Ending the Trump administration’s “blockade” on solar permits has emerged as a top demand from the solar industry and Senate Democrats as the permitting reform debate heats up again in Congress. “Anything […]
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America’s LNG Boom Is About to Spike Your Power Bill
The US is the world’s largest exporter of LNG. And efforts are apace to further increase that export capacity. As the US exports LNG at an increasing rate, this implies good news […]
BYD’s Engine Flexes Between Ethanol, Gasoline, and Electricity
The world’s first mass-produced ethanol car, the Fiat 147, motored onto Brazilian roads in 1979. The vehicle crowned decades of experimentation in the country with sugar-cane (and later, corn-based and second-generation sugar-cane […]
The One Big Decision Tesla Has To Make On “Full Self Driving”
According to some friends who have the latest “Full Self Driving” (FSD) hardware and V14.2 of the software, the self-driving capabilities are really, really good now. One of those friends has driven […]
Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Trump EPA Final Rule That Delays Methane Pollution Protections from Oil and Gas Industry
Unlawful Delay Ignores Health Risks, Energy Waste, Widespread Opposition Contact Sierra Club — Shannon Van Hoesen, shannon.vanhoesen@sierraclub.org Environmental Defense Fund — Sharyn Stein, sstein@edf.org Clean Air Task Force — Samantha Sadowski, ssadowski@catf.us […]
Three years on, AI’s vibes come up against grid realities
It’s been three years since ChatGPT kicked off a frantic sprint to build the physical infrastructure for a new species of intelligent machines. Seeing the race as zero-sum, the top tech companies […]
Reimagining the Grid: How Microgrids Can Strengthen Utility Resilience
Microgrids have long been viewed as bespoke energy systems mostly deployed by universities, hospitals, and corporations looking to ensure power reliability and reduce costs. Widespread outages caused by major named storms, such […]
Oversupply Warning Jolts India’s Solar Buildout
India’s solar sector has hit that awkward stage of adolescence where ambition seems to be outpacing demand. And now the adults in the room are issuing critical warnings. A new letter from […]
Graphene Breakthrough Challenges Lithium Ion’s Dominance in Energy Storage
As the spread of renewable energy continues to ramp up around the world, finding more efficient and affordable technologies for energy storage has become a high-priority issue for global energy security. While […]
A Global Copper Crunch Is Looming
The International Energy Agency (IEA) expects a major copper deficit to emerge over the next decade, as demand for the metal rises sharply. Unless global mining for copper is expanded at an […]
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