Jan 31, 2024 | Advanced Energy Systems, Carbon Markets, Global Energy Future Initiative, Low Carbons and Renewables Initiative
Mines alumni working to create a zero-carbon steel future Steve Sparkowich ’89 and Daniel Wright ’21 work on the inert anode team at green steel startup Boston Metal. Steel is one of the most important construction materials in the world, giving buildings and bridges...
Dec 12, 2023 | Circular Economy, Global, Global Energy Future Initiative, Investing in the Energy Transition, Mineral Foundations of the Energy Transition, Minerals and Metals Initiative, Net Zero Emissions, Payne News, Sustainable Finance Lab
Transition finance advances at COP28 Payne Institute Program Manager Brad Handler writes about how announcements made during the COP28 climate talks signal progress on several fronts when it comes to unlocking finance to support the energy transition. Transition...
Jul 10, 2023 | Advanced Energy Systems, Carbon Markets, Energy and Development, Global Energy Future Initiative, Low Carbons and Renewables Initiative
Mines researchers discovering new ceramic materials to support the hydrogen economy Ryan O’Hayre and his team are focused on the development of protonic ceramics, with applications in all sorts of electrochemical energy conversion technologies. Electrolysis...
Jun 27, 2023 | Advanced Energy Systems, Circular Economy, Commentary Series, Global, Global Energy Future Initiative, Investing in the Energy Transition, Low Carbons and Renewables Initiative, Net Zero Emissions, Payne News, Sustainable Finance Lab, Sustainable Finance Lab Post, US and Canada
Rising Costs’ Impact on Renewable Power Generation Payne Institute Program Manager Brad Handler and student researcher Mason Shandy write about how the inflationary pressures that have gripped the global economy over the last 18 months, along with central banks’...
Jun 27, 2023 | Advanced Energy Systems, Asia and the Pacific, Carbon Markets, Circular Economy, Global, Global Energy Future Initiative, Low Carbons and Renewables Initiative, Net Zero Emissions, Payne News, Sustainable Finance Lab, Sustainable Finance Lab Post
A new attempt at building a carbon futures market Payne Institute Sustainable Finance Lab Program Manager Brad Handler writes about how Climate Impact X is the latest operator to try to foster exchange-based trade in voluntary carbon credits. Singapore-based Climate...
Jun 6, 2023 | Accelerated Methane Reduction, Advanced Energy Systems, Carbon Markets, Circular Economy, Energy and Development, Global, Global Energy Future Initiative, Oil and Gas Initiative, Payne News, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sustainable Finance Lab, Sustainable Finance Lab Post
Zimbabwe’s attack on carbon offsets Payne Institute Program Manager Brad Handler and Director Morgan Bazilian write about how Zimbabwe’s announcement that it is canceling all carbon offset contracts in its borders and demanding a larger government share of any...