CIAO DATE: 04/07

Economic Perspectives

 

Volume 11, Number 2, July 2006

Clean Energy Solutions

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• Introduction (PDF, 1 page, 91 KB)
  Samuel W. Bodman, U.S. Secretary of Energy

• Clean Energy for Tomorrow (PDF, 5 pages, 386 KB)
  Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary, U.S. Department of State

  The United States believes that the best way to promote energy security and help nations develop in a sustainable way is to promote clean and affordable energy technologies.

Sidebar: Pennsylvania: Changing the Way America Thinks About Energy
Kathleen A. McGinty, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

• Reinventing the Wheels: The Automotive Efficiency Revolution (PDF, 5 pages, 318 KB)
  Amory B. Lovins, Chief Executive Officer, Rocky Mountain Institute

  New automotive technologies are good for business, environmentally friendly, and provide safe and affordable mobility.

  Sidebar: Progress In Making Affordable Light Auto Materials
  Amory B. Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute

• The Renaissance of Nuclear Energy (PDF, 5 pages, 352 KB)
  James A. Lake, Associate Director for the Nuclear Program, Idaho National Laboratory

  Nuclear power is poised to enter a new era with strong safety and economic performance, capacity to produce electricity cheaply, and potential to displace greenhouse gas emissions.

Sidebar: Conditions Shift In Favor Of Nuclear Power
Andrew Paterson, Partner, Environmental Business International

• Renewables: Looking Toward Inexhaustible Energy (PDF, 7 pages, 527 KB)
  Michael Eckhart, Director, American Council on Renewable Energy

  Renewable energy is not a silver bullet, but it can help reduce oil imports, cut pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, and increase jobs.

Sidebar: AMORE: Renewable Energy for Development in Mindanao
Sidebar: Conventional Biodiesel Crops

• Small Steps Save Big in Energy (PDF, 6 pages, 406 KB)
  Mark D. Levine, Director, Environmental Energy Technologies, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  Energy efficiency is the most potent tool in our policy arsenal for achieving energy security and environmental advantage.

Sidebar: U.S. Homebuilders Go “Green”
Sidebar: Saving Energy: An Individual Choice

• Clean Solutions for Power Generation (PDF, 4 pages, 342 KB)
  Lewis Milford, President, Clean Energy Group; Allison Schumacher, Project Director, Clean Energy Group

  Low-carbon options such as decarbonized coal, carbon sequestration, ultra-high-efficiency fossil energy production, and fuel cells provide a path toward a sustainable energy future.

Sidebar: Cogeneration: More Energy, Less Pollution From Fossil Fuels

• Developing Markets for Clean Energy Technologies (PDF, 4 pages, 221 KB)
  Larisa E. Dobriansky, Deputy Assistant Secretary for National Energy Policy, U.S. Department of Energy

  In today's more competitive, integrated, and efficient global markets for innovative, clean technologies, a government's can play the role of an enabler and catalyst.

• A Road Map to Investing in Sustainable Energy (PDF, 4 pages, 335 KB)
  Steven Parry, Partner, NGEN Partners LLC; Mark Cirilli, Partner, MissionPoint Capital Partners LLP; Martin Whittaker, Partner, MissionPoint Capital Partners LLP

  A surge of commercial innovation is coinciding with market, regulatory, and environmental trends to make investing in sustainable energy increasingly attractive.

• Energy Security As a Global Partnership (PDF, 4 pages, 267 KB)
  Paul E. Simons, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State

  Ensuring U.S. energy security requires well- coordinated international efforts considering the increasingly integrated nature of the world energy markets.

Additional Readings

• Bibliography (PDF, 2 pages, 51 KB)

• Internet Resources (PDF, 2 pages, 73 KB)