Energy Innovation

What Energy Innovation does

Energy Innovation: Policy & Technology LLC is a San Francisco-based, non-partisan climate policy think tank founded in 2012 by Hal Harvey. The firm produces science-based research and objective policy analysis targeting federal, state, and international policymakers, with additional reach into industry, academia, and media. Its work is organized around four economic sectors — electricity, buildings, transportation, and industry — and covers the largest emitting geographies including the U.S., China, the European Union, India, and East Asia.

The firm's core technology is a suite of proprietary modeling and analysis tools. The Energy Policy Simulator enables real-time evaluation of multiple climate policies against economic growth, emissions reductions, and health outcomes. The Industrial Zero Emissions Calculator (IZEC), launched in 2024, models five regions (U.S., China, EU, India, global) for industrial decarbonization strategy assessment. The Industrial Transformation Technology and Investment Model (ITTIM) maps regional transition pathways for industrial sectors. The firm complements these tools with over 1,980 research outputs including reports, expert voice articles, data explorers, peer-reviewed academic publications, books, webinars, and the Electrify This! podcast — all distributed under Creative Commons BY 4.0.

Energy Innovation does not sell products commercially. Revenue is generated through grants, donations, and institutional funding, with all research made freely available to maximize policy and public impact. Distribution is entirely direct via the firm's website, email newsletter, social channels (X, LinkedIn, YouTube, Bluesky), earned media coverage, and co-authorship partnerships with institutions such as the World Bank, UC Berkeley's India Energy & Climate Center, the Major Economies Forum, the Paulson Institute, and corporate partners including advanced nuclear startup Oklo. Leadership includes CEO Sonia Aggarwal, Founder Hal Harvey, COO Christina Fernandes, and senior directors across modeling, industry, and policy programs.

Name

Energy Innovation

Legal name

Energy Innovation: Policy & Technology LLC

Website

https://energyinnovation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Energy Innovation is a non-partisan climate policy think tank that builds proprietary modeling tools (Energy Policy Simulator, IZEC, ITTIM) and produces research to help U.S. and international policymakers cut emissions in electricity, buildings, transportation, and industry.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Climate and Energy Policy Research

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Climate Governance, Operating Model & Internal Carbon Pricing Design (EUABAKAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Carbon Policy Interface for Renewables (ETS/Offsets/Carbon Taxes) (EUAMANAI), Energy Systems & Power Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAG), Climate Finance Strategy (CapEx planning, green finance, incentives & grants) (EUABAKAG)

Keywords

• Climate policy research
• Energy policy modeling
• Industrial decarbonization analysis
• Clean energy transition
• Policy research services

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Research and Policy Analysis Services: Energy Innovation is a non-profit climate policy think tank that provides science-based research and objective policy analysis to policymakers worldwide. Revenue is generated through grants, donations, and institutional funding rather than commercial product sales. All research is made freely available under Creative Commons BY 4.0 license.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Energy Innovation is a non-partisan climate and energy policy research firm that produces science-based policy analysis, quantitative modeling tools, and decision-support research for policymakers, regulators, industry, and researchers. Its flagship deliverables include the Energy Policy Simulator, the Industrial Zero Emissions Calculator (IZEC), and the Industrial Transformation Technology and Investment Model (ITTIM), accompanied by policy reports, data explorers, expert commentary, and multimedia content. All outputs are released free of charge under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 license and funded through grants and philanthropic donations.

Product overview

Energy Innovation is a non-partisan climate policy think tank that provides science-based research and policy analysis tools. The organization offers a portfolio of interconnected research products and modeling tools, centered around the Energy Policy Simulator for real-time climate policy modeling, complemented by the Industrial Zero Emissions Calculator (IZEC) for industrial decarbonization analysis, and the Industrial Transformation Technology and Investment Model (ITTIM) for regional transition pathway mapping. Additional products include Reports, Expert Voices articles, Data Explorers, Peer-Reviewed Publications, Books, the Electrify This! Podcast, and Multimedia content—all focused on providing objective policy analysis to cut emissions at the speed and scale needed to confront the climate crisis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Energy Policy Simulator: A real-time climate policy modeling tool that evaluates multiple policies to visualize economic growth, emissions reductions, health benefits, and more.
• Industrial Zero Emissions Calculator (IZEC)
• Electrify This! Podcast

Products and services

• Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) A quantitative, system-dynamics policy modeling tool that allows policymakers, researchers, and analysts to evaluate the emissions, air-quality, and energy-system impacts of climate and energy policy packages. Users can adjust policy levers and review projected outcomes.
• Industrial Zero Emissions Calculator (IZEC)

Quantifiable outcome

• Industrial heat pump adoption would increase U.S. GDP by more than $42 billion by 2030 and an additional $8 billion by 2050, adding approximately 350,000 jobs
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, notable and major.

• India Energy & Climate Center at UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public PolicycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 June 2026Energy Innovation co-authored the 'India's Aviation Opportunity' report examining how India can turn agricultural waste and low-cost green hydrogen into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through a power-and-biomass-to-liquids (PBtL) industry, in partnership with the India Energy & Climate Center at UC Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy.
• India Energy & Climate Center at UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public PolicycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 April 2026Energy Innovation co-authored the 'Electrifying Industrial Heat in India' report with the India Energy & Climate Center at UC Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy. The report examines how India's industrial sector can transition to solar-powered electrification, finding it is now cheaper than producing heat from natural gas and oil across all temperatures.
• India Energy & Climate Center at UC BerkeleycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 April 2026New research from Energy Innovation and U.C. Berkeley's India Energy and Climate Center found that powering Indian industry with solar is now cheaper than burning oil and gas at all temperatures used by manufacturers. The research supports India's pathway to energy security through electrifying industrial process heat.
• Oklo (advanced nuclear startup)notableStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 April 2026Advanced nuclear startup Oklo co-authored a report with the Energy Innovation Reform Project on nuclear waste recycling and a comprehensive used nuclear fuel recycling program. The report recommends an integrated nuclear waste strategy encompassing recycling, expanded DOE initiatives, and enabling legislation.
• World BankmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 August 2025Energy Innovation co-authored the 'Industrial Decarbonization In East Asia: Transforming Energy, Finance, Technology, And Jobs' report with the World Bank, outlining a $1.7 trillion clean industrial investment opportunity in East Asia and comprehensive pathways for industrial transformation.
• China's Major Economies ForumnotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnergy Innovation authored the 'Power Systems of the Future' report for the Major Economies Forum, describing the power sector transformation underway across the globe with contributions from major economies.
• Paulson InstitutenotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnergy Innovation authored 'Getting Cities Right in China' for the Paulson Institute, describing trends in China's rapidly urbanizing population and sustainable urban development.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Carbon Brief: Carbon Brief is a UK-based climate journalism and analysis website covering climate science, policy, and energy transitions. It is an emerging player with partial overlap in producing clear, data-driven climate and energy policy communication for a global audience.
• Carbon Tracker Initiative: Carbon Tracker is a financial think tank that analyzes the impact of the energy transition on capital markets and fossil fuel demand. It is an emerging player with thematic overlap to Energy Innovation's industrial decarbonization and energy policy modeling work.

Broad incumbents

• BloombergNEF: BloombergNEF is a global provider of primary research on clean energy, advanced transport, and climate policy markets. It is a broad incumbent comparable in focus areas (policy analysis, modeling, decarbonization pathways) but offers a commercial, subscription-based research product.
• World Resources Institute (WRI): WRI is a large global research organization producing data, tools, and policy analysis on climate, energy, water, and sustainable development. It is a broad incumbent working in overlapping climate and energy policy domains with a much larger global footprint than Energy Innovation.
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL): NREL is the U.S. Department of Energy's primary national laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research. It is a broad incumbent that publishes extensively on renewable energy, grid, and industrial decarbonization analysis with overlapping methodologies to Energy Innovation's modeling work.

Direct peers

• Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA): CESA is a nonprofit coalition of state clean energy programs that publishes analysis, reports, and tools on clean energy policy and program design. It is a direct peer focused on U.S. state-level clean energy policy with significant methodological overlap with Energy Innovation.
• Resources for the Future (RFF): RFF is an independent, non-partisan research institution focused on energy, environmental, and natural resource economics and policy. It overlaps directly with Energy Innovation on rigorous, evidence-based climate and energy policy analysis for U.S. and global decision makers.
• Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI): RMI is a leading non-partisan climate and energy think tank that produces original research, policy analysis, and technical modeling to drive global energy transformation. It is directly comparable to Energy Innovation in mission, methodology, and policymaker audience.
• Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES): C2ES is an independent, non-partisan climate and energy policy organization working with policymakers, businesses, and other stakeholders. It is a direct peer to Energy Innovation in providing climate policy analysis, modeling, and recommendations to U.S. and international decision makers.

Regional players

• Third Way: Third Way is a U.S. centrist think tank that publishes energy and climate policy analysis with a focus on federal-level U.S. policy. It is a regional player with comparable energy and climate policy research outputs but with a stronger political orientation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/energyinnovllc
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCuHjanOZU6ZSlW65tAE9PhQ/videos
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/energy-innovation-policy-and-technology-llc

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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