State government launches Home Energy Saver program offering zero-interest loans of up to $15,000 to help pay for upgrades including rooftop solar, batteries, electric appliances and insulation. The post Zero interest loans […]
Solar Manufacturing Capex in the USA Exploded from $150 Million in 2020 to $2.5 Billion in 2026
In another example of how much US solar manufacturing has gone from small potatoes to a giant industry since Joe Biden took office in 2021, here’s a whopper of a stat: solar […]
We’re targeting 35 pct electrification in less than 10 years – but 35 pct of what?
The COP31 co-presidents had the idea right on global electrification targets. They got the measurement wrong. The post We’re targeting 35 pct electrification in less than 10 years – but 35 pct […]
From supply shock to oil glut: IEA flags scale of demand destruction caused by Iran war
The oil supply shock caused by the Iran war has eroded global demand for crude — but a lasting resolution to the conflict could drive a surge in supply volumes and trigger […]
Why home electrification is moving so slowly
This is part two of a three-part series on the problem of home decarbonization in the U.S. Continue reading with part one. Heat pumps have a messaging problem. Almost every campaign, rebate program, […]
The Reliability Crisis Utilities Don’t Want to Talk About
What are the optics? AI centers are gobbling up power production, transmission space, and water. Transmission line expansion at a pitiable pace. A rush to build enough power plants. Forest fires burn […]
DOE to reinstate 11 clean energy grants canceled in ‘blue states’
The Energy Department under a legal settlement filed in federal court this week has agreed to reinstate 11 Biden-era financial awards for clean energy technologies that it canceled last October. The settlement […]
The quiet battery: What household batteries reveal about flexibility before full orchestration
The passive battery is not a new phenomenon. What is new is that its value is becoming harder for the formal market conversation to ignore. The post The quiet battery: What household […]
Aviation Fuel Demand Doesn’t Collapse. Cheap Kerosene Growth Does.
Aviation is one of the harder transition sectors to model well because it invites two bad shortcuts. One is to assume that flying keeps growing as it did in the cheap-kerosene era, […]
Most Efficient Solar Module in the World — New Record
The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) is no stranger to solar power records, and it’s just set another one. Via its own III-V germanium solar PV module, the institute reached […]
