlay
The Centre for International Governance Innovation, Ontario, Canada, 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and OceaniaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public

The Gigaton Throwdown

This report examines opportunities for various technologies to reduce carbon emissions and generate employment. It considers feasibility and cost, as well as the types of policies most likely to promote rapid dissemination. From the executive summary: We found that 8 of the 9 clean energy technologies we analyzed can each feasibly reach gigaton sc ...
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The Gigaton Throwdown
Gigaton Throwdown, June 2009
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor Specialized Analysts|For the Public