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The Rhodium Group found that maintaining Biden-era policies could bring emissions down by 43% by 2030.
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It now takes an average of more than two years for a company to raise a Series B, according to a new Sightline Climate report.
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Clean energy isn't to blame for steeper rates, according to new research from Energy Innovation.
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Lazard added firming costs to its annual levelized cost of energy report in 2023. And this year, those costs are ticking up.
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Load growth from data centers is increasing dramatically — the only question is by how much.
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In optimizing grid flexibility, flexible green hydrogen production will also need to scale-up to 1,200 terawatt-hours.
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But the cleantech project pipeline is uneven, and needs to expand especially for wind and heat pump manufacturing, a new report found.
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On Monday, DOE unveiled the work it has undertaken in light of an October 2023 executive order on AI.
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Research from the Breakthrough Institute found that clean energy options, including nuclear, have much smaller mining footprints than fossil fuels.
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New research from Latitude Intelligence offers a temperature check on AI adoption in the power sector.
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Deploying new grid tech could increase capacity by up to 100 GW if installed “overnight,” the agency reports.
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According to new data from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, connecting renewable energy to the grid is taking longer than ever, while project completion rates are falling.
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Equity is taking a backseat as banks step up their climate investments.
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Though China leads in investment, Europe and the United States are catching up in clean energy deployment.
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An Energy Innovation report unpacks the tools utilities can use to manage growing data center demand.