Grid Edge

Power After Carbon

This week on The Energy Gang: we reflect on the biggest changes in the electricity system over the last decade.

What Emerging Climate Tech Sectors Are Ready for Growth?

This week on The Energy Gang: the up-and-coming places for climate capital.

A New Era for Climate-Focused Venture Capital

This week on The Energy Gang: climate tech VC isn’t just having a moment, it’s entering a new age.

How Biden’s Clean Electricity Standard Might Work

This week on The Interchange: how would a CES decarbonize the grid?

The Price is Right: Deep Decarbonization Edition

This week on The Interchange: we guess the cost of the energy transition.

Extreme Weather Keeps Maxing Out the Grid

This week on The Energy Gang: another summer of extreme heat is putting grid operators to the test.

The New ‘Valleys of Death’ in Climate Investing

This week on The Interchange: where are climate tech startups most likely to stall, or die?

Tracking the Equity Outcome of Decarbonization

A Wartime Plan for Electrifying America

This week on The Energy Gang: how do we win the decarbonization war?

How Cheap and Abundant Can Clean Power Get?

This week on The Interchange: are the assumptions about using electricity to decarbonize realistic?

What Are ‘Transformational’ Utilities Doing Right?

This week on The Energy Gang: a look at what sets top-performing utilities apart.

Jigar Shah Has $40 Billion. What Will He Do With It?

This week on The Interchange: Jigar’s plan to accelerate climate tech with the power of government.

Is America Halfway to a Zero-Carbon Grid?

This week on The Energy Gang: what the last 15 years of change means for the future.

Unlocking Home Electrification With Heat Pumps

This week on The Energy Gang: the fastest and cheapest way to electrify our homes.

The Magnitude of 24/7 Zero-Carbon Energy

This week on The Interchange: the details of Google’s ambitions to transform energy and data centers.

Can California Move Fast Without Breaking Things?

This week on The Energy Gang: California’s rapid path toward decarbonization.

Why We Underestimate Clean Energy Cost Declines

This week on The Interchange: will we get surprised again?

What Does a ‘Climate Resilience Director’ Do?

This week on The Interchange: the person trying to make PG&E more resilient.

Shell Bets on Batteries for Ultra-Fast EV Charging

Shell and grid-equipment maker Alfen bet that VPP-connected batteries will be cheaper than grid reinforcements.

California’s Latest Demand-Side Emergency Plan Draws Criticism From Providers

Critics say the minor changes aren’t enough to help, and the expanded capacity rules could boost natural gas plants.

Spain Puts European Recovery Funds Into Electric Car Push

Battery manufacturing will be the first target for a post-COVID cash injection.

Mainspring Energy Lands $150M Deal To Deploy Its Linear Generators With NextEra

The startup’s fuel-flexible systems offer the low emissions of fuel cells with the affordability and flexibility of engines and microturbines.

Jigar Shah’s Plan to Manage DOE’s $40B Loan Program

The solar PPA pioneer and “infrastructure-as-a-service” investor has been selected to revive the program that boosted Tesla and utility-scale renewables.