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This local April 28 story captures news reported elsewhere, that Portland, Oregon's public utility placed 400 megawatts of battery storage into service.

This March 30 story details tension within the United States' , swirling around whether and how the program should target resources to communities at greatest risk of damage from severe weather and energy poverty.

Goods that cross the ocean get crossed up in the supply crunch (photo courtesy Ana Ulin) — A container ship on its way to a commercial port...or is it? (Photo by Ana Ulin, courtesy Creative Commons.)

The Pacific Coast of North America is home to five of the 10 largest continental ports, more than 55 million people and an economic output of $3 trillion (Pacific Coast Collaborative, 2022). Collaboration on the scale of the Pacific Coast can provide a cohesive approach to maritime industry decarbonization to...

This photo of Arkabutla Lake, Mississippi evokes a hydropower project this fund has staked. (Photo by Sean Davis via Flickr Creative Commons.)

The Inflation Reduction Act blazes miles upon miles of trail with clear markers in what had been overgrown backcountry. And the inconclusive recent climate negotiations that the United Nations sponsored in Egypt work as charcoal-gray clouds overhead. Where are attentive capitalists placing investment now that scale is possible and challenges...

This introductory article signals, arguably, the moment when community solar breaks into the mainstream discussion. it focuses on a state whose policy aggressively promotes decarbonization.

This August 9 report pinpoints encircled homeowners who face prohibitively high insurance costs because their domicile now sits in a place likely to burn or flood.

On June 28, the industry pacesetter fortified the case for electric appliances - and the code-compliant clean grids that support them - by reporting on studies that found carcinogens and other toxic matter flowing from gas stoves.

Can Clean Peak Standards brighten the view in this part of Brooklyn? — Activists in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood have explored whether Clean Peak Standards can address air quality and energy inequity. (Photo by Victoria Belanger via Flickr Creative Commons.)

One state has tried requiring power at peak demand periods to come from clean sources. This mandate can improve air quality in low-income communities. Critics question its effect on emissions, though, and its optimal design as clean-energy storage for utilities evolves.

Don't let the sun go down on price reliability, our author urges — (Photo by Don and Suzan Weller, via Flickr Creative Commons.) As the sun sets over Waterford, CT, an expert proposes a price floor in wholesale electricity markets.

As New England states progress towards decarbonization goals, the electricity spot market will see offers from solar and wind generators that incur no marginal cost. That can harm reliability and put some operators hastily out of business. To retain existing resources and the stability they bring, we need to set...

Solar financing? Don't look down... — (Courtesy Sol Systems.) The world will turn ever more to solar, but steep complexities lie ahead.

Krisztina Pjecska’s been advancing on a mission to extend solar energy’s reach, to the point that she and her colleagues at Sol Systems have started reckoning with a twist in the path. Solar has become economical, reliable and more popular. It’s also become harder to site and insure. “The more...

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Not Exactly Letting Energy Mellow, But Still...

Another Northeastern Bottleneck

Policy Memo: Establishing a Pacific Coast Framework For Sustainable Maritime Fuels

Policy Pinpoint: Bring a Flashlight on a Camping Trip

Where Policy Promotes Deployment, Community Solar Achieves It

Premium? Not With This Kind of Risk

Blue Flames to Fade?

Explainer: Can Clean Peak Standards Make Energy Economics Meet Energy Justice?

Policy Memo: How We Pay For Free Electricity

Sites and Insights: Sol Systems Grows Before Your Eyes