OurEnergyLibrary Monthly Digest
January 2022 Highlights
Hope the first month of 2022 is going well for you! January sees continuing conversations about President Biden's Build Back Better package, disagreements over solar incentives in California, and much more.

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Featured New Publications
"In these pages, experts offer ways forward in the face of hazards like Russian aggression, supply-demand mismatch, and a transition that threatens to leave the global poor behind. Though the pitfalls that emerged in 2021 gave many pause, this report reveals that leaders are no less determined to find solutions, and to chart a more stable and inclusive course in 2022."

Atlantic Council
"Recycling solar panels is an expensive, complicated and energy-intensive process. But with cumulative solar waste projections expected to rise globally over the next few decades, this paper argues that it is vital to design a more circular and sustainable management system for end-of-life panels."

Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy
"This working paper estimates the fiscal risk posed by the energy transition for governments dependent on fossil fuels, while examining policies to address this risk to revenues."



Resources for the Future
More New Resources
Lifecycle GHG Impacts in Building Codes
New Buildings Institute
The Potential for Clean Hydrogen in the Carolinas
Energy Futures Initiative
Net-Zero Power: Long Duration Energy Storage for a Renewable Grid
Long Duration Energy Storage Council, McKinsey & Company
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage: Technologies and Costs in the U.S. Context
Harvard's Belfer Center
Scaling Innovation: A Proposed Framework for Scaling Energy Demonstrations and Early Deployment
American Energy Innovation Council
Solar on Superstores: Big Roofs, Big Potential for Renewable Energy
Environment America, Frontier Group
Surveying the BECCS Landscape
Energy Futures Initiative
NDCs and Renewable Energy Targets in 2021
IRENA
Prioritizing Effective Infrastructure-Led Development
Urban Land Institute
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