The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Earthshots Initiative set technical performance and cost goals for critical next-generation clean energy technologies needed to address climate change.
Key reports, analysis, and summary materials from this effort are tabulated here:
Energy Earthshots Initiative
Summary reports and documents
Hydrogen Shot
Seeks to reduce the cost of clean hydrogen by 80% to $1 per 1 kilogram in one decade
Long Duration Storage Shot
Established the target to reduce by 90% the cost of grid-scale energy storage that can provide 10+ hours of energy by 2030
Carbon Negative Shot
Established a target for technologies and approaches that will remove CO2 from the atmosphere and store it at meaningful scales for less than $100 per net metric ton of CO2-equivalent
Floating Offshore Wind Shot
Seeks to reduce the cost of floating offshore wind energy by more than 70% by 2035 for deep-water sites far from shore
Enhanced Geothermal Shot
Aims to dramatically reduce the cost of enhanced geothermal systems by 90% to $45 per megawatt-hour by 2035
Industrial Heat Shot
Seeks to develop cost-competitive industrial heat decarbonization technologies with at least 85% lower greenhouse gas emissions by 2035
Clean Fuels and Products Shot
Aims to decarbonize the fuel and chemical
industries through alternative sources of carbon with a goal of developing cost-effective technologies from alternative feedstocks that reduce GHG emissions by at least 85% compared to a 2019 baseline of petroleum-based products by 2035
Affordable Home Energy Shot
Aims to reduce the upfront cost of upgrading a home by at least 50% while reducing energy bills by 20% within a decade