Publications

These reports are issued under the auspices of the Aspen Institute. The names and affiliations of the participants listed in each report are listed for identification purposes only and do not indicate individual or organizational responsibility for the report or any of its proposed recommendations.

End of Year

The Environment

2020 In Review: EEP

On the first day of any given year it is impossible to predict where we might be on the last, but on the morning of January 1st, 2020 we likely could not have even imagined the year’s unprecedented trajectory.

BY Energy and Environment Program

Publication

12.16.2020

Energy

Energy

Report from the Roundtable on Shale Production & Governance

Executive Summary The US is now the world’s largest producer of oil and natural-gas. This new reality was primarily facilitated by tech ...

BY Energy and Environment Program

Publication

02.03.2017
Energy

Report from the 2016 Forum on the Future of Nuclear Energy

Executive Summary Nuclear power in the United States is at a moment of existential crisis. If the present challenges are not addressed, t ...

BY Energy and Environment Program

Publication

02.03.2017
Energy

Report from the 2016 Global Energy Forum

Executive Summary The energy world is now well into adjusting to one of the steepest oil price collapses in history, one which has caused ...

BY Energy and Environment Program

Publication

02.03.2017
Energy

Report from the 2016 Clean Energy Innovation Forum

Executive Summary The tripartite paradigm of technology, finance and policy remains the foundation for the clean energy sector. Driven by ...

BY Energy and Environment Program

Publication

02.03.2017
Energy

Report from the 2016 Energy Policy Forum

Executive Summary In the United States and around the world, the energy sector is in a period of volatility, innovation, change, and oppo ...

BY Energy and Environment Program

Publication

02.02.2017
Energy

The New Energy Innovation Economy

Topics discussed included the ongoing transformation of the energy user experience; distributed generation and disruption incumbent electricity business model; challenges in bridging the energy technology gap between development and adoption; and the impact of climate concerns on accelerating change.

BY Roger Ballentine & Andy Karsner, Co-Chairs

Publication

12.15.2015
Energy

Leaning Into the Energy System of the Future

Topics include new global energy pricing realities and the effects on domestic energy; the Clean Power Plan; the electricity source mix of the future; and new business models needed to deal with current markets realities.

BY Dave Grossman, Rapporteur; Sue Tierney & Clint Vince, Co-Chairs

Publication

12.08.2015
Energy

Regulation, Conversation, and Impact of Shale Gas and Oil in a Low Price Environment

The discussions covered environmental and community effects related to shale gas and oil production, including water use and availability, surface and groundwater contamination, air emissions, land use impacts, induced seismicity, and local nuisance issues.

BY Dave Grossman, Rapporteur

Publication

11.25.2015
Energy

The New Pricing Reality in Global Oil and Gas Markets

Topics include the current and future drivers of global supply and demand for petroleum; specific regional changes and challenges; the global LNG market and market penetration for natural gas; environmental challenges that may impact oil and gas development; and the effect of new technology and data changing planning and investment.

BY Dave Grossman, Rapporteur; Claire Farley & Bill White, Co-Chairs

Publication

11.10.2015
Energy

Tectonic Shifts in the U.S. Electricity Sector

Focuses on the economic disruption occurring to existing business models in the electricity sector given the rise of consumers; distributed generation, and the impacts of energy efficiency.

BY Andy Karsner & Roger Ballentine, Co-Chairs

Publication

12.15.2014
Energy

Adapting to Plenty: Effects of the Oil and Gas Boom

Considering additional opportunities for production and the challenges of achieving them, international impacts of the new North American production, the changing rationale for U.S. energy security measures, the prospects for and problems of growing U.S. natural gas production and possible exports, and the midstream and downstream impacts of the production boom.

BY Bill White, Chair and Leonard Coburn, Rapporteur

Publication

10.21.2014
Energy

Responding to Trends in the U.S. Electricity Sector

Topics discussed included EPA's recently proposed rule on CO2 emissions from existing power plants, surging production of cheap natural gas, and virtually flat demand and revenue, due in part to distributed energy resources.

BY Sue Tierney, Chair and Dave Grossman, Rapporteur

Publication

09.22.2014
Energy

Scaling Clean Energy

The fourth annual Clean Energy Forum, June 20-23, 2013, examined how to quickly and efficiently move toward a clean energy future.

BY Roger Ballentine & Andy Karsner, Co-Chairs, and Dave Grossman, Rapporteur

Publication

07.05.2013
Energy

The New World of Oil and Gas

Discussing production challenges and opportunities; the impact, potentional; environmental costs of energy and global economic and political issues resulting from the North American gas boom

BY Bill White, Chair, and Leonard Coburn, Rapporteur

Publication

09.06.2013
Energy

The Future of the U.S. Electricity Sector

The group examined visions for the future, potential game changers, lessons from China, and resilience and cyber security.

BY Bill Dickenson and Phil Sharp, Co-Chairs, and Dave Grossman, Rapporteur, & 1 more

Publication

09.06.2013
Around the Institute

Advancing Smart Electricity Networks

The Initiative embraces the information, communication and technology revolution to encourage a new vision for our nations energy sector.

BY Dave Grossman

Publication

08.20.2013
Energy

Electricity: Seeking Progress Amid Uncertainty

Topics included regulatory issues affecting the financial model of utilities and the obstacles to the moves toward greater energy efficiency

BY Ernest J. Moniz, Chair, and Gernot Wagner, Rapporteur

Publication

12.11.2012
Energy

The Gas Renaissance and its Implications

Among the topics examined were supply prospects, geopolitical implications, technology challenges, domestic gas demand, reducing the environmental footprint of shale gas, and LNG exports

BY John Deutch and Robin West, Co-Chairs

Publication

10.17.2012

Food

Water

Water

Toward a National Water Affordability Strategy

The Aspen Institute - Nicholas Institute Roundtable Series on Water Affordability convened U.S. water leaders through the fall and winter of ...

BY Energy and Environment Program

Publication

03.28.2022
Water

Reflections on the past year; Looking forward to the next administration

The 2020 Aspen-Nicholas Water Forum virtual sessions are exploring what constitutes good water governance through the lenses of water afford ...

BY Energy and Environment Program & 1 more

Publication

12.10.2020
Water

State Insights on Renewing a Cross-Government for Water Affordability

The 2020 Aspen-Nicholas Water Forum virtual sessions are exploring what constitutes good water governance through the lenses of water affordability and equity.

BY Energy and Environment Program & 1 more

Publication

11.02.2020
Water

Local Insights on Renewing a Cross-Government for Water Affordability

The annual Aspen-Nicholas Water Forum, a collaborative initiative between the Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Program and the Nichola ...

BY Energy and Environment Program & 1 more

Publication

09.28.2020
Water

Building a Federal Water Assistance Program

The annual Aspen-Nicholas Water Forum, a collaborative initiative between the Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Program and the Nichola ...

BY Energy and Environment Program & 1 more

Publication

09.17.2020
Water

Equity and Affordability in Rural Communities and Tribal Nations

The annual Aspen-Nicholas Water Forum, a collaborative initiative between the Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Program and the Nichol ...

BY Energy and Environment Program & 1 more

Publication

07.27.2020
Water

Long-Term Water Affordability & Financial Resilience

The annual Aspen-Nicholas Water Forum, a collaborative initiative between the Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Program and the Nichol ...

BY Energy and Environment Program & 1 more

Publication

06.09.2020
Water

Ensuring Water Quality: A Report from the 2019 Aspen-Nicholas Forum

The annual Aspen-Nicholas Water Forum, a collaborative initiative between the Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Program and the Nichola ...

BY Energy and Environment Program & 1 more

Publication

11.12.2019
Water

The Future of Groundwater

The annual Aspen-Nicholas Water Forum, a collaborative initiative between the Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Program and the Nichola ...

BY Energy and Environment Program

Publication

11.28.2017
Water

Reaching Watershed Scale Through Cooperation and Integration

The annual Aspen-Nicholas Water Forum, a collaborative initiative between the Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Program and the Nichola ...

BY Energy and Environment Program

Publication

11.15.2018
Water

Internet of Water: A Report on Sharing Water Data

Internet of Water: Sharing and Integrating Water Data for Sustainability, a report from the Aspen Institute Dialogue Series on Water Dat ...

BY Energy and Environment Program

Publication

05.10.2017
Water

Conservation Finance & Impact Investing for U.S. Water

THE ASPEN-NICHOLAS WATER FORUM is an annual, collaborative initiative between the Aspen Institute and Duke University’s Nicholas Institute ...

BY Lauren Patterson, & 2 more

Publication

11.09.2016
Water

Data Intelligence for 21st Century Water Management

A report focused on water and big data to understand how the emergence of large, but dispersed, amounts of data in the water sector can best be utilized to improve the management and delivery of water for a more sustainable future.

BY Dave Grossman, Nicole Buckley, Martin Doyle

Publication

12.09.2015
Water

Innovating for a Sustainable and Resilient Water Future

Addressing the urgent need for infrastructure upgrades and resilience building in US water systems as well as the need for leadership and synergistic action in the space.

BY Martin Doyle, Water Policy Program Director, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University; Courtney Harrison, Policy Associate, Nicholas Institu

Publication

12.10.2014
Water

A Silent Tsunami Revisited - Extending Global Access to Clean Water and Sanitation

Focuses on the global importance of issues relating to access to clean water and sanitation and outlined major steps to inform how the U.S. government and other actors might provide these basic services more rapidly and effectively.

BY Energy and Environment Program

Publication

09.18.2013

Climate

Wildfire Resilience

Climate & Conservation