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Government Capacity
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Bureaucracy as Social Hope: An Argument for Renewing the Administrative State

…substantially pushed them into use. The Inflation Reduction Act supercharged this process in the United States, while China – which has sought to dominate clean energy supply chains via its…

02.12.26 | 29 min read
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Clean Energy
Report
DOE 4.0: Rethinking Program Design for a Clean Energy Future

…from the broader clean energy policy community. Distribution of BIL and IRA Funding Before diving into program design, it’s helpful to first understand the range of technologies and activities that…

01.26.26 | 27 min read
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Clean Energy
Report
One Year into the Trump Administration: DOE’s FY26 Budget Cuts and the Path Forward

…in the next appropriations cycle.  Though the administration originally requested drastic cuts to all of DOE’s offices involved in clean energy RDD&D, the FY26 E&W Bill takes a much more…

01.22.26 | 9 min read
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Clean Energy
Report
One Year into the Trump Administration: DOE Awards Cancelled and Programs Stalled

…Funding Status BIL and IRA appropriated $71 billion and $35 billion, respectively, in funding for DOE clean energy programs. Once appropriated, DOE funding moves through three phases before being received…

01.21.26 | 12 min read
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Clean Energy
Report
One Year into the Trump Administration: DOE’s Diminished Organizational Capacity

…52% of its staff due to the DRP and 55% of staff overall. At the most extreme end, the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED), established by BIL under the…

01.20.26 | 10 min read
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