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Europe is heavily reliant on fossil fuels in the heating sector. The EU has set itself a goal of deploying 30 million additional heat pumps by 2030. To advance the transition away from fossil fuels in the heating sector,… View Summary +
The government of the United Kingdom is currently consulting on whether it should mandate that all new gas boilers sold from 2025 be ‘hydrogen-ready’ — that is, they can potentially be converted to run on pure hydrogen in case… View Summary +
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As expansive and even overwhelming as the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) seems to be, it is important to remember that the IRA authorizes a number of different programs that will benefit states — programs, for example, that may… View Summary +
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As we move towards the endgame in the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) revision, what should negotiators be considering as they recraft the key energy saving provisions — the energy savings obligation? The right level of ambition … As part… View Summary +
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With fossil fuel prices skyrocketing, emissions from homes in the UK stubbornly high and the price of clean electricity from renewables tumbling, it’s clear that we are not taking the right approach to heating our buildings. Heating, which is dominated… View Summary +
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RAP developed a model rule for use by U.S. state and local air quality regulators to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from water heaters. This technical support document was published to assist regulators and staff in understanding and making… View Summary +
The European energy crisis was not caused by the electricity market. But it sure made people pay closer-than-usual attention to its design. That is not a bad thing. The electricity market becomes ever more important as large swaths of the… View Summary +
Significant progress has been made in the renewable energy sector, with wind and solar power making up a substantial portion of global power production, accounting for almost one-quarter of noncarbon-emitting generation. This is a considerable improvement from just a decade… View Summary +
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可再生能源领域在近年取得了巨大进展:十年前,风能和太阳能仅占全球电力生产的1%,而现如今,这些资源已成为全球电力生产的重要组成部分,占非碳排放发电的近四分之一。这与它们成本的不断降低有很大关系。长期来看,目前风能和太阳能通常是成本最低的选择,这使其成为了有能源系统减碳目标国家的有利投资。 尽管可再生能源增长势头不减,全球燃煤发电在2021年仍达到了创纪录的高度,比上一年增长了8.5%。二氧化碳排放的绝大部分仍来自于承诺在未来几十年内实现净零碳的国家。尽管如此,本文认为,一个脱碳的全球电力系统仍然是可能的,并且可以在保证高水平可靠性的基础上,以低成本实现过渡。 为了支持这种清洁能源转型,本文讨论了目前正在印度、中国和欧洲进行的电力行业改革。尽管它们有不同的机构、历史和电力系统设置,但这些地区有一些共同的趋势:这些转型都以可靠的规划为基石,同时越发重视需求侧资源的价值。这些地区为全球各国电力行业改革提供了可实现的途径,为脱碳能源的未来带来了希望。 English version is also available. View Summary +
I am pleased to share our 2022 Year in Review. The through line connecting all of RAP’s work to accelerate the global clean energy transition is best characterized as impact through collaboration. We cemented long-standing partnerships and created new relationships with… View Summary +
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