EV manufacturers look ahead amid high lithium demand

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, discusses how EV manufacturers are dealing with increased competition to secure lithium used to produce batteries.
May 23, 2023

Drought threatens hydropower produced by Colorado River

But there are no guarantees, said Adrienne Marshall, a hydrologist at the Colorado School of Mines. “We don’t know how much that will help the reservoirs and help hydropower production,” she said.
January 25, 2023

New rule for electric car tax incentive delayed

Now, EV tax credits are only available to people who buy cars assembled here. That change is a big deal, said Morgan Bazilian at the Colorado School of Mines.
December 20, 2022

By 2025, coal will no longer be the main way to generate the world’s electricity

“OECD countries are kind of pushing faster now that they’ve had the issues with their conflict in Ukraine,” said Ian Lange, director of the mineral energy economics program at the Colorado School of Mines.
December 8, 2022

As EV sales accelerate, battery makers face a new shortage of a crucial mineral: graphite

That could give Beijing leverage, said Morgan Bazilian at the Colorado School of Mines. “Will we see pushback on that level of economic warfare from the Chinese?”
November 3, 2022

High energy prices could threaten European utilities’ ability to keep doing business

“They try to protect against the risk to their company’s profits,” said Morgan Bazilian, a professor of public policy at the Colorado School of Mines.
September 6, 2022

Why isn’t Big Oil up in arms about the climate-friendly Inflation Reduction Act?

But Morgan Bazilian at the Colorado School of Mines said it might actually help quash some investor worries about long-term oil and gas infrastructure. That’s because, he said, this measure doesn’t directly legislate a reduction in greenhouse gas ....
August 8, 2022

A federal gas tax holiday might be popular. But it might not be useful.

“If we remove a gas tax, an economist would tell you that if you lower the price, you will increase demand,” said Morgan Bazilian, who directs the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines. “By doing this, one could minimize ....
June 23, 2022

Coal prices are way up and long-term commitments from customers are hard to find

Ian Lange, who teaches energy economics at the Colorado School of Mines, said that if he were running a coal mine, he’d ask one thing of his customers: “Show me, you know, give me a commitment.”
June 2, 2022

U.S. coal isn’t counting on Europe for a comeback

That’s the case in Europe too, despite the current surge in demand as it moves off Russian coal, according to Ian Lange, who directs the mineral and energy economics program at the Colorado School of Mines.
May 17, 2022