Renewable Energy
Technological innovations are gradually lowering the costs associated with solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, and biomass-derived energies. RFF researchers are evaluating the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of clean energy generation, regulation, and infrastructure policies that countries can use toward their climate targets.
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Report — Apr 2, 2024
Global Energy Outlook 2024: Peaks or Plateaus?
RFF's annual Global Energy Outlook harmonizes a range of long-term energy projections to find key trends in global energy consumption, emissions, and geopolitics.
Media Highlight — Mar 27, 2024
Cipher: “Changes in US Tax Rules Provide Big Boost for Renewables”
RFF Board of Directors Member and Senior Advisor Jay Bartlett offers comments on tax breaks for clean energy companies.
Common Resources — Mar 12, 2024
Speeding Up Solar Projects: Siting Review under the National Environmental Policy Act
New solar energy projects can take a long time to be approved, built, and connected to the grid. Some recent federal efforts that aim to accelerate project development have shown mixed results.
Working Paper — Jan 23, 2024
The Energy Transition and Local Government Finance: New Data and Insights from 10 US States
This working paper analyzes how fossil fuels and renewable energy contribute to local governments revenue in 79 US counties across 10 states.
Report — Apr 2, 2024
Global Energy Outlook 2024: Peaks or Plateaus?
RFF's annual Global Energy Outlook harmonizes a range of long-term energy projections to find key trends in global energy consumption, emissions, and geopolitics.
Working Paper — Jan 23, 2024
The Energy Transition and Local Government Finance: New Data and Insights from 10 US States
This working paper analyzes how fossil fuels and renewable energy contribute to local governments revenue in 79 US counties across 10 states.
Working Paper — Dec 15, 2023
Adding Solar: The Role of the National Environmental Policy Act in Solar Development
This working paper examines the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other federal permitting processes affecting utility-scale solar projects in the US Southwest.
Report — Dec 12, 2023
Beyond Subsidy Levels: The Effects of Tax Credit Choice for Solar and Wind Power in the Inflation Reduction Act
This report considers solar and wind projects' option to choose between the investment tax credit (ITC) and production tax credit (PTC) under the Inflation Reduction Act.
RFF Live — Mar 28, 2023
The Global Energy Outlook 2023: Sowing the Seeds of an Energy Transition
An in-depth panel discussion on some of the potential long-term outlooks for energy markets and the global energy system
RFF Live — Apr 7, 2022
The Global Energy Outlook 2022: Turning Points and Tension in the Energy Transition
An in-depth panel discussion on some of the potential long-term outlooks for energy markets in a year marked by progress and peril
Workshop — Dec 2, 2021
Offshore Wind: Today’s Challenges and Tomorrow’s Opportunities
Addressing and identifying key policy, market, and finance issues that will impact the direction of the offshore wind industry in the United States
RFF Live — Sep 24, 2021
80x30—Accelerating the Clean Energy Transition
A panel discussion exploring federal policy action to achieve 80 percent clean electricity by 2030
Common Resources — Mar 12, 2024
Speeding Up Solar Projects: Siting Review under the National Environmental Policy Act
New solar energy projects can take a long time to be approved, built, and connected to the grid. Some recent federal efforts that aim to accelerate project development have shown mixed results.
On the Issues — Nov 22, 2023
On the Issues: Offshore Wind Boost, Holiday Air Travel, and More
A biweekly newsletter connecting global current events, pressing climate and energy policy news, and economics research from RFF scholars. This week: Offshore wind boost, holiday air travel, and more.
Resources Radio — Nov 14, 2023
Not a Shore Thing: Challenges in US Offshore Wind Development, with Ben Storrow
Ben Storrow discusses the challenges for offshore wind project development in recent years, how policymakers can address these challenges, and the future of the offshore wind industry.
Resources Radio — Sep 12, 2023
European Perspectives on the Inflation Reduction Act, with Milan Elkerbout
Milan Elkerbout discusses how the European Union has reacted to the Inflation Reduction Act, climate and industrial policies that the European Union has proposed over the past year, and trends in global trade and industrial policy.
Media Highlight — Mar 27, 2024
Cipher: “Changes in US Tax Rules Provide Big Boost for Renewables”
RFF Board of Directors Member and Senior Advisor Jay Bartlett offers comments on tax breaks for clean energy companies.
Media Highlight — Apr 27, 2022
Forbes: "Manchin's Budget Offer Can Help America Fight Inflation and Climate Change"
A popular RFF issue brief is cited in a piece about the viability of clean electricity tax credits and other clean energy policies.
Press Release — Apr 7, 2022
As Energy Prices and Carbon Emissions Rebound, Uncertainty Pervades the Global Energy Future
Resources for the Future’s Global Energy Outlook 2022 shows our world at a crossroads – with volatile energy prices amid global tumult, 19 scenarios provide divergent potential futures for the energy mix and climate change.
Media Highlight — Jan 17, 2022
The Renewable Energy Source Democrats Hope Will Break Out
The Renewable Energy Source Democrats Hope Will Break Out