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The EFI Foundation advances innovative, evidence-based solutions to complex energy challenges—combining rigorous analysis with a pragmatic approach to bridge the gap toward a low-carbon future. All of our legacy Energy Futures Initiative work can be found below alongside current EFIF publications.
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What’s Next for Canceled DOE Funds?
What’s Next for Canceled DOE Funds? (December 2025) provides an analysis of the legal and budgetary rules that shape the trajectory of funding from canceled U.S. Department…
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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…
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Pathways to Keep Financing Flowing into Clean Electricity Sectors
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…
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Unpacking DOE’s October Award Cancellations
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,…
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Integrated Product- and Entity-Level Carbon Accounting: Putting Concepts into Practice
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…
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DOE Staff Crunch Slows American Energy Innovation
DOE Staff Crunch Slows American Energy Innovation (September 2025) explores the relationship between the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) staffing levels and funding to catalyze and implement…
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Roundtable Readout: Mobilizing Catalytic Financing for Clean Energy Infrastructure
On June 18, 2025, the EFI Foundation (EFIF) and the Atlantic Council co-hosted a private roundtable focused on mobilizing catalytic financing for clean energy assets at…
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Modernizing American Energy Innovation
Modernizing American Energy Innovation: Five Ways to Re-energize DOE (June 2025) analyzes challenges and opportunities at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as it increases end-to-end support…
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Carbon Accounting: Framework for a Comprehensive New Product- and Entity-Level, Ledger-Based Carbon Accounting System
Carbon Accounting: Framework for a Comprehensive New Product- and Entity-Level, Ledger-Based Carbon Accounting System (June 2025) is the first in a series of analysis by the…
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Exploring the Future of Geologic Hydrogen
EFI Foundation (EFIF) hosted a webinar on June 18, 2025, to discuss the current state of geologic hydrogen exploration and offer an outline of the…
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Exploring the Future of Geologic Hydrogen
Exploring the Future of Geologic Hydrogen: Defining the Path Ahead (June 2025) outlines the current state of the emerging geologic hydrogen industry and maps out feasible pathways…
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The Return on Investment of U.S. Clean Hydrogen Policy
The Return on Investment of U.S. Clean Hydrogen Policy (June 2025) quantifies the economic return of U.S. clean hydrogen hubs (H2Hubs) and policy incentives by comparing…






















