Competing uses for clean electricity

Clean electricity is increasingly relied on to meet growing global energy needs, but its expansion could be critically limited by constraints to investment and infrastructure deployment, which are generally left out of decarbonization studies. This project will build an enhanced global economy-wide model that includes regional electricity expansion constraints, decarbonization options across sectors, and demand growth from data centers. The research team will conduct a systematic scenario analysis to provide insight into more realistic decarbonization pathways, helping inform regional investment decision making.