Innovation

Grow domestic investments in innovative clean energy solutions.

The Issue

Investment in clean energy innovation is not rising to the scale necessary to meet rising energy demand, avoid reliability crises, and reduce emissions causing climate change. We need to rethink the clean energy innovation pipeline from the lab all the way through deployment.

Our Solution

It’s time to go beyond technology-specific approaches and make investing in clean energy solutions a standing national priority. We’re working to write and advance new policies that will power the engine of our future economic growth – from research, development, and manufacturing to the deployment of clean energy technologies.

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Source: “Adoption Readiness Levels: A Complement to TRL” from the Office of Technology Transitions, DOE

Achieving a clean energy system will require innovation and investment from both the public and private sector. Together, we can ensure that the best solutions are developed and deployed, and that the United States leads the world in putting in place high-quality products, high-quality production methods, and successfully deploys cutting-edge clean technologies that will work for diverse and changing communities.

To do this, capital-intensive clean energy solutions must compete against incumbent energy solutions in an economic sector characterized by low operating costs and long investment horizons.

Our Work

We are working toward:

  • Better design of funding opportunities for clean energy across all stages of innovation
  • More flexibility in government programs and funding to enable rapid new technology adoption
  • Stronger commitment from the public sector to clean technology deployment
  • Targeted clean energy innovation programs that support technologies all the way through commercialization

Updates

  • Policy Action for a Clean Tomorrow

From Partisan Whiplash to Lasting Progress: Rebuilding American Energy Policy

In 2022, Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act—the largest federal investment in American energy technology in history. Through tax credits, demonstration awards, and loans to promising companies and technologies, the law sought to establish the U.S. as a world leader in clean energy technologies. This includes building and deploying these technologies domestically while driving down […]

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  • Press Release

Clean Tomorrow Statement on Congressional Passage of “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”

July 3, 2025 Contact: Zach Hudson zach@NPagency.com Clean Tomorrow Statement on Congressional Passage of “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (Washington, D.C.) – Clean Tomorrow Senior Director of Policy Evan Chapman released the following statement in response to Congress passing the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”: “With today’s passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, […]

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  • Policy Action for a Clean Tomorrow

Columbia University Report Details Policy Mechanisms for Delivering Economic Benefits of Clean Energy Projects

The report, developed by graduating Master’s Students from the School of International and Public Affairs on behalf of Clean Tomorrow as their client, describes the ways that clean energy provides economic benefits to host communities, profiles policies in seven key states, and features project case studies. Motivation and methodology A team of 11 graduate student […]

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