U.S. market
Inside Apple’s failed car program
After a decade of trying to build an autonomous car, Apple finally killed Project Titan. What happened?
The US power demand surge: The electricity gauntlet has arrived
Utilities were already being squeezed by rising demand and stagnant supply. Then AI began supercharging load growth.
Report: Utilities can meet short-term load growth without new gas power
An Energy Innovation report unpacks the tools utilities can use to manage growing data center demand.
DOE invests billions to clean up heavy industry
Thirty-three companies stand to benefit from the just-announced Industrial Demonstrations Program, which provides $6 billion for hard-to-decarbonize sectors.
Digging into the latest SEC climate disclosure rules
Scope 3 emissions are out. But with existing regulations from the EU and California, does it matter?
Why labor shortages pose 'serious challenges' to U.S. battery supply chain
Skillsets like chemistry and chemical engineering are in short supply, even as investment in factories grows.
California’s ESG reporting push is poised to spur building decarbonization
CAP means immediate changes for corporations — but also near-term opportunities for the smaller fish offering decarbonization services.
New demand is straining the grid. Here’s how to tackle it.
As utilities scramble to meet new demand, a former Microsoft VP is exploring creative ways to unlock new grid capacity.
Four charts that capture U.S. solar deployment in 2023
For the first time, solar represented over half of the power added to the grid.
In the age of AMI 2.0, do we still need smart panels?
Lumin is leaning on partnerships as competition from smart meters mounts.
Transmission has a labor problem
For utility darling TS Conductor, finding the workers it needs means looking beyond the energy sector — and in Southern California, that means aerospace.
What Recurrent’s latest raise tells us about the state of clean energy
Declining interest rates, increasing capex costs, and the rising reign of solar-plus-storage are all converging.
A dive into the different business models shaping virtual power plants
An Energy Department VPP expert on the imperative for connecting and dispatching distributed resources
A new registry for clean energy credits could boost the grid value of DERs
WattCarbon’s marketplace facilitates hourly — rather than annual — matching, ideally maximizing the emissions reduction of certificate purchases.
Under the hood of PG&E's summer VPP pilot with Sunrun
A variety of “technical gremlins” hampered the project’s daily output.