Electric vehicles

EV charging

In a first, electric Ford F-150 trucks are powering homes in Baltimore

Plenty of utilities are talking about using EV batteries as grid assets. Baltimore Gas & Electric is actually doing it.

By Julian Spector . 1 August 2024

Brian Foreman of Howard County, Maryland, became the first person in the country to earn money from his utility by running his home on energy from his F-150 Lightning during summer evening hours. (Dylan Slagle/BGE)

EV charging

We need gargantuan investment in EV charging stations. Where will the money come from?

Governments, utilities, automakers and charging companies are pitching in, but securing the tens of billions needed still won’t be easy.

By Jeff St. John . 12 August 2021
Transportation

Microgrids + mass transit = resilient mobility in a future clouded by climate change

Transit agencies can use microgrids to cleanly power electric buses and other systems during blackouts, but they'll likely need help building them.

By Gordon Feller . 5 August 2021
Utilities

Top 10 utility regulation trends of 2021 — so far

Renewables, DERs and EVs are still top priorities for utility commissions, but extreme weather and Covid-19 are also shaping regulatory action in 2021.

By Noah Garcia . 30 July 2021
Climatetech finance

Think the climatetech SPAC scene in the US is wild? You should see what’s happening in China

China has many more publicly traded cleantech companies than the U.S., thanks to its robust solar and EV supply chains.

By Hara Wang . 30 July 2021
Climatetech finance

Bipartisan infrastructure bill with $73B for power grid clears key Senate hurdle

While lawmakers in D.C. debate whether to invest tens of billions in clean technologies, private climatetech investment funds are not waiting around. Here's a roundup.

By Eric Wesoff . 29 July 2021
Transmission

Newsletter: Texas outages made transmission upgrades look cheap

Can framing grid investment as a way to prevent disasters convince more people to support it?

By Julian Spector . 27 July 2021
Climatetech finance

Fossil fuels and climatetech finance digest

A roundup of recent energy and climatetech finance news.

By Eric Wesoff . 20 July 2021
Climatetech finance

Veteran investor Ecosystem Integrity Fund raises $250M amid cleantech funding boom

The early-mover investment fund draws on a decade of experience to navigate a heady market.

By Julian Spector . 16 July 2021
Workforce diversity

Charging Up: Women’s cleantech career moves at DOE, Energy Vault, Shoals, The Ray and more

Energy Secretary Granholm gets a new senior advisor, women lead the SPAC that's merging with Heliogen, and a new college program will train women for jobs servicing EVs.

By Eric Wesoff . 13 July 2021
Hydrogen

How much renewables expansion is needed for a global green hydrogen economy?

And is a massive wind and solar buildout of that scale even feasible?

By Jason Deign . 13 July 2021

Electric vehicles

In a first, electric Ford F-150 trucks are powering homes in Baltimore

We need gargantuan investment in EV charging stations. Where will the money come from?

Microgrids + mass transit = resilient mobility in a future clouded by climate change

Top 10 utility regulation trends of 2021 — so far

Think the climatetech SPAC scene in the US is wild? You should see what’s happening in China

Bipartisan infrastructure bill with $73B for power grid clears key Senate hurdle

Newsletter: Texas outages made transmission upgrades look cheap

Fossil fuels and climatetech finance digest

Veteran investor Ecosystem Integrity Fund raises $250M amid cleantech funding boom

Charging Up: Women’s cleantech career moves at DOE, Energy Vault, Shoals, The Ray and more

How much renewables expansion is needed for a global green hydrogen economy?