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The US Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office might be the most talked about -- and yet least understood -- part of the federal government’s efforts to support climate tech.  It has already invested more than $35 billion in everything from Tesla's…

The lack of progress on offshore wind in America is one of the most perplexing stories in energy.  The technology and resource availability are tremendous. Europe has de-risked the technology and proven it can be deployed at scale, and at low cost, with…

here are few areas harder to decarbonize than heavy industry. But the stakes are high. Altogether, industry represents over 30% of global GHG emissions, when counting both direct process emissions and industrial energy use. It’s also a huge opportunity for…

In 2015, then-Secretary of State John Kerry called the Paris climate treaty a “tremendous victory.” In the years since, $3.8 trillion has flowed into fossil fuels globally. Now Kerry and other White House officials are focusing on banks and insurers that…

As investment pours into climate tech, it’s true that a rising tide lifts all boats. But in markets -- especially fast-changing markets, like batteries, hydrogen, carbon capture, just to name a few -- those boats don't all get the same lift.  Certain parts…

In 2005, it looked like heat-trapping gases from power plants were only going up. That year, the EIA put out a projection: CO2 emissions from power plants would steadily rise every year, thanks to the incumbency of coal and gas. Today, they’re half of what…

Since acquiring Greentech Media in 2016, we have continued to use greentechmedia.com and GTM Squared news subscription service as vehicles to present greentech and renewables news. However, as outlined in February, we are in the process of fully integrating…

The grid of the future lies 850 miles off the coast of Portugal, on an island in the Azores called Graciosa. The island has always been dependent on fossil fuels. But in 2018, that changed. That’s when a group of developers kicked off a hybrid…

In 2017, Google became the first major company to reach 100% renewable energy through corporate renewables procurement.  But it was also the first major company to acknowledge that 100% renewable is not really 100% carbon-free. So Google set out to go…

In 2010, solar modules cost a little over $2 per watt. Many people questioned whether solar costs could come down another 50%. Well, here we are today with solar modules well below 50 cents per watt, far cheaper than most expectations. And it wasn’t some…

The oil majors are slowly recognizing that in a decarbonized world their fundamental business is going to have to change.  So what are they thinking? Where are they deploying resources -- and not deploying resources?  Ed Crooks is the right person to ask.…

Heather Rock joined PG&E as director of climate resilience in 2018 -- just two weeks before a faulty PG&E line sparked the most destructive wildfire in U.S. history.  It’s hard to imagine a more complicated or politically-charged role. Back in November…

Every few seconds, a new residential HVAC system or water heater is installed around America. Most of them are designed to burn oil and gas -- locking in 15-20 more years of carbon pollution. So how do we electrify 100% of that new equipment rapidly? This…

California is the proving ground for every major change that President Biden wants to accelerate nationally: 100% carbon-free electricity, fossil fuel phaseouts, climate-resilient grid hardening.  The state wants to make 100% of retail electricity sales…

The systems that support growing, shipping and processing food make up one-third of heat trapping gases. How can Agtech help us tackle this tangled and underserved sector? We’ll look at investment activity, technological solutions, and policy levers. Then,…

With a $2 trillion covid relief package under his belt, Biden looks to harness another $3 trillion on building clean energy, hardening the electric grid, installing electric car chargers, and updating roads and bridges. We’ll game out what’s needed and…

Follow Julian on Twitter @JulianSpector and subscribe to Bright Ideas, his free weekly newsletter on the rise of clean energy. *** When your job involves occasionally illustrating the collapse of companies with a stock image of a skull, there’s a risk that,…

Thanks for the memories, GTM readers! In the future, you can reach me on Twitter @emmafmerchant. *** Greentech Media launched in 2007 before the solar industry as it looks today even existed. Solar — though it had already been around for decades — was so…

This is my last article at Greentech Media. Thank you all, and look for me on Twitter @jeffsaintjohn to keep in touch.  * * * Greentech Media closes its doors this week. But the energy transformation it’s been chronicling for the past 14 years is just…

This will be my final piece for Greentech Media. It’s been an honor and a privilege to track Europe’s energy transition for the sector’s most discerning audience. Find me on Twitter @jk_parnell if you want to say hi. Thanks for reading, keep crushing…