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Carbon-free buildings

Boston skyscraper named world’s biggest 'Passive House' office

The building, which will use far less energy than a conventional design, is the latest example of the efficiency standard’s growing popularity.

By Alison F. Takemura . 11 October 2023
Workforce diversity

Charging Up: A chat with Lisa Neuberger Fernandez, head of sustainability at 374Water

Plus, climatetech career moves at NYISO, Constellation, Lightsource bp, Gridmatic, NineDot Energy, Energize Capital, Grit Ventures, Overture, Nissan and more.

By Maria Virginia Olano, Eric Wesoff . 12 October 2023
Podcast

How has US industrial policy impacted climatetech investment?

The $213 billion in new climatetech investment made over the past year seems to have had mixed results so far.

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By Shayle Kann . 52 min . 12 October 2023
Hydrogen

Biden admin picks 7 ‘clean hydrogen hubs’ for $7 billion federal boost

The DOE’s hub picks are scattered around the U.S. — a big first step on the challenging path to building a clean hydrogen economy.

By Jeff St. John . 13 October 2023
Clean industry

The huge climate problem of cement, steel and chemicals, visualized

These three materials are essential, carbon-intensive and produced in mind-bogglingly large quantities.

By Geoff McGhee, Maria Virginia Olano . 23 October 2023
Long-duration energy storage

Why Energy Vault went from disrupting batteries to selling them

The buzzy startup raised a record $110M back in 2019 to transform grid storage with novel long-duration tech, but now it's embracing industry favorite lithium-ion.

By Julian Spector . 16 October 2023
Hydrogen

11 winners from the US’ $7B investment in 'clean hydrogen'

Get familiar with the entities best positioned to shape — and benefit from — the plan to create 7 "hydrogen hubs" around the nation.

By Julian Spector . 18 October 2023
Hydrogen

The case against the US government’s big 'blue hydrogen' bet

A slice of the $7B in federal “hydrogen hub” funding will go to creating hydrogen with fossil gas and carbon capture. Advocates say that’s an emissions disaster.

By Jeff St. John . 18 October 2023
Transmission

The US just made its biggest-ever investment in the grid

The power grid is not ready to handle the energy transition — or extreme weather. The Biden administration hopes $3.5B in new investments will fix that.

By Jeff St. John . 18 October 2023
Hydrogen

We need green hydrogen to clean up heavy industry. Who's making it?

There’s essentially no clean hydrogen produced in the U.S. today, but developers are hustling to build projects to supply low-carbon steel, cement and chemicals.

By Julian Spector . 26 October 2023