Energy storage
Energy storage is booming — and flexing its political muscle
The folks storing clean power are flush with cash and winning in Washington.
By Julian Spector .
Policy & regulation
Clean fleets
‘Green bank’ launches $250M effort to electrify California’s port trucks
The program, from Climate United and Forum Mobility, will help secure the EV trucks and charging stations needed to phase out diesel trucks at the state’s busy ports.
By Jeff St. John .
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Solar
Chart: The top 10 solar states include some unexpected contenders
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Utilities
Solar and green groups buy into Duke's net-metering plan in North Carolina
The state's dominant utility has proposed time-varying solar rates and smart-thermostat incentives, and solar advocates are on board.By Jeff St. John .
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Solar
How to turn trash into treasure: Put solar panels over landfills
Building solar on closed landfills can add costs and complications, but it could bring gigawatts of clean energy to underserved communities, a new report says.By Jeff St. John .
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Guest essay
Don't ignore half of the clean energy equation: Reducing demand
Building more wind and solar is not enough to solve the climate crisis.By Andy Frank .
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Policy & regulation
Jigar Shah's big idea for getting rooftop solar and smart appliances to low-income Americans
How the DOE could marshal its loan guarantees to decarbonize the grid and boost energy equity in one fell swoop.By Jeff St. John .
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Workforce diversity
Charging Up: Women’s climatetech career moves in venture capital and at Blackstone, SunPower, Uplight and more
An overflowing cornucopia of workplace wins for women this holiday week.By Eric Wesoff .
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Energy efficiency
California has a plan to pay efficiency providers to help prevent blackouts
Proposed $150 million program could boost batteries, EV chargers, smart thermostats and building retrofits, all to help ease summer grid stress.By Jeff St. John .
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Nuclear
Bill Gates–funded nuclear startup will transform a Wyoming coal plant
Will this be the project that revives American nuclear? Plus, a roundup of other nuclear news.By Eric Wesoff .
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Policy & regulation
Senate confirms Willie Phillips to FERC, giving Democrats a majority
The federal agency can now tackle its backlog of decisions to make on natural gas, transmission, interstate energy markets and more.By Jeff St. John .
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