Clean Energy Transition Institute

Independent, nonpartisan Northwest research and analysis nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the clean energy transition in the Northwest.

The Clean Energy Transition Institute’s Role is to:

Conduct Research and Analysis
Serve as an Information Clearinghouse
Provide Stakeholder Convening

FEATURED REPORT

Meeting the Challenge of Our Time: Pathways to a Clean Energy Future for the Northwest is the first economy-wide analysis to examine decarbonization pathways mapped to the Northwest’s economic and institutional realities.

What You Can Do About Climate Change

With glaciers melting, seas rising, wildfires raging, and storms intensifying, Americans have awakened to the reality of climate change. The majority now understands that global warming is happening; is caused by humans burning fossil fuels; and is causing the climate to change. People are asking how they can do their part to reduce their carbon footprints.

Eileen V. Quigley

Cash for Carbon

In the event that Democrats win back the Senate in 2020, current Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) would introduce a proposal to speed up the transition to electric vehicles that would eliminate carbon emissions from approximately 65 million gas-powered cars.

Community Solar in the Northwest

Cheaper, cleaner, quiet energy. It’s an easy sell. That’s why community solar farms have been sprouting up across the nation. Forty states have at least one community solar project, and 1,523 megawatts (MW) of this type of solar were installed in 2018.

Urban Decarbonization

Tracking Climate Action at the City Level

While climate change presents a global imperative, cities consume over two-thirds of the world’s energy and contribute over 70% of the greenhouse gas pollution, climate action at the local level is critically important. Further, the urban share of...

Eileen V. Quigley

Urban Decarbonization

Seattle Ups Ante on Climate Action

Newly elected Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan wasted no time making clear her commitment to serious climate action, announcing new carbon emission-reduction initiatives for transportation and buildings on April 4, 2018...

Eileen V. Quigley

Urban Decarbonization

Carving Up Carbon Reduction Strategies

A community that has set an ambitious carbon-reduction target and mapped its sources and uses of energy is ready to determine how to carve up its reduction strategies using a Carbon Wedge Analysis ...

Eileen V. Quigley

Low-Carbon Pathways

Pathways to a Clean Energy Future

The Clean Energy Transition Institute commissioned an economy-wide deep decarbonization pathways study to serve as a blueprint for how Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington might achieve a low-carbon, clean energy economy...

Eileen V. Quigley

Low-Carbon Pathways

Deep Decarbonization Study Conclusions

The results of Meeting the Challenge of Our Time: Pathways to a Clean Energy Future for the Northwest demonstrate the feasibility of Northwest states to achieve deep decarbonization by mid-century, even if we postulate...

Eileen V. Quigley

Low-Carbon Pathways

Deep Decarbonization Cost Assessment

The scope of costs in "Meeting the Challenge of Our Time: Pathways to a Clean Energy Future in the Northwest" is limited to energy system costs, which represent the annual cost of producing, distributing, and consuming energy.

Eileen V. Quigley

Clean Energy Workforce

Clean Energy Driving Job Growth

These are dynamic times for the clean energy job sector, despite the Trump Administration’s best efforts to stymie clean energy in the United States by propping up the coal industry, derailing clean cars, and halting clean power.

Eileen V. Quigley

Clean Energy Workforce

Counting Clean Energy Jobs

Clean energy is one of the fastest growing sectors in the global economy, with millions of jobs being created at the same time that traditional energy sectors, such as coal mining, face sharp declines. Tracking the progress in clean energy job ...

Eileen V. Quigley

Clean Energy Workforce

The Great Coal Cleanup is Everybody's Business (with Opportunity for All)

Roughly one year ago, I wrote an article for GreenBiz in which I argued for greater corporate sector engagement on the pressing economic challenges in coal mining communities. In particular, I argued for a more inclusive form of ...

RESEARCH

Low-Carbon Pathways

Low-Carbon Pathways

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Clean Electricity

Clean Electricity

Energy Efficiency

Energy Efficiency

Buildings

Fuels Decarbonization

Fuels Decarbonization

Transportation Electrification

Transportation Electrification

Emerging Technologies

Emerging Technologies

Sequestration

Clean Energy Policy

Clean Energy Policy

Climate Action

Urban Decarbonization

Urban Decarbonization

Clean Energy Workforce

Clean Energy Workforce

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The Clean Energy Transition Institute is a Seattle, WA-based, 501(c)(3) nonprofit research and analysis organization funded by foundations and individuals committed to accelerating regional deep decarbonization in the U.S. Northwest. You can support our work by making a tax-deductible contribution of any amount. Thank you very much for your assistance.

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