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Data on the greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, factories, cargo ships, controlled burns and every other human source on Earth could soon be part of the public domain, according to a consortium of technology companies and climate change nonprofits. …

The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources on Tuesday announced final rules that will govern the state’s cornerstone distributed solar program, increasing its size but leaving in place some guidelines on land use that concern the solar industry. In…

Southeastern utilities including Duke Energy, Dominion and Southern Company unveiled plans to create the region’s first market for trading electricity across interstate transmission lines, a move that could lead to lower wholesale energy costs as similar…

Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, further detailed the clean energy and infrastructure plans he would pursue if elected, including $2 trillion in spending over four years. The $2 trillion figure is a big increase over the plan…

Things are moving fast in the grid battery industry, and nowhere faster than California. That’s where LS Power, a private equity firm that develops grid infrastructure, hooked up the new most powerful battery in the country last month.  The Gateway Energy…

Devin Hartman is energy policy director at the right-leaning R Street Institute. Nicolas Loris is deputy director for economic policy studies at the conservative Heritage Foundation. *** On the surface, House Democrats’ new climate plan is long on ambition…

Utility Southern California Edison has broken ground on a major charging investment for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, despite the ongoing coronavirus epidemic. The $356 milion Charge Ready Transport program will install at least 870 commercial charging…

Tesla's Model 3 was the top-selling car in California in the first quarter of 2020, but electrified transport is not just about cars anymore. Electric models of work trucks, commercial vehicles, and construction machinery are hitting the market in greater…

In a victory for the energy storage industry, a federal appeals court has upheld Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Order 841, clearing the way for transmission grid operators across the country to open their markets to energy storage, including…

Once bustling with PV research and manufacturing, Germany's "Solar Valley" fell quiet in recent years as China gained control of the global PV manufacturing sector. But the fabled valley may soon spring back to life. Switzerland's Meyer Burger, a long-time…

After effectively clinching the Democratic presidential primary, Joe Biden's campaign began work with Senator Bernie Sanders in May to create a “unity task force.” The group hoped to propose policies that appeal to moderates and progressives alike,…

PacifiCorp has opened bids for up to 4.3 gigawatts of solar, wind and battery storage projects, part of a massive clean energy growth plan that will open the utility's six-state territory to third-party renewable energy developers.  This week's all-source…

The European Union this week set ambitious 2024 and 2030 targets for green hydrogen, a big step for the emerging sector. At the same time, Brussels signaled that it will also encourage the development of "blue" hydrogen produced from fossil fuels paired…

As renewable energy capacity continues edging out fossil fuels, the clean energy revolution seems inevitable. But this clean future could be hamstrung unless we overcome “resource adequacy” challenges. For the first time in 130 years, renewables surpassed…

In a series of major wins for the environmental community, three multibillion-dollar pipeline projects — the Dakota Access Pipeline, the Keystone XL Pipeline and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline — were recently delivered devastating setbacks.  The business and…

Capital Dynamics, the Swiss asset manager and now heavyweight solar investor, will partner with energy developer Tenaska on a 4.8-gigawatt solar portfolio in the Midwest and the Southeast, the companies announced Wednesday. The two will work together on…

The Grain Belt Express, one of the biggest U.S. proposed transmission projects meant to carry Midwest wind power to eastern markets, is one step closer to completion after winning key court and policy battles in Missouri.  On Tuesday, a Missouri state…

Ørsted has signed what it calls the world's largest corporate renewables power purchase agreement to supply 920 megawatt of offshore wind power to Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer TSMC, a key supplier to Apple. The 20-year deal will see the Danish…

In 2004, Ted Gunther started a new job at a big accounting firm. He led the team overseeing transactions in newly-deregulated electricity markets. On his first day, he met the "Green Book," a thick, complicated book that sets standards for derivatives, hedging…

The U.S. may have fallen behind Asia and Europe in battery manufacturing, but a number of well-funded companies are looking to get the country back in the game with a technology that could supersede today’s lithium-ion chemistries. Companies including…