This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Washington, D.C. has a funny, if not sad, way of changing the way folks think and act. Many officials ride into town with clear eyes and deeply rooted market-based principles…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Coal isn’t coming back, although with real investment in carbon capture and sequestration, it could continue to contribute to a clean energy economy. A decade ago, coal accounted for nearly half…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Between 2000 and 2016, 500 million people gained access to electricity. That pace is expected to continue to 2030. That will still leave 674 million people (compared with 1.1 billion…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The key to renewable energy may not be that it’s clean, but that it’s distributed – decentralized energy production. By 2030, two-thirds of new electricity capacity will come from distributed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Residential solar customers are already used to selling power back to the grid. When their rooftop panels produce more electricity than is needed at any time, they can send…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mini-grids, small community-based power plants and distribution systems, could provide more than 40% of the connections needed to deliver clean power to the world’s 1 billion people who still don’t…
Filmmaker, James Redford describes growing up with parents who were ahead of the times, and developing a passion for solar energy.
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Half of all primary-care clinics in India lack access to regular, reliable supplies of electricity, affecting almost 40 million households. The result: power outages during childbirths, loss of vital…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For all of the freedom that vehicles have provided in the past 100 years, we recognize their effects on safety, emissions, and congestion in our cities. Through innovative technology, we…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Plenty of big companies have announced sustainability commitments (and progress) in light of the Paris climate agreement and U.N. Sustainable Development targets. Few have openly put a pricetag on what…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The solar industry has feasted on government subsidies for years — a fact that irks conservatives no end. It has nothing to do with solar energy, per se, and everything…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When President Trump recently announced that the US was pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord, over 100 major US businesses announced their intention to continue their efforts to address…