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Achieving a true low-carbon transition requires an array of innovative technologies, including renewable energy, alternative vehicles, advanced nuclear power, and carbon capture, use and storage.

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Manufacturing the Advanced Energy Future in Kentucky

Communities in Kentucky have long supplied a significant portion of the natural resources that powered the U.S. economy, namely coal. Since 1790, Kentucky has supplied more than 11 percent of all coal produced in the United States. As global markets …

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Not-in-that-starfish’s backyard: considerations for critical mineral mining in the deep sea
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Clean Hydrogen: Demand-Side Support Policy Recommendations

Click here for a factsheet summarizing the Clean Hydrogen Policy Recommendations. To mitigate climate impacts, major greenhouse gas emission reductions will be required across the United States economy. Rapid decarbonization will necessitate the development and deployment of new clean technologies, …

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C2ES’s Clean Hydrogen Working Group Highlights 5 Keys to Grow Demand 
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Methane pyrolysis: the case for cleaner hydrogen with existing infrastructure
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IRA program spurs climate action plans in surprising places
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Engineered Carbon Removal: Markets & Finance Policy Recommendations

There is broad consensus that both aggressive greenhouse gas emissions reductions and gigatons of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) will be needed to limit the rise in average global temperatures to below 2 degrees C above preindustrial levels. In addition to …

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Engineered Carbon Removal: Markets & Finance Policies (Factsheet)

This factsheet accompanies the full brief that explores C2ES’s engineered carbon removal federal policy recommendations.

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Advanced Nuclear Process Heat for Industrial Decarbonization

Key Takeaways Nuclear power is one of the few technologies that can economically and technologically meet the thermal needs of industrial process heat applications up to 950 degrees C (1,742 degrees F). Retrofitting facilities (e.g., manufacturing, universities, hospitals) currently utilizing …

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A Sign-Off from COP28