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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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
EFI Foundation (EFIF) hosted a public webinar on May 28, 2025, composed of two impactful sessions that spotlighted Minnesota’s response to projected load growth and…
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.…