Corporate procurement

Corporate procurement

Companies need a faster way to buy clean energy. Here’s a new solution

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.

By Jeff St. John . 10 April 2023
Emissions reduction

Carbon credits could soon help fund distributed clean energy projects

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

By Jeff St. John . 13 February 2023
Corporate procurement

Chart: These 10 US companies buy and build the most solar

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

By Maria Virginia Olano . 9 December 2022
Energy markets

A deeper dive into 24/7 carbon-free energy

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.

By Jeff St. John . 4 April 2022
Corporate procurement

Can 24/7 carbon-free energy become a global standard?

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

By Jeff St. John . 31 March 2022
Clean fleets

Electric delivery vans set to take off in the US

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

By Maria Gallucci . 14 March 2022
Long-duration energy storage

Goldman Sachs just made a record-setting investment in long-duration energy storage

The banking giant is betting $250M on Canadian startup Hydrostor and its novel underground system to store clean energy for the grid.

By Julian Spector . 10 January 2022
Clean energy

5 clean energy stats that will wow your friends on New Year’s Eve

With these surprising facts at your fingertips, you’ll be the life of the (virtual) party.

By Maria Virginia Olano . 29 December 2021
Sponsored

Ensuring hydrogen supply chains don’t become ‘nobody’s problem’

A lack of purpose-built infrastructure and equipment could stop the transition to hydrogen in its tracks.

15 December 2021
Clean energy

What 24/7 carbon-free energy can achieve over the long term

New modeling from Princeton projects the expected impact from companies and cities procuring carbon-free electricity for every hour of every day.

By David Roberts . 24 November 2021