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Energy Explained
Get the latest as our experts share their insights on global energy policy.
What China’s Retaliatory Tariff Means for US–China LNG Trade
On February 4, the Trump administration imposed an additional 10 percent tariff on all Chinese imports into the United States. China’s Ministry of Commerce responded by announcing new tariffs on US imports,...
Events
Find out more about our upcoming and past events.
February 13, 2025 - February 14, 2025
The Energy Transition from a Fiscal Angle: An Overview of Current Challenges and Mitigation Policies
This workshop will be conducted in two parts: Part one on February 12 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EST, and Part two on February 13 from 2:00...
Event
• Center on Global Energy Policy
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DeepSeek has exposed just how uncertain future AI energy demand is.
AI Could Reshape Everything We Know About Climate Change
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek shook up conventional wisdom about AI. It should also shake up the climate and energy world.
A Spymaster Sheikh Controls a $1.5 Trillion Fortune. He Wants to Use It to Dominate AI
Tahnoun bin Zayed al Nahyan—the UAE’s chess-obsessed, jiujitsu-loving intelligence chief—controls vast sums of sovereign wealth. America’s AI giants are scrambling for a piece of it.
Biden plan would encourage AI data centers on federal lands
Worries the U.S. will lose the AI arms race fuels an eleventh-hour Biden administration effort to allow massive data centers and power plants on public land.
Relevant
Publications
Can AI Transform the Power Sector?
CGEP is pleased to announce a new AI & Energy series—part of our Energy Explained blog. In the first entry, the authors write about AI's potential impacts on the...
ICEF Artificial Intelligence for Climate Change Mitigation Roadmap (Second Edition)
Can artificial intelligence help cut emissions of greenhouse gases? In this second edition of the Artificial Intelligence for Climate Change Mitigation Roadmap, a team of 25 co-authors led by CGEP Inaugural Fellow David Sandalow explores that question, finding that AI has the potential to make significant contributions to fighting climate change. The Roadmap’s 17 chapters provide introductions to AI and climate change, examine the potential for AI to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in eight sectors and discuss cross-cutting topics such as large language models and government policy. Each chapter includes 5-10 specific, actionable recommendations for realizing AI’s potential to help fight climate change.
External Publications
with David Sandalow, Antoine Halff, Zhiyuan Fan + 4 more •
Innovation for Cool Earth Forum
• November 15, 2024
America’s AI Leadership Depends on Energy
Microsoft’s plan to restart Three Mile Island points to the way forward.
