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.
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Podcast
The autonomous-car bubble has popped
The closure of Argo AI is the latest setback for driverless cars. What comes next?
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Podcast
The make-or-break moment for America's energy transition
Getting a climate bill passed was just the start. Jigar Shah and Katherine Hamilton explain the hard work ahead for kick-starting the era of mass deployment.
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Long-duration energy storage
Noon Energy raises $28M for a whole new kind of long-duration storage
With its carbon-based storage tech, startup Noon could be among the first to commercialize clean energy storage that can power the grid for days.
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Podcast
The great electrician shortage
The table is set for widespread electrification. But do we have enough electricians to make it happen?
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Sponsored
How to scale rooftop community solar in cities
Urban Energy and Scale Microgrids are teaming up on a new approach to make community solar viable in densely populated neighborhoods.
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Workforce diversity
Charging Up: A chat with Thais Lopez Vogel, co-founder of the VoLo Foundation
Plus, new board members at Span and Arcadia, and cleantech career moves at Shell, PowerFlex, PosiGen, Mainspring Energy, Strategen, Clean Energy Ventures and more.
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Climate crisis
What to watch at COP27: Climate justice, clean technology and money
Will breakthroughs happen at the U.N. climate summit in Egypt? RMI CEO Jon Creyts shares thoughts on the urgency of the moment and opportunities to make gains.
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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.
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Guest Essay
It's time for solar microgrids to replace dirty diesel generators
In rural sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, costly diesel generators are often the only power source. A concerted push to deploy solar microgrids could change that.