Ryan Alimento
Ryan is a Climate and Energy Analyst at the Breakthrough Institute, applying technical and engineering expertise to develop, evaluate, and strengthen industrial policy proposals. His research focuses on the energy sector and on the future of the U.S. and global industrial sectors from environmental, geopolitical, innovation, and economics perspectives.
Ryan holds a BS in chemical engineering and MS in green technologies engineering from the University of Southern California. He has worked with research teams across several academic labs and a start-up company in the energy materials sector, and represented ASTM International in the 2023 WISE program to publish a report on transmission reform.
His current research covers advanced manufacturing, the hydrogen economy, carbon capture, decarbonizing petrochemical and metallurgical processes, critical mineral supply chains, nuclear fusion, electricity infrastructure policy, and sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa.
Recent work
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EnergyAnalysis
Oct 30, 2026 · with Seaver Wang, Alex Trembath
The Faulty Logic at the Heart of Environmentalist Opposition to BAAJA
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EnergyAnalysis
Sep 2, 2026
Software Won’t Expand the Grid
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EnergyAnalysis
Aug 14, 2026
America Makes The Wrong Steel For Its Transformer Supply Chain
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EnergyWhitepaper
Aug 13, 2026 · with Seaver Wang, Peter Cook
Factors for Successful Critical Mineral Beneficiation
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EnergyAnalysis
Jul 27, 2026 · with Seaver Wang, Alex Trembath
Home Upgrades Can't Power Data Centers
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EnergyAnalysis
Jun 17, 2026 · with Seaver Wang, Matt Hellig
The CAPEX Challenge Is Key to Industrial Competitiveness