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New Book From NCEA Senior Fellow Rupert Darwall Charts How the West Traded Energy Realism for Net Zero

The National Center for Energy Analytics (NCEA) today announced the publication of The Age of Error and the West’s Undoing: How Global Elites (and Green NGOs) Used Phony Science to Undermine the West and the Return of Great Power Geopolitics by Rupert Darwall, senior fellow at NCEA.

New Study: A Wind-Solar-Battery Grid Would Cost PJM Ratepayers More Than $4 Trillion, Six Times the Cost of Natural Gas and Nuclear

NCEA finds a renewables-only PJM grid would cost ratepayers over $4 trillion, six times the cost of a natural gas and nuclear system, and stay implausible.

New Analysis Finds Corn Ethanol Policy Falls Short on Energy, Emissions, and Resource Efficiency

NCEA analysis finds corn ethanol delivers limited net energy, uses 992 gallons of water per gallon produced, and may raise emissions above gasoline.

New Energy Security Index Warns U.S. Risks Losing Shale-Era Energy Security Gains

NCEA's new Energy Security Index warns the shale era's security gains are eroding, with mineral supply risk reshaping U.S. exposure through 2035.

NCEA Report Finds Partial Return to Realism in IEA's World Energy Outlook 2025, but Warns Key Risks Remain

The IEA's restored Current Policies Scenario shows oil demand rising through 2050 with no peak, but NCEA finds four key risks still unaddressed.

American Energy + AI Effort to Provide Near-Term Path to Power AI Growth

Cabinet officials and energy, tech, and finance leaders outline concrete steps to add firm power on the timelines AI-scale demand requires.

Report: No Evidence of Global Energy Transition Despite Trillions Spent on Decarbonization

New issue brief finds emissions and fossil-fuel use still rising after three decades of international climate agreements and record renewable investment.

New Analysis Warns of Hidden $50 Billion Liability as Wind and Solar Projects Age Without Decommissioning Safeguards

As wind and solar projects reach end of life, NCEA finds up to $50 billion in unfunded U.S. decommissioning liabilities with few safeguards in place.

Report Finds "Missing Pieces" in IEA's 2025 Critical Minerals Outlook, Calls for New U.S. Minerals Policy Model

NCEA finds critical gaps in the IEA's 2025 Critical Minerals Outlook and calls for a new U.S. minerals policy model built on supply-chain realism.

Report: New Financing Strategy Needed to Spark America's Nuclear Energy Revival

NCEA proposes unlocking private equity capital to finance the next generation of large-scale nuclear reactors as U.S. power demand accelerates.

National Center for Energy Analytics Welcomes Stephen D. Eule as Visiting Fellow

NCEA appoints Stephen D. Eule as visiting fellow, bringing decades of experience in energy, climate, and technology policy to the center's research.

Former IEA Oil Market Chief Joins National Center for Energy Analytics as Visiting Fellow

Neil Atkinson, former head of oil at the IEA, joins NCEA as a visiting fellow providing research and analysis on global oil market issues.

NCEA Report Urges Policymakers to Reject Flawed "Social Cost of Carbon" as Basis for Energy Decisions

Jonathan Lesser finds the social cost of carbon rests on arbitrary assumptions, and urges policymakers to reject it as a basis for energy decisions.

Study: Maritime Shipping is the Black Hole of the Energy Transition

NCEA examines how maritime shipping, largely absent from energy forecasts, links critical minerals supply to the renewable power industry.

Veteran energy experts find 23 problematic assumptions within IEA's World Energy Outlook 2024

NCEA experts identify 23 problematic assumptions in the IEA's World Energy Outlook 2024, challenging its central projections for future oil demand.

New Report Suggests Electrification Mandates Worsen Energy Affordability, Power Access, Economist Jonathan Lesser, PhD, urges policymakers to adopt a more rational planning framework

NCEA finds mandates to electrify the economy while rationing energy use may deepen the affordability crisis and restrict power access.

National Center for Energy Analytics Appoints Policy Analyst Rupert Darwall as Senior Fellow

Policy analyst Rupert Darwall joins NCEA as senior fellow, expanding the center's expertise on U.S. energy policy and regulation.

NCEA Releases Inaugural Report Revealing Projected $2 - 4 Trillion Cost to Build Nationwide Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure

NCEA's first study projects $2 to $4 trillion to build nationwide EV charging infrastructure, documenting the costs of an all-electric future.

New Report from the National Center for Energy Analytics Outlines Pathways to Preserve and Expand U.S. Dominance in Global LNG

Senior fellow Tristan Abbey examines the politicization of LNG exports and sets out three pathways to preserve U.S. dominance in global gas.

Critical Minerals Expert Peter Bryant Joins National Center for Energy Analytics Advisory Board

Critical minerals expert Peter Bryant, board chair of Clareo, joins NCEA's advisory board with decades of mining and energy sector experience.

New Report Shows Securities and Exchange Commission Planned Climate Rules Will Accelerate Systemic Financial and Economic Risk

Senior fellow Paul H. Tice finds the SEC's planned climate disclosure rules would add regulatory burden and accelerate systemic financial risk.