Aligning Energy, Trade, and Development Finance

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Investing in domestic industries alone is not sufficient to realize the modern U.S. industrial strategy. Energy minerals, trade, and development finance will need to come together if we are to source the materials needed for both domestic and international transitions to clean energy. The U.S. is leveraging trade policy to level the global playing field, […]

Accelerating the Commercialization Flywheel

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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act have provided an unprecedented amount of support for the deployment of clean energy and decarbonization technologies and have catalyzed $6 worth of private sector investment for every $1 of government investment. Yet, our nation still faces challenges in reaching our greenhouse gas reduction targets in the […]

2025 and Beyond: Where Should America Invest to Win?

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With some provisions of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law set to expire as soon as 2027, many – industry and academia, investors and policymakers – are using lessons from BIL/IRA “1.0” to create new tools, expand existing ones, and place new bets on technologies now ready to graduate and scale-up all along the research, development, demonstration, […]

Shoring up Demand for Clean Hydrogen

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Hydrogen, like many other clean energy markets, faces a supply-demand stalemate. High costs and uncertain supply scare away buyers. Producers struggle to obtain financing as a result. And stalled out development means that costs remain high, supply remains uncertain and markets don’t mature. Governments and private actors have long recognized this issue and are standing […]

Clearing for Takeoff: Finding SAF Offtake and Scaling the SAF Economy

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Since the passage of the IRA, Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) has seen a surge in planned production and investment. Currently announced projects in the U.S. could expand U.S. production capacity from ~60 million gallons of annual nameplate capacity today to up to 3.2 billion gallons of capacity by 2030. These planned projects have announced $45B […]

Convenient, Reliable, and Everywhere: Building a National Charging Network

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The investment in a national charging network from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has moved into implementation—and driven innovation across the public and private sectors. From truck stop operators and power companies to communities and state departments of transportation, there are new business models, unexpected partnerships, and technical advancements that are creating a more engaging and […]