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Registry 01 · Domain
Energy
Seventy-five years of patient work, and a door held open for you.
Transitions, grids, and the political economy of a recomposed energy system.
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Context record
Energy research at RAND treats the transition as a coupled technical, economic, and political problem, generation, grid, fuels, transport, and the institutions that finance and regulate each.
Through the Pittsburgh-based research center and broader Energy and Environment program, RAND has produced sustained work on the water-energy nexus, transportation electrification, autonomous vehicles, and the long-horizon investment decisions facing utilities, regulators, and federal agencies.
RAND's Signature Themes in Energy
Grid modernization
How transmission, storage, and demand-side management evolve as generation decarbonizes and electrifies new sectors.
Transportation electrification
Vehicle electrification, charging infrastructure, and the implications of autonomous-vehicle adoption for energy demand.
Water-energy nexus
The interdependence of water and energy systems, including the resilience implications when one stresses the other.
Climate technology deployment
What it takes to move emerging energy technologies from demonstration to grid-scale deployment under realistic regulatory conditions.
Representative Work
Autonomous Vehicle Technology: A Guide for Policymakers
RAND · RR-443-2
Implementing the National Defense Stockpile for the Energy Transition
RAND · RR-A2052-1
Pathways to Decarbonization for the U.S. Power Sector
RAND · ongoing
Methodological Emphasis
Techno-economic modeling, robust decision making, and policy analysis under technology and demand uncertainty.
Methodological Lineage →Affiliated Researchers