California is set to present its strategic plan to scale an offshore wind power industry based on unconventional floating wind technology.
Rare Earth Elements Pose Environmental, Economic Risks for Clean Energy
Rare earth elements are essential to many clean energy technologies, yet their production can bring severe environmental impacts. A new report grapples with rare earths' environmental liabilities and efforts to diversify supply beyond China.
Offshore Wind Presents Big Challenge for the Electric Grid
Large scale offshore wind development will require a rethink of how America’s electric grid is designed, and paid for.
As Clean Energy Surpasses Coal, U.S. Energy Transition Locks Into Place
What’s particularly notable, given the current U.S. political climate, is how durable both the rise in clean energy and the decline in coal have been.
Can Norway’s State Oil Company Be A Climate Champion?
Norway is pursuing a future rich in fossil energy and climate solutions. Can its oil company, Equinor, reconcile these priorities and continue to reliably finance the country’s expansive social welfare system? Equinor’s clean energy chief weighs in.
Distributed Energy: Utilities’ Existential Challenge?
Distributed energy technologies like rooftop solar are eating away at electric utilities’ business. Can utilities adapt, and at what cost to consumers?
Renewables Are Getting Cheaper. But That Doesn’t Mean We Should Eliminate Subsidies, Says IEA
“The naive economist view is that you don’t need to do anything if an energy source is the cheapest—the market will take care of it.”