Climate crisis

Hurricane-driven blackouts in New Orleans send a dire warning about the need for distributed energy

Entergy's new gas power plant couldn't stop a grid collapse. Community groups want to give local solar and batteries a chance.

Air travel

A giant solar microgrid is coming to New York City’s JFK airport

Some 13,000 solar panels will cover a new terminal being built at JFK, giving the airport a clean power supply that can keep operations running even in a blackout.

Podcast

The military’s net-zero agenda

How the U.S. Armed Forces came to see climate change as a key national security threat.

Fun stuff

A day of gratitude (and news)

We're feeling thankful for the overwhelming response to yesterday's launch.

Podcast

Helping early-stage climatetech startups survive the valley of death

The challenges of funding new climatetech solutions.

Fun stuff

Friday Social: Meet the task force fighting for distributed energy resources

What started as a small network of NYC-based clean energy professionals has morphed into something much bigger.

Podcast

Will charging infrastructure be a bottleneck for electric vehicles?

Cassie Bowe of Energy Impact Partners weighs in on the business models, deployment and hardware of EV chargers.

Podcast

Climatetech for developing economies

To build low-carbon economies in developing countries, we need to deploy the technology we already have.

Public transit

AlphaStruxure’s solar-powered, electric-bus-charging microgrid

A new county project in Maryland combines key decarbonization elements in a no-money-down package.

Clean fleets

The country’s biggest electric bus microgrid is open for business

Low-cost solar and batteries plus backup power come together in one Maryland county’s all-electric transportation hub.