Long-duration energy storage
Stealthy storage contender Form Energy reveals secret formula: Iron and air
And it raised another $200 million to get to market.
By Julian Spector .
Utilities
Utilities
Don’t blame clean energy for rising electric bills
A new report links rising U.S. power bills to fossil gas price spikes and utility incentives — not solar, wind, and batteries, as clean energy foes suggest.
By Jeff St. John .
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Climatetech finance
Fossil fuels and climatetech finance digest
A roundup of recent energy and climatetech finance news.By Eric Wesoff .
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Fossil fuels
California has embraced clean energy, so why is it still building natural gas infrastructure?
Decarbonization advocates are fighting ratepayer subsidies that incentivize the growth of an increasingly obsolete gas system.By Elizabeth McCarthy .
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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 .
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Clean energy
A microgrid powered only by solar and batteries points the way to bigger all-renewable grids
Australia’s Horizon Power and partner PXiSE showed they could power a town without generators. The implications for expanding renewable energy are massive.By Jeff St. John .
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Solar
Heliogen goes SPAC to revive concentrated solar power
Will an infusion of cash help the California-based startup resuscitate this neglected technology?By Julian Spector .
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Utilities
Newsletter: A Southern energy plan that's not what it SEEMs
Two camps square off over the future of the Southern grid. Plus, a leading solar developer finds a European buyer.By Julian Spector .
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Climatetech finance
Major US solar developer Cypress Creek snapped up by huge European investment firm
The deal caps a dramatic turnaround for the solar firm — and promises more growth to come.By Julian Spector .
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Transmission
Why utilities and clean energy advocates are battling over a Southeast energy market
SEEM’s utility backers say it will save money. Opponents say it could lock out clean energy developers and protect fossil fuel plants from competition.By Jeff St. John .
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Energy storage
Newsletter: Oxnard won independence from an unwanted gas plant, and you could too
This giant battery is a perfect fit for one California farming community.By Julian Spector .
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