Three Big Ideas for Modernizing DOE’s Loan Programs
By: Katelyn O’Dell Dean and Zahava Urecki, Bipartisan Policy Center Overview The Department of Energy (DOE) office responsible for administering loans and loan guarantees—formerly known…
By: Katelyn O’Dell Dean and Zahava Urecki, Bipartisan Policy Center Overview The Department of Energy (DOE) office responsible for administering loans and loan guarantees—formerly known…
In Fall 2025, ACORE, Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability, the EFI Foundation (EFIF), and the World Resources Institute (WRI) convened technology…
Unpacking DOE’s October Award Cancellations (October 2025) analyzes the full scope of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) cancellation of 321 awards from its science and energy innovation offices announced on October 2,…
Integrated Product- and Entity-Level Carbon Accounting: Putting Concepts into Practice (October 2025) presents the EFI Foundation’s (EFIF) concise synthesis of a ledger-based accounting framework that…
The True Cost of the 45V Tax Credit (May 2025) evaluates the cost of the clean hydrogen production tax credit (45V), part of the Inflation…
Unlocking Private Capital for Carbon Capture and Storage in Industry and Power (April 2025) outlines how policy and financial support mechanisms can accelerate efforts to…
Washington D.C. — The Nuclear Scaling Initiative (NSI), a collaboration between the EFI Foundation (EFIF), Clean Air Task Force (CATF), and the Nuclear Threat Initiative…
Building Buy-In for Clean Energy Projects: The Developer’s Playbook (March 2025) outlines how clean energy developers can expedite projects through community engagement and coalition building.…
As the world adjusts to a changing political landscape, the CERAWeek 2025 theme— “Moving Ahead: Energy strategies for a complex world”—rang particularly timely. EFIF leadership…
The EFI Foundation (EFIF) had productive meetings and participated in several sessions at CERAWeek 2025 in Houston, Texas. CERAWeek is one of the preeminent global…
In 2024, the work of the EFI Foundation (EFIF) further solidified our position as a preeminent thought leader in crafting science-based solutions to achieve a…
For a full recap of our past year of work, read the 2024 Annual Report. As 2024 ended, the United States experienced a historic political…


