Projects

Convening Stakeholders

Throughout 2020, the Institute will work with key influencers in the region to develop a decarbonization implementation plan to guide actions from now until 2030. We will set emission targets to attain for 2025 and 2030; identify barriers to deep decarbonization to achieving the targets; and convene decision-makers to determine how to put the region on a decarbonization path.

Building Decarbonization

Decarbonizing the built environment involves energy efficiency and demand management strategies, as well as decreasing the use of natural gas, which could negatively impact the region’s most vulnerable residents. We will co-develop a Decarbonizing Buildings project with frontline communities to determine the most equitable and technically sound solutions to reducing carbon emissions from buildings.

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Energy Mapping Project

The Clean Energy Mapping project aims to use Tableau’s data visualization software to create an interactive map displaying attitudes toward decarbonization and examples of clean energy activities in Northwest state legislative districts. The goal is to show Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington policymakers and legislators evidence of clean energy economic value and support for clean energy throughout the region.

RECENT POSTS

Wrapping Up 2019 with Gratitude

After a very busy year, the Clean Energy Transition Institute has become an important catalyst for framing informed discussions about deep decarbonization in the Northwest. We are respected for providing unbiased research, daylighting the nuances of the clean energy...

Eileen V. Quigley

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.

Shifting to Zero

As concern about the climate crisis grows, people are searching for solutions to decrease their carbon footprints. Net-zero homes are one way to help achieve deep decarbonization.

Moving Forward with Decarbonizing the Northwest

In the wake of the successful release of Meeting the Challenge of Our Time: Pathways to a Clean Energy Future for the Northwest, the Clean Energy Transition Institute had an exceptionally busy summer fielding inquiries and making presentations...

Eileen V. Quigley

Striking for the Future

“Hey hey, ho ho, fossil fuels have got to go!” Chants rang though the streets of Seattle last Friday from thousands who participated in the Seattle Climate Strike. Students and workers skipped school and work to demand stronger climate action...

Maybe an Electric Car Isn't for You After All... Or is it?

As more and more Electric Vehicles (EVs) come to market, it is becoming easier to find an EV model to match a wide range of lifestyles. It’s time to bust common myths about EVs.

Ensuring an Equitable Electric Vehicle Future

A common misconception is that Teslas are the only electric vehicles (EVs) available. This leads to the perception that EVs are only accessible to the rich and should not be considered as a decarbonizing transportation solution...