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Matches Between Energetic and the Real World

Energetic is developed to give everyone a chance to see the scope of changes and cooperation needed to transform the city's energy demand and supply in time to meet goals of the Paris Agreement.

Latest updates

Milestones, presentations, and changes to the Energetic decks.

Conference

Presented at European Geosciences Union

Energetic showcased at EGU conference, demonstrating game mechanics to international climate research community.

Conference

Presented at American Geophysical Union

Game mechanics and educational impact presented at AGU conference.

Game Update

Added Extreme Precipitation and Wildfire Smoke cards

Updated game decks with two additional climate impacts relevant to New York City.

Game Update

Added Green New Deal budget and 2035 timeline

Incorporated GND budget framework and accelerated decarbonization timeline.

Milestone

First Public Share by Jesse Jenkins

Princeton University researcher Jesse Jenkins shared Energetic on Twitter.

Milestone

First Gameplay

Original game first played in September 2018.

Monthly Updates

Latest Newsletter

Monthly summaries of real-world energy news matching Energetic game cards

Newsletter Edition

January 2026

21 matches
TRANSMISSION

Seagreen 1GW offshore wind curtailed due to lack of transmission

LinkedIn / Rob Hawkes

PUBLIC DELIBERATION

Building "Mass Governance" in Zohran Mamdani's New York City

Various

EXTREME PRECIPITATION

New York Is Going to Flood. Here's What the City Can Do to Survive.

Various

EXTREME PRECIPITATION

After King Tides Swamp Marin, San Rafael Weighs Billion-Dollar Defenses Against the Bay

KQED

PUMPED HYDRO

A rare step forward for a US pumped hydro project

Canary Media

NUCLEAR

Hochul ratchets up nuclear plans, aims to lead US in building new power reactors

Syracuse.com / Heatmap News

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