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Climate law spending not enough for CO2-free grid

The EFI Foundation’s Energy Futures Finance Forum (EF³) focuses on bolstering private investment in decarbonization, as explained in a new framing paper. “We’re not going to have the deployment of large amounts of low-carbon technology without private capital at a very, very large scale,” EFI CEO Ernest Moniz said at the program’s launch event.

Improved policies are critical for CCS projects

EFI’s new report, Turning CCS Projects in Heavy Industry and Power into Blue Chip Financial Investments, outlines how to scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) from an investor’s perspective. The report concludes that “improved market, permitting, and regulatory policies” are necessary for CCS.

Moniz-led group outlines CCS fixes

While carbon capture and storage technologies have been deployed for decades, EFI’s latest report explains why its “progress as a decarbonization solution in the U.S. has been disappointing.” It offers policy recommendations to overcome the challenges CCS faces from an investor’s perspective.

Carbon capture build-out needs policy gains to leverage credits

EFI’s report, Turning CCS Projects in Heavy Industry and Power into Blue Chip Financial Investments, explains investment barriers to carbon capture and storage (CCS). To address the environmental justice concerns of CCS, “You have to have better conversations with communities… [and] include facts in those conversations,” project lead Jeffrey Brown said.

What the Inflation Reduction Act means for working families

EFI Distinguished Associate David Foster discusses Jobs, Emissions, and Economic Growth—What the Inflation Reduction Act Means for Working Families in the MinnPost. The policy paper shows “Biden goals on climate and social equity are well within reach,” Foster explained.

What the fusion breakthrough means for our energy future

In an opinion piece for The Boston Globe, Ernest J. Moniz comments on the scientific milestone in nuclear fusion achieved by the U.S. Department of Energy. “Nuclear fusion offers the benefits without those challenges [of today’s nuclear fission], and widespread deployment would be a game-changer,” Moniz explained.

Initial deployment of fusion power plant possible in the next decade

In an interview on Bloomberg’s Balance of Power with David Westin, Ernest J. Moniz explains the implications of the first net energy gain from fusion. “I think we can demonstrate, and maybe initially deploy, some [fusion] power plants on the grid in the next decade,” Moniz said.

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One Good Text with … Ernest Moniz

Following the U.S. Department of Energy’s announcement regarding nuclear fusion, President and CEO of the Energy Futures Initiative Ernest Moniz said: “The first laboratory demonstration of net energy gain by fusing hydrogen isotopes is a major physics accomplishment—a necessary step on the long road to a fusion power plant.”

U.S. Think Tank Leader Proposes A Federal Authority To Pay For Carbon Removal

The Energy Futures Initiative (EFI) has proposed creating a federal agency to execute large-scale carbon removal in the CO2-Secure report that it released in December. This would be a follow-on to proposed carbon dioxide removal legislation that is before Congress.

Think tank led by former US energy chief calls for federal CO2 purchasing agency

At the event launching the Energy Futures Initiative’s (EFI) CO2-Secure proposal for large-scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR) in the United States, event panelists discussed the need for CDR to be seen as a “public good” and to start building the will for a carbon procurement bill.