Author: Board on Energy and Environmental Systems

The electric vehicle offers many promisesincreasing U.S. energy security by reducing petroleum dependence, contributing to climate-change initiativ...

The United States is responsible for nearly one-fifth of the world's energy consumption. Population growth, and the associated growth in housing, c...

Despite the many benefits of energy, most of which are reflected in energy market prices, the production, distribution, and use of energy causes ne...

The electric power delivery system that carries electricity from large central generators to customers could be severely damaged by a small number ...

Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, with petroleum accounting for 90 percent of transportation f...

Electric power is a critical infrastructure that is vital to the U.S. economy and national security. Today, the nation's electric power infrastruct...

From daily commutes to cross-country road trips, millions of light-duty vehicles are on the road every day. The transportation sector is one of the...

Understanding, quantifying, and tracking atmospheric methane and emissions is essential for addressing concerns and informing decisions that affect...

Fusion energy offers the prospect of addressing the nation's energy needs and contributing to the transition to a low-carbon emission electrical ge...

The world is transforming its energy system from one dominated by fossil fuel combustion to one with net-zero emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), th...

To achieve goals for climate and economic growth, negative emissions technologies (NETs) that remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the air will...

Climate assessment activities are increasingly driven by subnational organizationscity, county, and state governments; utilities and private compan...

A widespread and rapid transition to a low-carbon energy system by 2050 is essential to keep pace with ambitious policy goals and avoid the worst c...

The scientific and technological progress in inertial confinement fusion has been substantial during the past decade. However, many of the technolo...

Various combinations of commercially available technologies could greatly reduce fuel consumption in passenger cars, sport-utility vehicles, miniva...

Addressing climate change is essential and possible, and it offers a host of benefits - from better public health to new economic opportunities. Th...

In 2005, the National Research Council report Rising Above the Gathering Storm recommended a new way for the federal government to spur technologic...

The public-private partnership to develop vehicles that require less petroleum-based fuel and emit fewer greenhouse gases should continue to includ...