Dear OurEnergyPolicy Community,
Like all of us around the country rising to the challenge posed by the COVID-19 outbreak, we are focused on health and safety first, and on doing everything we can to follow best practices to fight the spread of coronavirus.
Given the online nature of our organization, we plan to continue operating our digital programs fully in the days ahead
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facilitating robust dialogue on the critical energy policy issues we address through our
online discussions
and providing, through the
OurEnergyLibrary
, access to materials that can support energy professionals in their important work.
We invite you to participate in our online discussions and to invite your colleagues to
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and comment, as well.
Indeed, we hope that you will be ab
le to weigh in on these policy issues, and that our discussions can provide some worthwhile en
deavors, as time permits, despite the daily problems associated with the pandemic.
For the foreseeable future we will, of course, be suspending our live events in New York City and Washington, D.C. We will continue maintaining our
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of select energy events across the sector, many of which are continuing as webinars and livestreams. We also invite you to visit our
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Thank you, as always, for your engagement with us in our non-partisan mission to facilitate responsible dialogue on energy policy issues. We remain committed to this mission, and wish you and all of your loved ones health and safety during this time.
Sincerely,
All of us at OEP
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By Faith Martinez Smith
Policy Analyst, ClearPath
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"
Grid-scale
energy storage
is critical for decarbonizing our economy
and merits high-profile attention from our policy makers....
The [U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) ] Energy Storage Grand Challenge will
create research, development, & demonstration opportunities & eventually spur commercialization of new energy storage technologies
. Currently, energy storage initiatives are spread across DOE in multiple program offices; the grand challenge will coordinate these efforts to push energy storage technologies to market...."
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Last week, six OurEnergyPolicy experts contributed about 20 comments to the
discussion
on what technologies the Energy Storage Challenge might focus on, the barriers to deployment that the challenge might address, and the policy changes that would most support the deployment of new storage technologies. Read a few of their comments below. Then
log in
and add your own comment!
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Question 1
: What storage technologies do you think the Energy Storage Grand Challenge (ESGC) should focus on?
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Short-term storage (batteries, etc.) are pretty well covered already. But long-term and seasonal storage is a challenge."
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Reply to Dan:
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I definitely agree, but would add one caveat: there is always room for improvement.
Over time there may be cheaper chemistries or more accessible materials
.... I hope the ESGC will be a catalyzer of
long-duration and seasonal storage
alongside existing efforts such as the ARPA-E DAYS Program." -
Faith Martinez Smith
, Policy Analyst, ClearPath
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"A very important long-term storage technology that should be investigated is the
production of hydrogen gas from electrolysis
of water where the process is powered by excess wind, solar, or nuclear power....
This hydrogen would be flexible for long-term storage needs and as dispatchable
as existing natural gas power plants." -
Henry Goldberg
, Consultant
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Question 2
: What are the current barriers to deployment that the grand challenge should address?
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Question 3
: What policy changes would most support the deployment and adoption of new storage technologies?
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Please go to the comment thread (linked above) of the question that you would like to reply to and add your comment.
If you not have an account, and you are an energy professional,
register now
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Ongoing Discussion & Materials
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"I agree that
pricing carbon is only one of many solutions
to mitigating climate change, and one that should be done on the national level to be most effective....
Passage of Congressman Deutch’s Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Plan would hasten the energy market transformation
and
address two important barriers
to reducing carbon generation...
. -
Martha Sickles
, Founder, Urbecon
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A viable climate change solution needs to be big and lasting
. This policy puts a fee on fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas. It starts low, and grows over time.
To protect U.S. manufacturers and jobs
, imported goods will be assessed a
border carbon adjustment
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New Publications in the OurEnergyLibrary
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U.S. Energy Information Administration
March 13, 2020
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Center for Strategic and International Studies
March 12, 2020
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Update from Congress
Legislation Update
New Legislation
Other Updates
Hearings
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- When: Fri, March 20, 3:00-4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
- When: Wed, March 25, 9-10 a.m. Eastern Time
Washington, D.C.
- When: Wed, September 23, 2-3:30 p.m.
- Where: 2168 Rayburn House Office Building and live webcast
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To see more upcoming energy events across the country, visit the OEP
Events Calendar
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The Our Energy Policy Foundation is a non-partisan, 501(c)(3) non-profit and does not have or endorse any specific political, programmatic, policy, or technological agendas, but rather seeks to encourage a broad discussion of all points of view. OurEnergyPolicy's mission is
to facilitate substantive, responsible dialogue on energy policy issues and provide this dialogue as a resource for the public, policymakers, and the media.
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