Tess Machi

Senior Industrial Policy Analyst, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

Tess Machi is a Senior Industrial Policy Analyst at the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES). Her work supports C2ES’s industrial decarbonization program and the Renewable Thermal Collaborative, where she researches challenges to industrial decarbonization and federal policies that will support the deployment of innovative solutions to thermal emissions, such as electrified technologies.

Prior to joining C2ES, Ms. Machi worked as an intern for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program, where she researched sustainable federal procurement and ecolabel recommendations.

Ms. Machi has a Bachelor of Science in Integrated Science and Technology with concentrations in environmental science and production systems from James Madison University.

Posts by Tess Machi

Blog Post
Charged Up: The Grid Benefits of Thermal Energy Storage
Publication
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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Little ways to make big reductions in cement sector emissions