Long-duration energy storage
Long-duration energy storage can help clean up the grid, but only if it's super cheap
To compete with clean firm generation, long-duration storage needs to come down massively in price.
By David Roberts .
Clean energy
Clean energy
Keeping US carbon cuts on track will hinge on the upcoming election
The Biden admin has made progress on cutting emissions, but a new report says those gains are fragile — and could be undone by a Republican victory in November.
By Jeff St. John .
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Batteries
A huge battery fleet is coming to the Philippines
Fluence is delivering 470 megawatts of grid batteries to bolster grid stability in just over a year's time.By Julian Spector .
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Opinion
Building retrofits can duplicate the success of wind and solar power
Smart government policies have spurred rapid acceleration in renewable energy. They can do the same for building efficiency upgrades.By Richard Roberts .
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Batteries
Biden admin aims to make the US a world leader in lithium-ion batteries
The fast-growing lithium-ion battery sector is the key to powering EVs and decarbonizing the grid — and the U.S. doesn’t want to be left behind.By Jeff St. John .
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Nuclear
Newsletter: Which comes first, nuclear fusion or green hydrogen?
Sooner or later someone will ask you what's up with nuclear fusion or green hydrogen.By Julian Spector .
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Transmission
New Orleans has a new clean energy standard. Now it wants a more modern transmission grid
After New Orleans passed the first clean energy standard in the Gulf South, a city leader is pushing for a more renewable-friendly and reliable grid.By Andy Kowalczyk .
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Nuclear
Newsletter: Cheap clean power is great — unless you're a struggling nuclear plant
Unexpectedly low pricing in the Mid-Atlantic grid system was good news for renewables and bad news for certain nuclear plants.By Julian Spector .
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Nuclear
Low prices in PJM’s capacity auction spell trouble for Exelon’s Illinois nuclear fleet
A long-delayed auction yields lower-than-expected prices in the country’s biggest capacity market. That’s bad news for struggling nuclear power plants.By Jeff St. John .
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Transmission
Western states look to regional transmission organizations to boost clean energy's pathways to market
Bills in Nevada and Colorado would set a 2030 target for utilities to join regional transmission organizations.By Jeff St. John .
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Clean energy
ARPA-E’s new focus: Bridging the valleys of death for cleantech R&D
The nation's top energy research agency wants to scale up “high-risk and potentially disruptive” tech to meet urgent decarbonization goals.By Jeff St. John .
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