Corporate procurement

Climate crisis

Worried about lawsuits, big companies are withholding important information about their climate goals and their plans for meeting them.

Corporate procurement

GM, Meta, Walmart and other big clean-energy buyers launch new effort to look at transmission, virtual power plants and other tools beyond clean-energy contracts.

Geothermal

Fervo Energy, an enhanced geothermal company, says its pilot site in Nevada shows it’s possible to produce “24/7 carbon-free energy” in new geographies.

Solar

EDP Renewables and Google plan to spread a big solar buildout across 80 small projects, with 10% of revenue dedicated to environmental-justice benefits.

Corporate procurement

Big corporate wind and solar purchases can take over a year to complete. Google and LevelTen have come up with a way to shrink that down to 8 weeks.

Emissions reduction

Voluntary carbon offset markets are under fire. WattCarbon CEO McGee Young sees heat pump retrofits, demand response and community solar as a better target.

Corporate procurement

Tech and retail giants are in a race to get solar to power their operations — but one is far ahead of the rest.

Energy markets

Tech giants and startups are chasing more precise data to make the grid cleaner by the hour — and asking governments and regulators to catch up.

Corporate procurement

Google and Microsoft want to buy clean energy around the clock. EnergyTag plans to bring the same option to mass markets.

Clean fleets

UPS, Amazon, FedEx and more are investing billions to build out EV delivery fleets.