Cities and Climate Change: Strategic Options for Philanthropic Support
The next stage of city-based climate mitigation policies should include work outside the city. That’s the conclusion of Cities and Climate Change: Strategic Options for Philanthropic Support, a new report issued today by Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE). Read Report: “Cities and Climate Change” The report, authored by an ISE team with internationally-recognized […]
Electric Industry Transformation: Pathway to the “Grid of Grids”
Most observers of the electricity industry agree that the electric utility as we have come to know it is destined for major change, driven by environmental imperatives and technology advancements. However, while there is some agreement on what the ideal “utility of the future” will look like, there is less consensus on the pace or […]
The Green New Deal: A Goal, Not a Date
Much has already been written and said about the climate policy parts of the Green New Deal, the policy package recently unveiled by Senator Ed Markey and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Most of the commentary—including my own email traffic with many colleagues—falls into two camps. One group, which tends towards energy industry professionals, tends to belittle […]
Cities and Climate Change: Strategic Options for Philanthropic Support
IGS Research | March 2019
New Electric Vehicle Report Compares Charging in World’s Two Largest EV Markets
ISE’s premier research collaboration with Columbia University’s Center for Global Energy Policy (CGEP) and China’s Global Energy Infrastructure and Development Cooperative Organization (GEIDCO) was center stage this week in a panel session at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit (BNEF). As the collaboration focuses on Chinese and U.S. EV infrastructure policies and clean energy transition […]
Elon Musk’s Next Big Headache: Tesla Service
This article looks at Tesla as a value chain, and predicts that Tesla will soon face a new constrained bottleneck in its after-sale service.
Carbon Free Boston Summary Report
IGS Research | January 2019
Released Today: Carbon Free Boston Summary Report
The Carbon Free Boston Summary Report, released today, is the first of three companion reports that extensively uses real-world data to evaluate Boston’s options to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. The report’s comprehensive analysis, led by the Institute for Sustainable Energy in collaboration with the Boston Green Ribbon Commission, evaluates key strategies across the transportation, […]
Utility of the Future
IGS Events | Utility of the Future
ISE Researchers Present on Economics Topics at ASSA Annual Meeting
ISE-affiliated researchers and faculty joined economists from around the world to present at the ASSA annual meeting.