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Clean energy

How cities and counties can grow their clean energy profiles

Local governments set records for clean energy procurement last year. A joint RMI-WRI report outlines numerous pathways to boost that growth.

By Jeff St. John . 6 April 2021

Diablo Canyon, California's last nuclear power plant

Clean energy

California tees up 7.5GW procurement to replace Diablo Canyon. Is it enough?

Can solar and batteries, geothermal power and long-duration energy storage replace the state’s last nuclear plant by mid-decade without increasing carbon emissions?

By Jeff St. John . 6 April 2021

Solar

Tesla continues beta-testing on live homeowners, moves to fifth version of integrated solar roof

Elon Musk promised that 2019 was going to be the year of the solar roof. It was not. Neither was 2020, and 2021 doesn't appear too promising.

By Eric Wesoff . 6 April 2021

Climate crisis

RMI launches Canary Media, independent energy journalism powered by former Greentech Media staff and David Roberts

Canary Media will cover the global effort to combat climate change from business, technology and policy perspectives. Editors include Eric Wesoff, Jeff St. John and David Roberts.

By Nicholas Rinaldi . 6 April 2021

Opinion

Confronting climate change with fiercely independent, data-driven journalism

We’re on the cusp of a life-threatening climate calamity, a massive disruption of the energy industry and a revolution in greentech jobs. But mainstream journalists are largely ignoring the enormity of the problem.

By Eric Wesoff . 6 April 2021

Climatetech finance

Solar finance pioneer Jigar Shah to lead $40 billion DOE Loan Programs Office

“The technology will never be the bottleneck. The bottleneck is implementation and the ability to attract capital.”

By Eric Wesoff . 3 March 2021

Energy storage

Massive energy storage system from Tesla and PG&E will use Fluence AI to optimize bidding and battery health

Fluence is bringing energy trading and renewable asset bidding into the 21st century to eliminate the traditional bidding method: human traders with spreadsheets.

By Eric Wesoff . 17 February 2021

Energy storage

Swell Energy reveals 80-megawatt virtual power plant contract win with Hawaiian Electric

Swell Energy sells utilities a "virtual power plant in a box" built with customer batteries and solar.

By Eric Wesoff . 18 January 2021

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