Energy efficiency

Climatetech finance

Veteran investor Ecosystem Integrity Fund raises $250M amid cleantech funding boom

The early-mover investment fund draws on a decade of experience to navigate a heady market.

By Julian Spector . 16 July 2021
EV charging

Newsletter: Forget La Croix, this is the employee perk of the future

Want your employees to drive your corporate electric vehicles? Give them a free home EV charger.

By Julian Spector . 30 June 2021
Opinion

Pacific Northwest heat wave makes the case for incentivizing heat pumps

Electric heat pumps can act as air conditioners — and move home heating systems away from natural gas.

By Justin Guay, Nate Adams . 29 June 2021
Energy efficiency

The secret of home energy efficiency? Don’t talk about home energy efficiency

Residential retrofit startups agree: Energy savings must pay for quality-of-life improvements to grow business and bring in lower-cost capital.

By Jeff St. John . 24 June 2021
Climate crisis

Inside the industry-enviro partnership that scored a big climate win on HFCs

The US is now poised to curb use of super-climate-warming refrigerants, one of this century's most significant climate mitigation efforts.

By Jay Stein . 14 June 2021
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 . 9 June 2021
Electrification

The case for upfront incentives to electrify everything in US homes

A report from Rewiring America and the Center for American Progress asks policymakers to make the replacement of electric appliances as cheap and easy as possible.

By Jeff St. John . 3 June 2021
Electrification

Chart of the day: Fuel cell industry profits

The hydrogen funding wave and the enormous potential of the hydrogen economy boosted the stock price of public fuel cell companies in 2020 — but not their profits.

By Eric Wesoff . 26 April 2021
Policy & regulation

Green 'liberty' bonds: The American way to win the war on climate change?

Taking a lesson from the World War II financing playbook to combat the climate crisis.

By Jean Haggerty . 26 April 2021
Climate crisis

The policy pathways to cut US carbon emissions in half by 2030

Energy Innovation's models show that technologies and policies can cost-effectively meet President Biden’s carbon-cutting commitments. The politics are another matter.

By Jeff St. John . 22 April 2021