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Batteries

Element Energy raises $28M for grid storage powered by used EV batteries

The startup's granular charging controls can get more energy out of second-life batteries while also detecting and preventing failures that could start fires.

By Julian Spector . 14 December 2022
ENN

While fighting clean car rules, Minnesota dealers gear up for an all-electric future

The Minnesota Automobile Dealers Association has hired an electric vehicle specialist, as members upgrade shop equipment and push back on perceptions that they are anti-EV.

By Frank Jossi . 14 December 2022
Solar

As California guts solar net metering, batteries emerge as a moneymaker

Rooftop solar alone will earn less under new California policy, but firms are developing programs to make it lucrative to add home batteries that help the grid.

By Jeff St. John . 13 December 2022
Nuclear

Fusion breakthrough thrills physicists, but won’t power your home soon

A nuclear fusion milestone (with frickin’ laser beams!) is a big deal. Alas, it could be decades before fusion might actually help clean up our energy system.

By Eric Wesoff . 13 December 2022
Electric vehicles

Lyft offers new incentives for its drivers to shift to electric vehicles

The ride-hail company is offering bonuses and discounts to EV drivers in its network in order to reach its goal of 100 percent electric vehicles by the end of 2030.

By Alison F. Takemura . 12 December 2022
ENN

Ohio’s ‘Frackgate’ controversy predicted backlash to drilling under state parks

A lame-duck legislative amendment passed by the Ohio Senate last week is the latest chapter in a debate over whether and how to allow oil and gas drilling under state parks and other public lands in Ohio.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 12 December 2022
ENN

Ohio ‘green’ natural gas bill motivated by ESG investing concerns, lawmaker says

Whether the language will help companies meet environmental, social and governance investing standards or not, critics say it’s misleading to call natural gas “green energy.”

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 12 December 2022
Hydrogen

Will new US incentives for 'green' hydrogen actually reduce emissions?

The Inflation Reduction Act steers billions to boost green hydrogen, but unless carefully monitored, that money could spur an increase in climate pollution.

By Emily Pontecorvo . 12 December 2022
ENN

Utility’s interconnection demands stall Virginia community solar project

Dominion Energy is demanding that a planned 1.2-megawatt community solar project pay to install a high-speed fiber optic line between the array and the nearest substation, which the developer says will increase costs by about 50%.

By Elizabeth McGowan . 12 December 2022
Solar

What to expect from California’s new rooftop-solar plan? More batteries

California is about to dump its net-metering regime and adopt a new system that emphasizes home batteries. Here’s how companies are preparing.

By Jeff St. John . 12 December 2022