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Andy Tang, Wärtsilä’s VP of energy storage and optimization, sat down with me for a CleanTech Talks episode a few weeks ago. This second half of our wide-ranging conversation includes conversations about major island microgrids in the…

There have been attacks on solar net metering for a decade or more, due to the fact that net metering shifts revenue and profit from utilities to individual homeowners. An extreme attack on California solar net metering arose in the past…

I recently wrote an article about the threat to rooftop solar net metering — and thus rooftop solar power growth — in California. Then, a few days later, one of our editors found and published “347 Organizations Sign Letter to Protect…

The creators of the solar-powered locomotive of the future were aiming to set a Guinness record for speed last weekend, and that is more than just your ordinary attention-getting stunt. Demonstrating the functionality of PV panels on rail…

Source: Map by U.S. Energy Information Administration, based on North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) 2021 Summer Reliability Assessment. Note: ERCOT is the Electric Reliability Council of Texas; MISO is the…

Meeting Los Angeles’ ambitious goal of reliable, 100% renewable electricity by 2045 — or even 2035 — is achievable with rapid deployment of wind, solar, storage, and other renewable energy technologies this decade, according to a years-long…

Cars Published on July 9th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan July 9th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan A study published yesterday by researchers at the University of California, Davis, reminds us all why Lyft and Uber drivers should electrify…

Batteries Published on June 27th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan June 27th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan There’s only so much time in the day — a lesson I seem intent on not learning. We’ve published many solar energy articles in the past month…

Batteries Published on June 20th, 2020 | by Harry Stoltz June 20th, 2020 by Harry Stoltz Lindsey Boylan is taking on representative Jerry Nadler’s NY-10 seat in the upcoming 2020 House election. Running on a platform of climate…