How to Design Clean Energy Subsidies That Work – Without Wasting Money on Free Riders

We need significant government support to boost solar and wind power, electric vehicles, heat pumps and a variety of other technologies for a rapid energy transition.

By Eric Hittinger&Eric Williams&Qing Miao&Tiruwork B. Tibebu

December 12, 2022

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Eric Hittinger is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Eric Williams is a Professor of Sustainability at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Qing Miao is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Rochester Insitute of Technology.

Tiruwork Tibebu is a Ph.D. Student at the Rochester Institute of Technology