Articles

Grid edge

Could digital circuit breakers make EV charging and home energy controls even smarter?

Startup Atom Power is dragging Edison-era electrical equipment into the 21st century.

By Jeff St. John . 22 July 2021
Opinion

The clean energy economy has a diversity problem. Let’s change that as we build back

The infrastructure package being debated in Washington should include a proposed bill to provide job training for workers from underrepresented communities.

By Paula Glover . 22 July 2021
Energy storage

Newsletter: Postcards of the energy future from South America

Today's newsletter is all about growth and change.

By Julian Spector . 22 July 2021
ENN

Unpaid utility bills? California will pay off $2 billion to avoid shutoffs

One family’s experience surviving a heat wave without water or power reveals what’s at stake as California lawmakers agree to pay off $2 billion of utilities debt, but haven’t extended the shutoff moratoria past Sept. 30

By Jackie Botts . 21 July 2021
Energy storage

Latin America’s energy storage leader is getting creative

Thermal storage, compressed air and more novel options are on the table in Chile.

By Jason Deign . 21 July 2021
Solar

Newsletter: Nature abhors a vacuum, carbon accounting edition

Startups are jumping in to fill a policy gap when it comes to business-sector carbon tracking.

By Julian Spector . 21 July 2021
Grid edge

Why vertical farms could be the next big microgrid market

Building on-site power supplies is one way plant factories can manage their hefty electricity bills. Playing them into grid markets is another.

By Jeff St. John . 21 July 2021
ENN

Would Upper Midwest carbon capture pipelines offer a lifeline to coal plants?

The Sierra Club is warning that proposed carbon capture and sequestration infrastructure in Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska and the Dakotas may help extend the life of fossil fuel power plants.

By Karen Uhlenhuth . 21 July 2021
ENN

Under new law, Minnesota gas utilities could play a role in electrification

The Natural Gas Innovation Act encourages gas utilities to file “innovation plans” with state regulators, who can authorize rate recovery for pilot programs that decarbonize and diversify their businesses.

By Frank Jossi . 21 July 2021
Climatetech finance

Fossil fuels and climatetech finance digest

A roundup of recent energy and climatetech finance news.

By Eric Wesoff . 20 July 2021