by Mason Inman | Sep 13, 2016 | Reports |
Using software tools developed by Near Zero, a team of researchers has completed the largest expert survey yet on any energy technology. Using Near Zero’s online expert survey platform, researchers were able to gather responses from 163 of the world’s foremost experts...
by Danny Cullenward | Jul 22, 2016 | Reports |
Download report (pdf) Near Zero’s Danny Cullenward submitted a comment letter to the State of Washington’s Department of Ecology to share important information about the status of the California market: The Department should be aware that California’s...
by Danny Cullenward | Jun 24, 2016 | Reports |
Go to report (pdf) Beginning in early 2016, California’s carbon market began to change. For the first time since the market’s launch, the Q1 2016 auction in February failed to sell out of all available current year allowances, although 95% of available allowances were...
by Danny Cullenward | Mar 24, 2016 | Reports |
Download report (pdf) Danny Cullenward and Michael Mastrandrea of Near Zero, together with Stanford University PhD candidates Emily Grubert and Aaron Strong, sent a comment to the California Air Resources Board (ARB) on ARB’s Draft Mitigation Program for the...
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...
by Ken Caldeira | Apr 21, 2011 | Reports |
Download report (pdf) 15 experts from industry, academia, government and non-governmental organizations first discussed different factors that the Department of Energy should consider in allocating RD&D resources among energy technologies of disparate maturity...
by Steve Davis | Jun 20, 2010 | Reports |
Download report (pdf) In preparation for a hearing of the U.S. Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee on Tuesday, June 22, 2010, Near Zero invited 60 experts on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles to answer 5 questions on the future cost and environmental...