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Project

Hydrogen as a decarbonization tool

Seeking to advance public understanding of a vital decarbonization tool with the aim of reducing emissions as economically and rapidly as possible.

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Report

The imperative of the Versatile Test Reactor

The United States will lose its competitive edge against adversaries (especially Russia) if it lacks a fully realized nuclear energy innovation ecosystem, of which the VTR is a crucial component.

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Event series

EnergySource Innovation Stream

Highlighting energy innovations with the potential to reshape the global energy system through discussions with the companies and individuals working diligently to enable those innovations to impact and accelerate the energy transition.

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RESEARCH

Achieving net-zero ambitions

Working with a wide-ranging community of experts and stakeholders, we provide commentary and analysis on the development and deployment of critical clean energy technologies.

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Technology and innovation pathways

Enabling net-zero solutions Mar 4, 2024

Toward harmonizing transatlantic hydrogen policies: Understanding the gaps

By Joseph Webster and Pau Ruiz Guix

Clean hydrogen is becoming a critical tool for decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors. While the US and EU governments are supporting the growth of their respective hydrogen industries, they must identify gaps in transatlantic approaches to effectively build on each others’ efforts rather than create hinderances.
European Union Geopolitics & Energy Security
Technology and innovation pathways

Global Energy Agenda Dec 5, 2023

A new generation of nuclear reactors is poised to set the United States—and the world—on the path to net zero

By John Wagner

Over the next decade, more than a dozen advanced reactor concepts will be demonstrated in the United States. Ensuring the advancement of this nuclear energy will be critical to securing security, prosperity, and environmental sustainability for future generations.
Climate Change & Climate Action Energy Transitions

Events

Online Event Thu, October 19, 2023 • 8:30 am ET

Senator Joe Manchin on driving US industrial competitiveness with hydrogen

AN #ACFRONTPAGE EVENT – A conversation with US Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia on US industrial competitiveness and global leadership in the hydrogen sector.
Energy Transitions Politics & Diplomacy United States and Canada

By bringing together public, private, and nonprofit stakeholders, we facilitate dialogue on technological solutions to accelerate the energy transition.

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Joseph Webster

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Lauren Hughes

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Americas Energy & Environment

The Global Energy Center promotes energy security by working alongside government, industry, civil society, and public stakeholders to devise pragmatic solutions to the geopolitical, sustainability, and economic challenges of the changing global energy landscape.

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