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…
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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 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…
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…
Arizona proved that, when the circumstances are right, a vibrant energy storage market can spring up despite the absence of supporting policies. The state has…
In a session at the GreenBiz conference last month (wow, was it only last month? The world is in such a different place since then),…
Plastic pollution is the environmental issue Americans care most about. According to a recent poll, plastic in the oceans has overtaken climate change as the…
How do we assure that the climate crisis stays top of mind during the coronavirus pandemic? Or even back of mind? Coronavirus has, by urgent…
Not enough masks and ventilators in one COVID-19 country hotspot. A lack of testing kits in another. Toilet paper, baby wipes, milk and eggs emptied…
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…
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…
Many established alternative protein upstarts — including Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat — draw on plants as the feedstock for their innovations. Nature’s Fynd (formerly known…
Just before the coronavirus clampdown, NYU’s Stern Center for Sustainable Business hosted its third annual practice forum. Once again, the forum’s focus was the Return…
The many layers to the COVID-19 crisis are unfolding in front of our eyes. Our political leaders, financial institutions and global governance structures are being…
Mayibout 2 is not a healthy place. The 150 or so people who live in the village, which sits on the south bank of the…
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…
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…
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…
Here’s one thing that renewable energy industry groups and states with clean energy goals can say about mid-Atlantic grid operator PJM’s plan to comply with…
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…