by Mason Inman | Oct 27, 2017 | Reports |
Download report (pdf) We comment on the relationship between the 2030 Scoping Plan and the AB 398 implementation process. AB 398 requires a number of substantive changes to the post-2020 cap-and-trade market design the California Air Resources Board (ARB) adopted in...
by Mason Inman | Oct 2, 2017 | Reports |
On October 2, 2017, the Near Zero team—Michael Mastrandrea, Mason Inman, and Danny Cullenward—presented at Stanford’s Energy Seminar, showing results from a retrospective study in-progress. The full video of the talk is below. As California prepares its strategy...
by Mason Inman | May 11, 2017 | Blog |
Sen. Bob Wieckowski (left) in a hearing, with David Garcia (right), a consultant for the Senate Environmental Policy Committee Yesterday the California Senate’s Environmental Quality Committee, chaired by Sen. Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont), heard testimony on...
by Mason Inman | Apr 10, 2017 | Reports |
Download report (pdf) California’s prospects for meeting mandated targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as described in the Scoping Plan Update issued by the state’s Air Resources Board (ARB), face major sources of uncertainty and risk. This...
by Mason Inman | Jun 6, 2016 | archive |
Download report (pdf) In May 2016, ahead of the 7th Clean Energy Ministerial and the inaugural Mission Innovation Ministerial, Near Zero gathered perspectives from experts in Mission Innovation countries to explore opportunities for further low-carbon energy R&D....
by Mason Inman | Apr 12, 2016 | archive |
Download report (pdf) In December 2015, world leaders from 20 countries announced Mission Innovation, an unprecedented increase in funds for accelerating affordable, zero-emission energy at global scale, doubling their respective clean energy research and development...
by Mason Inman | Sep 24, 2014 | Reports |
Download report (pdf) Using expert assessments of U.S. natural gas supply, this paper examined the effect of different gas supplies on the future composition of the U.S. power sector and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Results suggest abundant supplies of natural gas...
by Mason Inman | Sep 16, 2014 | Reports |
Download report (pdf) The proposed Keystone XL pipeline connecting Alberta oil sands to U.S. Gulf Coast refineries would raise future oil sands production, according to a Near Zero survey of 26 oil sands professionals and researchers. Nearly 70% of participants...
by Mason Inman | Dec 11, 2012 | Reports |
Download report (pdf) Prices for photovoltaic modules—the part of solar panels that turn sunlight into electricity—are expected to continue falling, in line with the long-term trend that has persisted since 1980, according to Near Zero’s survey of experts. On...
by Mason Inman | Sep 11, 2012 | Reports |
Download report (pdf) Winds near Earth’s surface are already used to generate substantial amounts of electricity. However, higher in the sky—much higher than today’s wind turbines can reach—winds tend to be stronger and steadier, making these winds an even larger...
