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Electric vehicle chargers now outnumber gas stations in some countries. They’re getting easier to find. They’re easier to install in homes. And they’re getting way smarter. So how can we harness all these chargers for the benefit of the grid and…

First Solar, the largest PV module maker in the Western hemisphere since opening a second factory in Ohio last year, said on Thursday that all of its global factories remain in production despite the coronavirus outbreak. On Sunday, March 22, Ohio issued a…

Labor groups and environmentalists have a complicated relationship. Efforts to mitigate climate change stand to create new employment opportunities in a thriving, low-carbon economy. But they also stand to eliminate many unionized jobs, particularly in the…

This week, we're bringing The Interchange from our home isolation, partially frozen in time. We're wondering how long things will be this way. How we will work? How he will keep healthy? How we will run our companies? How will we move forward?  It can feel…

SunPower on Wednesday announced several belt tightening measures and slashed executive salaries, citing uncertainty related to COVID-19. The company said the efforts would save up to $50 million as it navigates an unpredictable 2020.   The distributed solar…

Restaurants, factories and hotels that have shut their doors and sent workers home don’t need much electricity. As that reality sets in, it could take the shine off one of the brightest spots for the renewables market: corporate demand. Experts say it’s…

The next decade is expected to be another one defined by inexpensive power supply in North American power markets. Competition among renewable power developers with be fierce. Cheap capital will be plentiful. In this context, renewable energy…

Europe's electricity giants are grappling with the steep challenge of safeguarding staff, keeping the lights on, and contributing to the relief effort — all while rolling ahead with their own energy transition plans. As Europe's utilities, project…

The U.S. Senate reached agreement on a $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill early Wednesday morning, but it does not include the tax credit extensions and direct pay provisions sought by the wind and solar industries to help them weather the supply chain…

Global revenue for home electric heating, cooling, and cooking equipment could increase more than five times by the end of the decade. The surge in spending on all-electric homes is expected even though many consumers are unfamiliar with the natural…

Market researcher Wood Mackenzie has trimmed its forecast for global wind installations in 2020 by 6.5 percent, or 4.9 gigawatts, as the industry grapples with the immediate and longer-term implications of the coronavirus outbreak. Shuttered manufacturing…

Renewable energy groups are continuing to push to include solar and wind tax credit extensions and ‘direct pay’ provisions in a nearly $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill that failed to move ahead in the U.S. Senate on Monday, after Democrats and…

The U.S. solar industry is preparing to argue that its workers are essential to the economy, as it copes with a growing pile of government-mandated shutdowns to combat the spread of COVID-19. State, county and city-wide shutdowns, already in place in place in…

Total, Shell and Equinor, three of Europe's largest oil companies, all announced cost-cutting measures in response to the collapse in oil prices and the impact of the coronavirus. The impact on their clean-energy investment plans remains muted, however, at…

Pacific Gas & Electric reached a deal with California Gov. Gavin Newsom that could allow it to emerge from bankruptcy by a critical June 30 deadline, in exchange for concessions including a revamped board, foregoing shareholder dividends for three years, and…

We are in the middle of a sudden, jarring economic shift. Store fronts, sports arenas and office buildings are dark in many cities. Homes are becoming the center of our activity ⁠— and for many of us, our work. That is causing sudden shifts in the way we…

For all their momentum, the clean-energy sectors — solar, wind, energy storage, and companies transforming the power grid — will not escape the COVID-19 downdraft. These industries face daunting questions about every aspect of their business, from supply…

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration has finalized a major rule for promoting clean energy during the most expensive hours of electricity production. On Friday, the Department of Energy Resources filed its Clean Peak Standard regulations with…

Tesla will close both its Fremont, California factory, where it produces electric vehicles, and its Buffalo, New York factory, where it produces solar and energy storage products, the company said Thursday. The decision to shutter operations in those two…

France's Total announced two significant wind deals in recent days, becoming the latest oil company to push into floating offshore wind as it builds on its existing momentum in the solar market. Total this week bought an 80 percent share of the 96-megawatt…