Mines researchers explore way to reduce cost of high-efficiency solar cells 8/24/2022

Mines researchers explore way to reduce cost of high-efficiency solar cells Corinne Packard’s team in the Colorado Center for Advanced Ceramics has been working on a fracture process to allow substrate reuse. Researchers at Colorado School of Mines and the U.S....

The case for closing coal plants at scale 8/23/2022

The case for closing coal plants at scale Deb Chattopadhyay, Payne Institute Sustainable Finance Lab Program Manager Brad Handler, and Director Morgan Bazilian write about how pressure to retire coal-fired power plants is building due to economic and environmental...

Decarbonizing the pulp and paper industry: A critical and systematic review of sociotechnical developments and policy options 6/30/2022

Decarbonizing the pulp and paper industry: A critical and systematic review of sociotechnical developments and policy options Dylan Furszyfer Del Rio,  Benjamin K. Sovacool, Payne Institute Fellow Steve Griffiths, Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian, Jinsoo Kim,...

How private capital can be leveraged to fight climate change 2/8/2022

How private capital can be leveraged to fight climate change Payne Institute Research Associate Brad Handler and Director Morgan Bazilian write about how the recent UN COP26 climate negotiations once again revealed how the richest nations in the world are not meeting...

Crediting emissions saved in plugging oil and gas wells 1/26/2022

Crediting emissions saved in plugging oil and gas wells Payne Institute Research Associate Brad Handler and Director Morgan Bazilian write about how avoided emissions could be credited as carbon offsets and sold on exchanges. Funds totalling $21bn have been allocated...