Deep Decarbonization Pathways

Building Decarbonization

Industrial Decarbonization

Rural Community Decarbonization

Northwest Clean Energy Atlas

All Programs

Deep Decarbonization Pathways

The Clean Energy Transition Institute (CETI) has produced economy-wide deep decarbonization pathways modeling since its inception to provide blueprints for how Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington policymakers might achieve a low-carbon, clean energy economy over the coming three decades.

Ongoing

Oregon Energy Strategy

The Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) selected CETI in a competitive process to provide technical support for an engagement-driven approach to develop an energy strategy for the state over the next two years. This work is ongoing.

January 2024

Green Electrolytic Hydrogen Report

Green Electrolytic Hydrogen and Renewable Fuels: Recommendations for Deployment in Washington is a report for the Washington Department of Commerce that assesses opportunities for and barriers to deploying green electrolytic hydrogen and renewable fuels in the Evergreen State.

June 2023

Net-Zero Northwest

Net-Zero Northwest: Technical and Economic Pathways to 2050 is an economy-wide deep decarbonization pathways analysis to guide actions that will put Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington on the path to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.

July 2021

Oregon Clean Energy Pathways Analysis

In partnership with Renewable Northwest, GridLab, and Evolved Energy Research, the Oregon Clean Energy Pathways Analysis used deep decarbonization pathways modeling to test decarbonization scenarios for Oregon to inform policy discussions during the 2021 legislative session.

January 2021

Washington 2021 State Energy Strategy Technical Advisory Process

The Clean Energy Transition Institute provided technical and economic analysis to support the Washington State Department of Commerce in developing the 2021 State Energy Strategy, which is a 10-year roadmap for how the state could get on the path to achieving its 2050 net-zero target.

September 2020

Montana Governor’s Climate Solutions Council

In December 2019, the Clean Energy Transition Institute and Evolved Energy Research presented deep decarbonization pathways modeling results to Montana Governor Steve Bullock’s Climate Solutions Council.

June 2019

Meeting the Challenge of Our Time

Meeting the Challenge of Our Time: Pathways to a Clean Energy Future for the Northwest was the first economy-wide analysis to examine decarbonization pathways mapped to the Northwest’s economic and institutional realities.

Building Decarbonization

Residential and commercial buildings account for approximately 14% of total Northwest emissions. The Clean Energy Transition Institute focuses on the critical steps that must be taken between now and 2030 to get on the road to decarbonizing buildings fully by 2050.

ongoing

Residential Energy Workforce Gap Analysis

CETI is working on a project with Kinetic West, BW Research Partnership, and Uncommon Bridges to conduct a residential energy workforce gap analysis for a contract with the Washington State Department of Commerce. This work is ongoing.

ongoing

SCALE 2030

To meet 2050 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions limits Washington state must scale equitable building decarbonization at pace by 2030. This level of market transformation will require systemic change and large-scale mobilization not in place with current policies, programs, or incentives. The Clean Energy Transition Institute (CETI) and 2050 Institute have been working on this challenge since 2021.

January 2022

Operation 2030: Scaling Building Decarbonization in Washington State

The Clean Energy Transition Institute launched Operation 2030 in partnership with the 2050 Institute to identify the time-critical strategic decisions and actions that Washington must take in the 2020s to meet its transformational building decarbonization targets by 2050.

Industrial Decarbonization

The Clean Energy Transition Institute created two projects in 2022 to explore the opportunities and challenges of industrial decarbonization. Industry, especially “heavy” industry that produces basic materials like metals, chemicals, and cement, tends to be highly carbon intensive.

June 2022

Washington State Clean Materials Manufacturing Summit

With the Washington BlueGreen Alliance, the University of Washington’s Carbon Leadership Forum, and SEI-US, the Clean Energy Transition Institute put on a Clean Materials Manufacturing Summit in June 2022 to explore building a shared vision for making the Evergreen State a global leader in clean materials manufacturing.

May 2022

Clean Materials Manufacturing

The Clean Materials Manufacturing project helps stakeholders and policymakers understand different methods for decarbonizing six of Washington state’s manufacturing sectors: aluminum, concrete and cement, glass, iron and steel, pulp and paper, and wood products.

July 2021

Washington State Industrial Emissions Analysis

The Clean Energy Transition Institute analyzed Washington state’s industrial emissions to help the Department of Commerce improve its data collection methods and develop Washington-specific decarbonization roadmaps for the state’s top nine emitting industries, including a case study on green cement.

Rural Community Decarbonization

The Clean Energy Transition Institute has developed two projects to explore the development of clean energy in Northwest rural communities. These efforts seek to center and elevate rural voices in clean energy policy discussions, ensuring rural communities are full participants in defining the benefits and challenges of decarbonization.

ONGOING

Assessing the Benefits of Community Photovoltaic Solar Projects in Washington

CETI is working in partnership with the University of Washington to examine the potential benefits of community-scale solar development for rural communities. This work is ongoing.

ONGOING

Rural Clean Energy Economics and Community Engagement

CETI is working with Ross Strategic and Industrial Economics, Inc. on a Rural Clean Energy Economics and Community Engagement Study and Report for the Washington State Department of Commerce. This work is ongoing.

October 2022

Claiming Power: Stories of Rural Communities and Clean Energy

Using short films and other media, Claiming Power tells stories of Washington state’s rural communities—from the Olympic Peninsula to the inland Northwest—as they navigate their relationship to land, energy, and economic opportunity as the region embraces decarbonization.

September 2022

Community-Defined Decarbonization

Community-Defined Decarbonization has two goals: (1) to understand the barriers to decarbonizing buildings for the state’s rural and Tribal low-income, energy-burdened households, and (2) to determine whether decarbonization strategies and clean energy development could address energy inequities in these communities.

Northwest Clean Energy Atlas

May 2022

Northwest Clean Energy Atlas

The Northwest Clean Energy Atlas project uses interactive visualizations to explore energy data relevant to deep decarbonization in the Northwest. Having access to detailed, up-to-date, and transparent energy system data is critical for stakeholders to make informed decisions and track the progress of the clean energy transition.