Energy and Sustainability

Emily Benson, the director of the Program on Trade and Technology at CSIS, interviews Peter Rashish, Vice President and Director of the Geoeconomics Program at the American-German Institute at Johns Hopkins University, on the links between climate and trade.

Rising oil prices exposed flaws in the Russian oil price caps. Russia has discounted its oil, but mainly because of embargoes rather than price caps, and the market has found ways to game the system. Tougher sanctions enforcement is possible but challenging.

China’s recent announcement imposing export restrictions on graphite will have a significant impact on the United States. The United States and its allies are turning to Mozambique and Tanzania to diversify sourcing.

From October 17–18, China hosted the third Belt and Road forum, during which Xi Jinping met one-on-one with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Read analysis of the Xi-Putin meeting and forum by members of the China Power Project.  

The Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs are finally here, offering a glimpse of the road ahead for the nascent hydrogen economy and underscoring the remaining work needed to pave the way forward.

In this episode, we look at two different sectors – the solar industry and the offshore wind industry. Both technologies are set to play important roles in decarbonizing the US’ and the world’s power supply.

Batteries are critical for the energy transition. Can the US build a domestic industry for batteries from mining for minerals to producing batteries at scale?