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Plug-in solar meets the grid crisis
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (1930+ words) Why Americans are bolting solar panels to their balconies, and what the July 4th heat wave revealed about mounting grid stress Nearly 200 million people were under extreme heat warnings, the national parade in Washington was canceled, and PJM, the largest U. S. grid…...
A new crop of energy groups wants to lower your bills, not sell you solar
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (680+ words) Many groups are swapping climate ideology for market economics, and shifting to state legislatures. Over the last two years, as federal energy policy whiplashed and an already polarized debate over renewables versus fossil fuels amped up, a new era of…...
One year post-OBBB, what's holding projects back?
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (947+ words) Many clean energy projects succeeded in starting construction before the July 4 deadline " but federal policy hurdles remain. A year ago, the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill overhauled clean energy tax credits and set off a rush to safe harbor projects…...
Inside the most sophisticated plan for solar geoengineering
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1179+ words) Yanai Yedvab, CEO and co-founder of Stardust, explains how the tech works and why it's a "moral imperative" for humanity. One of the biggest challenges with technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions is that they require mass adoption. Solar radiation…...
As power shortfalls loom, Trump's permitting blockade risks 92 GW of clean energy
1+ week, 3+ day ago (306+ words) Wood Mackenzie estimates that $121 billion in solar, wind, and storage projects are exposed to extra federal scrutiny. More than $121 billion worth of early-stage renewable energy projects are at risk of getting caught up in the Interior Department's permitting blockade, according…...
The case for meeting load growth with renewables? $5 billion in savings
1+ week, 4+ day ago (547+ words) Energy Innovation found that Trump's fossil-forward approach puts customers on the hook for higher coal and gas costs by 2030. Utility customers could save $5 billion per year by 2030 if the U. S. prioritizes clean energy over a fossil-fuel heavy approach to meeting record…...
Sunrun, Renew Home, Tesla unite to sell 16 GW of capacity to data centers
2+ week, 2+ day ago (476+ words) The three residential VPP companies have gotten in on the flexible capacity for hyperscalers game. Three of the largest residential VPP players in the U. S. are teaming up to deliver capacity for data centers. Sunrun, Renew Home, and Tesla announced today…...
Why home electrification is moving so slowly
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1439+ words) Heat pumps do their job. The defaults we've wrapped around them don't. This is part two of a three-part series on the problem of home decarbonization in the U. S. Continue reading with'part one. Heat pumps have a messaging problem. Almost every…...
What does the GM-Peak Energy partnership mean for sodium-ion?
4+ week, 4+ hour ago (588+ words) General Motors is validating the idea of sodium-ion as a "defining chemistry" for grid storage. General Motors is expanding its grid-scale storage capabilities by betting on sodium-ion, which remains a relatively niche battery chemistry. Earlier this week, the Fortune 500 company…...
Qcells begins Georgia solar cell production to boost US supply chain
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (555+ words) The Cartersville plant is a milestone for domestic clean energy as developers rush to beat upcoming tax deadlines. Qcells on Tuesday said it started manufacturing solar cells at its factory in Cartersville, Georgia, a major step toward having a fully…...