New @cfr.org a short version of my recent report on US auto policy: "Compete, Don't Retreat" Protection is necessary now but shouldn't last forever. If we wait too long, we could be shut out of the world's largest manfg sector. www.cfr.org/expert-brief...

Each year @cfr.org asks fellows to visualize key global trends. My pick this year: "the rise of the electrostate" www.cfr.org/article/visu...

New @cfr.org a policy strategy to reposition US auto industry to respond to China’s export boom. Temporary protection is necessary but must be used wisely. Indefinite protection will forgo benefits for US consumers & cede ROW to China. #energysky #climatesky www.cfr.org/report/compe...

US risks ceding future of world’s largest manufacturing industry to its geopolitical rival unless it changes course. #Compete #DontRetreat www.cfr.org/report/compe...

New @cfr.org ! US needs to mount a vigorous competitive response to China’s global EV juggernaut. #Compete #DontRetreat Pursue benefits, manage risks, reduce costs. www.cfr.org/report/compe...

Building on @cfr.org Global Energy Innovation Index, I share global trends, a mixed picture...the most worrisome being high-quality patents, flat or declining. More here: www.cfr.org/article/hope...

To reclaim U.S. energy leadership, we need bold action. In Re-Energizing America, my @cleantomorrow.org colleagues & I calls for a $25B investment in innovation by 2030 to power America’s global energy leadership. #energysky #climatesky cleantomorrow.org/re-energizin...

We’re number 13! We’re number 13! We’re number 13! Not a chant you hear often. But that’s where the United States ranks in @cfr.org new Global Energy Innovation Index. And that was before Trump. We’ve got to do better.

NEW! @cfr.org Global Energy Innovation Index measures knowledge, markets & policy. The world needs more innovation investment & effort by everyone, but some do more than others. Thank you, Sweden! @leahstokes.bsky.social @jessejenkins.bsky.social @akshatrathi.bsky.social www.cfr.org/report/globa...

@doctorkflem.bsky.social makes the case!

USG pullback from large-scale energy & industrial demo projects will hurt US & the world & benefit China. www.cfr.org/expert-brief...

Word of the day: "involution" - my latest at the National Interest #EVs #China nationalinterest.org/blog/energy-...

@bengeman.bsky.social reports DOE Secy Wright joins GOP criticism of @iea.org which both defends itself & welcomes dialogue. A good strategy w room to develop. But in the end analytical integrity is paramount. More here: nationalinterest.org/blog/energy-...

My latest w Robin Gaster @itif.org - time for the Senate to do its job & use the power of the purse to salvage what remains of US energy innovation policy www.realclearenergy.org/articles/202...

I'm excited to share my perspectives on clean energy innovation w @ucigcc.bsky.social @nwittstock.bsky.social ucigcc.org/podcast/clea...

Looks like the rest of the world is holding the line against Trump machinations vs @iea.org Via @politico.eu www.politico.eu/article/dona...

Urgent update @thirdwayenergy.bsky.social re DOGE hit list of DOE demo projects. Proposed cuts would "undermine years of bipartisan progress and investment" www.thirdway.org/blog/demonst...

Recent reports @washingtonpost.com reveal Trump administration planning cuts to funding & withdrawal from many international orgns www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

New! @cfr.org my post on why fossil fuels are so hard to displace & why we need to keep innovating -- in the broadest sense to transform the global energy system #energysky #climatesky www.cfr.org/article/glob...

This afternoon (EDT), please join @cfr.org for the launch of the Climate Realism Initiative! I'll be moderating an all-star panel on accelerating #cleantech #innovation & #competitiveness #energysky #climatesky #science www.cfr.org/event/climat...

Looking forward to Monday 4/7 launch @cfr.org Climate Realism Initiative feat. all-star line up...join us! link.cfr.org/join/66n/cli...

New! I analyze how @iea.org might navigate tricky currents in US. The nut: respond constructively to conservative critics w/o compromising its broad mission of energy security, including how to get to net-zero. @jessedjenkins.com @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social nationalinterest.org/blog/energy-...

Do you want to understand what the #IEA is & does? A brief explainer via @cfr.org More to come on this topic! #energysky www.cfr.org/expert-brief...

So f-ing depressing heatmap.news/climate/brea...

Electrify everything! Whoops, we forgot to decarbonize first. @volts.wtf @jessedjenkins.com Latest US electricity demand forecast from S&P cleanpower.org/wp-content/u...

Saddened to hear of the passing of Dick Nelson, a great person and great scholar. We are all in his debt. doi.org/10.1016/j.re...

Latest reminder from @mason4c.bsky.social "Registered voters across the political spectrum support many policies designed to reduce carbon pollution and fossil fuel dependence and promote clean energy" www.climatechangecommunication.org/all/climate-...

We've been hearing a lot about Jevons' paradox (ie rebound effects) but not enough about information failures that could easily be fixed. #energysky www.knoxnews.com/story/news/e...

In case this isn't on folks' radar, now is the time to download your favorite publicly available USG resource/dataset. You have until noon on Monday. #econsky #energysky #climatesky

Great maps today @axios.com documenting the lower 48's hottest year ever. www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Can't bank on clean hydrogen. Not sure if we can say this is a learning experience or the strategy of funding hydrogen-based demos is fundamentally unsound. www.canarymedia.com/articles/gre...

Geothermal's potential must be realized!

DOD blacklists CATL. Not clear that CATL is any closer to the PLA than any other big Chinese co. But perhaps that's the point? Good thing the US is staying tight with other countries that have battery manfg capabilities like Japan...☹️ www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Seems like as good a time as any to hoist this one from the archives. "dominance comes 'at a cost of constant oppression … and resentment'....It will produce a backlash if it is tried and leave real problems unaddressed." #energysky morningconsult.com/opinions/ene...

@cfr.org is now accepting applications for its 2025-26 Technologist-in-Residence fellowship and Edward R. Murrow press fellowship. Learn more at www.cfr.org/fellowships/technologist-residence or www.cfr.org/fellowships/edward-r-murrow-press-fellowship/

BNEF triples 2050 green H2 cost estimate. But how can it be driven by electrolyzers if electricity is the bulk of unit cost? financialpost.com/pmn/business...

Inflation Reduction Act + 28 months My students at Wellesley and I are tracking investments in the US electric vehicle supply chain since the IRA became law on August 16, 2022: 159 newly announced projects $103 billion in investments 64,490 new jobs announced A 🧵 #EV #battchatt #energysky

Here's an interesting data point courtesy of the US Energy Information Administration: India has emerged as the leading source of growth in global oil consumption in 2024 and 2025, overtaking China this year

Exciting announcement from the U.S. Dept of Energy: $6 billion for industrial decarbonization demonstration projects, across many key industries like steel, cement, aluminum, paper and... snacks 🔌💡: www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

#energysky #climatesky Pleased to share my latest! @kencaldeira.bsky.social @jessejenkins.bsky.social "Time to Bring Geothermal Energy in From the Cold" www.realclearenergy.org/articles/202...

I'm pleased to share a short series on #cleanenergy #industrialstrategy with Tanya Das & Natalie Tham of the Bipartisan Policy Center Energy Program, covering Defense Production Act, Sematech, & tax policy! bipartisanpolicy.org/report/forgi...

Flexible geothermal power approach combines clean energy with a built-in ‘battery’ engineering.princeton.edu/news/2024/02... Princeton spotlights @wilsonar.bsky.social research w/Fervo on the role of flexible geothermal power in decarbonized power systems. Full paper: zenodo.org/records/1051... 🔌💡

1 week to go! Applications invited: 2024 Energy and Climate-Tech Innovation Policy Boot Camp for Early Career Researchers. 20 promising scholars will spend an intensive week in DC. June 2-7. #energysky #climatesky Full info: climatetech.schar.gmu.edu

2 weeks to go! Applications invited: 2024 Energy and Climate-Tech Innovation Policy Boot Camp for Early Career Researchers 20 promising scholars will spend an intensive week in DC June 2-7. @kencaldeira.bsky.social @jessejenkins.bsky.social #energysky #climatesky Full info: climatetech.schar.gmu.edu

Seems to me EIA ought to be reporting PHEVs & BEVs separate from hybrids, which still rely totally on petroleum, even if they are more efficient. #energysky #climatesky

Applications invited: 2024 Energy and Climate-Tech Innovation Policy Boot Camp for Early Career Researchers. 20 promising scholars will spend an intensive week in DC June 2-7, 2024. Full info: climatetech.schar.gmu.edu

The Mason-Maryland boot camp’s main purpose is to strengthen researchers’ understanding of how energy and climate-tech policy is made, so their research has greater impact on clean energy and climate innovation outcomes. Supported by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. #energysky climatetech.schar.gmu.edu

Applications invited: 2024 Energy and Climate-Tech Innovation Policy Boot Camp for Early Career Researchers climatetech.schar.gmu.edu

This list of power sector trends is pretty encouraging tho perhaps they bury the lede on increasing demand and bottlenecks energysky www.utilitydive.com/news/us-powe...

Also: "a capacity that would exceed those of petroleum liquids, geothermal, wood and wood waste, or landfill gas."