We work with entities from around the world, including energy firms, law firms, investment firms, public and private infrastructure organizations, NGOs, foundations, universities, and governments. We have worked with a wide range of organizations and firms, both large and small to help them achieve their goals. Check out some of our public work below to learn more and see examples of some of our deliverables. We would like to thank all of our partners and collaborators on these projects for allowing us to share these works with the public.
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Top Ten Energy Stories of 2023
A recap of the top 10 energy stories of 2023.
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The Impact of Renewables in ERCOT During the Summer of 2023
The deployment of renewable energy in Texas, particularly wind and solar, has grown significantly over the past decade. Texas has almost as much wind capacity as the next four states combined1 and ERCOT recently surpassed CAISO to take the top spot for utility-scale solar.
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The Economic Impact of Renewable Energy and Energy Storage in Rural Texas
A report commissioned by Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation, the Texas Association of Business, and the Advanced Power Alliance looking at the local tax and landowner impacts of renewables and energy storage in Texas.
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Decarbonization in the El Paso Region
A report looking at the potential impacts of decarbonization in the El Paso region of Texas.
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The Economic Impact of Renewables in ERCOT (2022 Q4 Update)
A report commissioned by Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation, the Texas Association of Business, and the Advanced Power Alliance looking at the local tax and landowner impacts of renewables and energy storage in Texas.
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The Impact of Renewables in ERCOT
A report assessing the economic and environmental benefits that wind and solar have provided for ERCOT.
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Electrification on the Path to Net Zero
A joint report with Columbia University comparing studies that examine the opportunities and barriers to electrification in the US.
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Top Ten Energy Stories of 2022
A recap of the energy stories that made the headlines across the world in the year 2022.
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Update on Wholesale Market Cost Savings Attributable to Texas Renewables
Memo that updates part of the October 2022 version of The Impact of Renewables in ERCOT with full 2022 data.
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IdeaSmiths’ Top Ten Energy Stories of 2021
A recap of the energy stories that made the headlines across the world in the year that was 2021.
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Impacts of Large, Flexible Data Center Operations on the Future of ERCOT
A report looking at the energy and carbon implications for expanded bitcoin mining operations in the ERCOT grid.
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What was Happening Inside Texas Homes During the February 2021 Freeze?
A whitepaper that analyzed how 400 homes in the Bandera Electric COOP territory were using energy, at the appliance level, during the Texas winter storm of February 2021.
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Least-Cost Optimal Expansion of The ERCOT Grid
A report commissioned by the Advanced Power Alliance looking at how the transmission system in ERCOT would need to evolve to deliver the least-cost grid of the future.
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Assessment of the Emissions Performance of Wholesale Electricity Markets
A data-driven analysis to determine whether the existence of competitive wholesale markets is correlated with reduced carbon emissions from the power sector.
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The Economic Value of Renewable Energy to Texas
A report commissioned by Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation and Powering Texas looking at the tax and landowner impacts of renewables in Texas.
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Electrification of Heating in the Texas Residential Sector
A report created by IdeaSmiths for Pecan Street Inc.
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2019 TAEP Report
A report commissioned by the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers with contributions from Todd Davidson looking at opportunities and challenges for managing produced water from oil and gas operations
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The Economic Value of Renewable Energy to Texas
A report created by IdeaSmiths for the Wind Solar Alliance, American Wind Energy Association, and Solar Energy Industries Association.
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Modeling electric load and water consumption impacts from an integrated thermal energy and rainwater storage system for residential buildings in Texas
Applied Energy 2017
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A Multi-Objective Assessment of the Effect of Solar PV Array Orientation and Tilt on Energy Production and System Economics
Solar Energy 2014