My Publications

Books

Zero-Carbon Industry: Transformative Technologies and Policies to Achieve Sustainable Prosperity
Columbia University Press — February 2024
    Indian Edition, Penguin Random House India — May 2024

Designing Climate Solutions: A Policy Guide for Low-Carbon Energy
Island Press — November 2018
    Chinese Edition, China Environmental Publishing Group — April 2021

Computer Models and Tools

The Energy Policy Simulator
Energy Innovation — 2014–present

The Industrial Zero Emissions Calculator
Energy Innovation — August 2024

Reports and Whitepapers

The Industrial Zero Emissions Calculator Report
Energy Innovation — August 2024

Clean Industrial Heat Production Tax Credit Policy Design Brief
Energy Innovation — July 2024

Clean Industrial Heat Emissions Standard Policy Design Brief
Energy Innovation — July 2024

Direct Electrification of Industrial Process Heat: An Assessment of Technologies, Potentials and Future Prospects for the EU
Agora Industry — June 2024

Clean Industry in China: A Techno-Economic Comparison of Electrified Heat Technologies, Barriers, and Policy Options
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory — May 2024

Industrial Thermal Batteries: Decarbonizing U.S. Industry While Supporting a High-Renewables Grid
Energy Innovation — July 2023

Policies To Accelerate The Transition To Clean And Competitive U.S. Industry
Energy Innovation — April 2023

Decarbonizing Industry in the U.S. and China
California-China Climate Institute — March 2023

Closing The Emissions Gap Between The IRA And 2030 NDC: Policies To Meet The Moment
Energy Innovation — December 2022

Decarbonizing Low-Temperature Industrial Heat In The U.S.
Energy Innovation — October 2022

Updated Inflation Reduction Act Modeling Using the Energy Policy Simulator
Energy Innovation — August 2022

Modeling the Inflation Reduction Act Using the Energy Policy Simulator
Energy Innovation — August 2022

Benefits of the Build Back Better Act's Methane Fee
Energy Innovation — October 2021

Hong Kong Energy Policy Simulator: Methods, Data, and Scenario Results for 2050
World Resources Institute — December 2019

Choosing the Right Path: Low-Cost Policy Options for Enhancing Mexico’s Climate Goals While Achieving Long-Term Social Benefits
World Resources Institute — May 2019

A Tool for Designing Policies to Achieve India’s Climate Targets
World Resources Institute — January 2019

Cement's Role in a Carbon-Neutral Future
Energy Innovation — November 2018

A Tool for Designing a Policy Package to Achieve Indonesia’s Climate Targets
World Resources Institute — August 2017

Achieving Mexico’s Climate Goals: An Eight Point Action Plan
World Resources Institute — November 2016

Advanced Diesel Internal Combustion Engines (Case Studies on the Government's Role in Energy Technology Innovation)
American Energy Innovation Council — March 2013

Low-Emissivity Windows (Case Studies on the Government's Role in Energy Technology Innovation)
American Energy Innovation Council — March 2013

Unleashing Private Sector Energy R&D: Insights from Interviews with 17 R&D Leaders
American Energy Innovation Council — January 2013

Energy Technology Innovation Leadership in the 21st Century
Energy Innovation — January 2013

Journal Articles

Magazine and Newspaper Articles

Five smart policies can turbocharge clean U.S. manufacturing
Canary Media — November 2024

Industrial Zero Emissions Calculator Shows Path To Clean Manufacturing
Forbes — August 2024

California can lead climate change fight by cutting industry pollution
San Jose Mercury News — March 2024 (and republished in around six outlets, including The East Bay Times)

Climate's industrial-sized problem calls for electrification
Latitude Media — March 2024

We must cut carbon from industry. Here's how we can do it.
Yale Climate Connections — February 2024

Cement is a big part of the carbon problem. Here’s how to make it part of the solution
Los Angeles Times — February 2024 (and republished in around three dozen outlets, including The Brunswick News, Tech Xplore, The Press Democrat, The Jefferson City News Tribune, and The Marin Independent Journal) 

Zero-Carbon Industry: Navigating The Clean Industrial Revolution
Forbes — January 2024 (and republished in The Condor and Energy Central)

Q&A with Jeff Rissman
Thermal Processing — September 2023

Thermal Batteries Could Cut U.S Industrial Heating Power Costs In Half
Forbes — July 2023 (and republished in Energy Central)

Decarbonizing Industrial Heat via Heat Pumps
Industrial Heating — November 2022

Biden’s Clean Industry Policies Could Be Among Most Consequential U.S. Climate Actions
Forbes  — March 2022

Decarbonizing Global Industry
Resources magazine  — February 2021

Near-Zero Industrial Emissions By 2050 Would Boost U.S. GDP 3.3%, Create 5 Million Jobs
Forbes  — December 2020

How To Reach U.S. Net Zero Emissions By 2050: Decarbonizing Transportation
Forbes — November 2019

How To Reach U.S. Net Zero Emissions By 2050: Decarbonizing Industry
Forbes — November 2019

Hydrogen Could Become A $130 Billion U.S. Industry By 2050. Could It Also Cut Emissions?
Forbes — October 2019

How Clean Energy R&D Policy Can Help Meet Decarbonization Goals
Forbes — March 2019

Concrete change: Making cement carbon-negative
GreenBiz — December 2018

Carbon Pricing Is Key To Fighting Climate Change-But It's No Silver Bullet
Forbes — November 2018

Un-SAFE: Trump Clean Cars Rollback Would Cost $450 Billion By 2050, Increase Emissions 11% By 2035
Forbes — July 2018

Poland's Path To Tackling Climate Change: 40% Fewer Emissions, $26 Billion Annual Savings by 2050
Forbes — March 2018

Climate Change And Global Poverty Can Only Be Solved Together
Forbes — December 2017

Four Policies Can Reduce U.S. Transport Emissions 45%, Cut Oil Use 23%, Save 5,300 Lives Per Year
Forbes — October 2017

The Future Of Electric Vehicles In The U.S., Part 2: EV Price, Oil Cost, Fuel Economy Drive Adoption
Forbes — September 2017

The Future Of Electric Vehicles In The U.S., Part 1: 65%-75% New Light-Duty Vehicle Sales By 2050
Forbes — September 2017

How To Decarbonize Indonesia and Achieve Low-Carbon Prosperity
Forbes — August 2017

Carbon Capture And Storage: An Expensive Option For Reducing U.S. CO2 Emissions
Forbes — May 2017 (and republished in CleanTechnica)

Clean Power Plan Repeal Would Cost America $600 Billion, Cause 120,000 Premature Deaths
Forbes — February 2017

It Takes a Portfolio: A Broad Spectrum of Policies Can Best Halt Climate Change
Electricity Policy — August 2016

The Cheapest, Cleanest Way to Meet Electricity Demand
LiveScience — January 2015

The Three Policies That Can Counter Global Warming
LiveScience — June 2014

Unlikely clean tech heroes: lowly thermostats & water heaters
Virgin Unite — April 2014

To Cut Carbon, A Decade is Too Long to Wait
LiveScience — November 2013

We Will Not Run Out of Fossil Fuels
LiveScience — June 2013

Podcast and Radio Appearances

Zero Carbon Industry
The Energy Transition Show with Chris Nelder — November 2024

Jeffrey Rissman, Author of "Zero-Carbon Industry"
The Many Shades of Green — June 2024

The Ways Revolutionary Tech is Driving a Carbon-Free Industry
The Geotechnical Engineering Podcast — June 2024

Jeffrey Rissman: The Road to a Zero-Carbon Industrial Nation
Constructed Futures — May 2024

Can Industry Eliminate Its Carbon Pollution?
Columbia Energy Exchange — May 2024

Transitioning to Zero-Carbon Industry: A Pathway to Sustainable Prosperity
Climate Correction — May 2024

Book Review - The author of Zero Carbon Industry discusses his recently released book
A Little Greener — May 2024

A Path to Zero Carbon Industry
HydrogenNowCast — April 2024

Zero Carbon Industry Through Transformative Technologies and Policies with Jeffrey Rissman
People with Purpose — April 2024

Zero-Carbon Industry: Transformative Technologies and Policies to Achieve Sustainable Prosperity – with Jeffrey Rissman
Awesome Earthkind — April 2024

‘The Technology’s There. We’re Just Not Using It’: The Push To De-Carbonize Industry
Viewpoints Radio — April 2024

Decarbonizing heavy industry with technology and policy
S&P Energy Evolution — March 2024

How to Achieve Zero-Carbon Industry with Jeffrey Rissman
Every Day is Earth Day (KMSU) — March 2024

A Roadmap for the Zero-Carbon Industrial Transition (Part 1 of 3)
Electrify This! — March 2024

Book Review - The author of Zero-Carbon Industry discusses his recently released book
Climate Change, Global Warming, Net Zero, and Sustainability with Suraj Bhatia — March 2024

How to achieve a Zero Carbon Industry by 2060 with Jeffrey Rissman
The Environmental Transformation Podcast — February 2024

Decarbonizing the Industrial Sector, with Jeffrey Rissman
Resources Radio — February 2024

Interconnected Challenges: Climate Change, Energy Security, and Human Rights
Healthy Living Healthy Planet Radio — February 2024

A new book – Zero Carbon Industry – calls for decarbonizing industry to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Clean Up Your Act (KCCK) — February 2024

Decarbonising Concrete and Steel, with Jeff Rissman
The Green Urbanist — February 2024

Can There Be Industry Without Fossil Fuels?
Radio Ecoshock — February 2024

Guest Interview: Jeffrey Rissman (Zero-Carbon Industry)
The Planet Today — January 2024

Zero emissions a win for the planet and industry, Chicago author says
WBBM Newsradio Chicago — January 2024

From COP 27 to Corporations: Electrifying Industry to Meet U.S. Climate Goals
Electrify This! — November 2022

The technologies and policies that could underpin commercially viable decarbonisation
DecarbConnect — May 2021

Decarbonizing Global Industry, with Jeffrey Rissman
Resources Radio — May 2020

Lectures and Webinars

Federal Policy to Decarbonize U.S. Industry
Energy Innovation and the U.S. Department of Energy — April 2024

Decarbonizing the Industrial Sector
Stanford University — March 2024

A Sectoral Approach to Climate Mitigation: The Industrial Sector
American University — April 2023