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June 28, 2022Washington State’s Cap-And-Invest Carbon Trading Program: Does It Correct California’s Design Flaws?by Patricia A. Hemsworth
February 17, 2022Managing Supply Chain Emissions in China: The Role of Renewable Energy Procurementby Gireesh Shrimali
January 28, 2022Who Should Hold the Keys to Transmission Siting? Jurisdictional Challenges to Unlocking Renewable Connectionsby Abigail Hunter
November 2, 2021Solar Geoengineering and the Further Complication of Climate Governanceby Gireesh Shrimali
February 23, 2021Geothermal Energy Is Critical to Biden’s 100% Carbon-Free Grid, Why Is It Currently Underutilized?by Audrey Vinant-Tang
February 17, 2021Undamming Small Hydro’s Regulatory Burden: Assessing the Impact of the 2013 Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Actby Hannah Cohen
December 16, 2020Satellite Technology for Quantifying Methane Emission and Flared gas, and Aiding Reliable Clean Energy Integrationby Reuben Umunna
September 15, 2020Solid Cooking Fuels Remain Prevalent Despite Increased LPG Adoption in Rural Indiaby Anjali Sharma
May 18, 2020Building Back Better Requires a New Approach to China’s Belt and Road Initiativeby Thomas Hale, Chuyu Liu and Johannes Urpelainen
April 20, 2020Why Johns Hopkins SAIS Is Launching a New Online Degree on Sustainable Energyby Johannes Urpelainen
March 27, 2020Evaluation of Ujjwala cooking gas program in India- Key takeaways and recommendationsby Abhishek Kar
March 27, 2020Green Budgeting: Ensuring Policy Cohesiveness towards India’s Climate Goalsby Raghav Anand
January 22, 2020Relevant Research: How ISEP Builds Bridging Capacity for Interdisciplinary, Solutions-Oriented Academicsby Johannes Urpelainen
November 21, 2019The Quest for Impact in Household Electrification: We Still Roam in the Darkby Johannes Urpelainen
October 9, 2019THE COST OF FREE ELECTRICITY: Implications of the Free Lifeline Electricity Scheme in Delhiby Raghav Anand
April 25, 2019Political Institutions and Pollution: Evidence from Coal-Fired Power Generation – Three Factsby Richard Clark, Noah Zucker and Johannes Urpelainen
April 16, 2019Is the International Energy Agency Biased in Favor of Fossil Fuels?by Johannes Urpelainen
February 4, 2019Social Challenges to Pricing Reforms In India: Findings From ISEP Study In Uttar Pradesh, Indiaby Anushka Sharma
January 16, 2019“We deliver power whenever the sun is shining”. Findings from a reliability study on solar micro-grids in northern rural Indiaby Sini Numminen
December 6, 2018Energy Policy All the Way: The Rise of Renewables in China and Indiaby Johannes Urpelainen
December 3, 2018India’s Changing Energy Access Realities: Insights from ACCESS 2018 reportby Johannes Urpelainen
November 13, 2018Firms’ Preferences for Carbon Market Design in the EUby Federica Genovese and Endre Tvinnereim
November 4, 2018Why Are Some People More Opposed to Coal Plants than Others in Vietnam?by Sung Eun Kim
October 9, 2018In energy access, improving the quality of electric power is the next frontierby Johannes Urpelainen
September 20, 2018In India, coal’s political dominance raises barriers to renewable energyby Johannes Urpelainen
August 6, 2018What makes off-grid solar successful in some African countries but not in others?by Joel Jaeger
July 30, 2018Unmitigated Good? Considering the Health Impacts of Lead-Acid Battery Use in Sub-Saharan Africaby David Hamburger
April 29, 2018The importance of entrepreneurial spirit for adoption of solar microgridsby Michaël Aklin and Patrick Bayer
March 13, 2018Where technology meets policy – Uttar Pradesh’s experiment with smart-metering continuesby Raghav Anand
March 5, 2018Solar Lanterns Are Not Sexy – But They Are Popular for a Good Reasonby Johannes Urpelainen
February 5, 2018Advancing electrification in rural India – reflections on grid connected and off grid solutionsby Arianna Tozzi
January 23, 2018What Does the Oncoming Satellite Revolution Mean for Energy Access Research?by Ryan Kennedy
January 4, 2018ISEP Kicks Off 2018 with Energy Access and Sustainable Energy Research in Indiaby Johannes Urpelainen
December 11, 2017Making climate policy more resilient to electoral cycles and shocksby Thijs Van de Graaf
November 17, 2017The Quest for Impact: A Comment on the Energy Dividend Frameworkby Johannes Urpelainen
October 30, 2017Electricity Access in 2030, According to the International Energy Agencyby Johannes Urpelainen
October 17, 2017At ISEP Launch Event, Time is of the Essence for Sustainable Energy Policyby Eli Birgé
October 10, 2017Old Wine, New Bottles: Prime Minister Modi’s New Household Electrification Planby Johannes Urpelainen
August 30, 2017With a few tweaks, India can lead rural electrification with real-time data and smarter metricsby Johannes Urpelainen
August 7, 2017Uttar Pradesh: Opportunity to Scale Energy-as-a-Service Models for Rural Electrificationby Johannes Urpelainen