Fervo and X-Energy: How Federal Support Powered Clean Firm IPO Successes
By Sarah Frances Smith In the last month, two clean firm power companies debuted on the public markets amid policy uncertainty, rising energy costs, and…
By Sarah Frances Smith In the last month, two clean firm power companies debuted on the public markets amid policy uncertainty, rising energy costs, and…
The Untapped Benefits of DOE’s Other Transaction Authority (April 2026) examines how the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) can use a flexible funding mechanism to…
DOE’s 2025 in Review: A Year of Radical Uncertainty (February 2026) reviews U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) actions over Year One of the second Trump…
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…
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,…
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…
Factbook for H2Hub Stakeholders: Environmental Justice Views on Hydrogen (May 2024) presents results of a study by the EFI Foundation (EFIF) on the perspectives of…
Building Stronger Community Engagement in Hydrogen Hubs (February 2024) is a factbook reporting the results of a survey of nearly 5,000 respondents from disadvantaged, tribal,…
Transforming the Energy Innovation Enterprise: Enhancing the Pace, Agility, Effectiveness, and Efficiency of the U.S. Department of Energy Management Structures and Processes (November 2023) presents…
On June 28, 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy released the United States Energy and Employment Report 2022, reporting that energy jobs grew faster than…
On June 2, the Energy Futures Initiative (EFI) convened Gulf Coast hydrogen leaders for a public workshop on developing a market for clean hydrogen.
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