On Thursday, Hawaiian Electric issued a long-awaited request for proposals for about 900 megawatts of renewable energy and energy storage projects. It’s the utility’s second…
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Is abolishing the filibuster necessary in order for Congress to pass meaningful climate legislation? A handful of Democratic presidential candidates have called for throwing out…
In nearly every corner of the country, energy storage projects are finding their way onto the grid — they’re getting bigger, cheaper, more diverse and…
California has just 25 years to achieve its economywide carbon-neutrality target. Buildings account for about a quarter of California’s greenhouse gas emissions, so concerted efforts will be…
For independent system operators and regional transmission organizations (ISO/RTOs), the need to rely on distributed energy resources as a system resource is growing. Power systems…
Sorkin argues that companies like his — part of an industry that in 2015 was valued globally at $2.6 billion with 6 percent to 10…
Week In Review Tune in around 5:30 for commentary. Features Demystifying the problem of farm-level food waste (21:25) The waste associated with “ugly” produce is…
Molson Coors has become the latest firm to join the elite group of corporates with carbon reduction targets independently judged to be in line with…
Senator Bernie Sanders, a leading contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential candidacy, on Thursday released his long-awaited climate platform. The document adopts the “Green New…
As China moves towards a subsidy-free era for wind and solar projects beginning in 2021, the economics of renewable power have come into the spotlight.…
This article is adapted from the Energy Weekly newsletter, running Thursdays. Subscribe here. If you’ve ever heard Jigar Shah talk, it won’t surprise you that he…
This article has been adapted from GreenBiz’s newsletter, VERGE Weekly, running Wednesdays. Subscribe here. When online payments entrepreneur Stripe last week declared its intention to…
In 2018, the world seemed to catch fire. California suffered its most costly and deadly fire season to date. Over 100 people died in horrific…
This article is sponsored by Belantara Foundation. Despite the sound of its name, The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not the setting to a mysterious…
SolarEdge founder and CEO Guy Sella has taken a leave of absence for health reasons, leaving the Israel-based solar microelectronics maker under the interim leadership…
California regulators want to direct $100 million in state energy storage incentives to a new class of disadvantaged customers: those living in parts of the…
Batteries paired with solar plants have gained momentum in sunny locales, but a market for shifting wind generation using battery storage has so far failed…
After seven fires broke out on Walmart roofs between 2012 and 2018, the retail giant is suing Tesla over what Walmart calls “systemic, widespread failures”…
Anyone watching the recent explosion of demand for renewable power from corporations like Facebook, Walmart and even ExxonMobil will have wondered: how far can this…
Let’s test your sustainability knowledge. What do the following businesses have in common: Max Burger, a major Swedish fast-food outlet; Mevo, a New Zealand car-share…