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This op/ed from a professor begins with the familiar gambit about imagining California as its own country...and proceeds to invoke a California that runs entirely on clean energy from sun, wind and storage.

Each building owner, with a team of investors, needs to work out a particular electrification schedule. Broad public policies, though, can advance new technologies or marketing strategies that can help more buildings go electric sooner. This sequel to our earlier explainer sets out some scalable policies from across the United...

Can Clean Peak Standards brighten the view in this part of Brooklyn? — Activists in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood have explored whether Clean Peak Standards can address air quality and energy inequity. (Photo by Victoria Belanger via Flickr Creative Commons.)

One state has tried requiring power at peak demand periods to come from clean sources. This mandate can improve air quality in low-income communities. Critics question its effect on emissions, though, and its optimal design as clean-energy storage for utilities evolves.

A steep global decline in the price of solar modules in recent weeks is nearly offsetting the effect of the Trump administration’s 30 percent tariff on imported panels, the chief executive of a major United States solar company said.

By January 2016, New York’s Westchester County will procure clean energy for around 75,000 of its residents, according to Glenn Weinberg, manager of special projects at Joule . Over 15 municipalities are banding together to aggregate their demand for cleaner power sources and lower their energy bills through competitive bidding...

In an interdisciplinary MIT study titled “The Future of Solar Energy,” leaders in technology, policy and economics evaluated multiple options for stimulating the United States solar industry. The authors asserted the current regime of subsidies at the federal, state and local levels is inefficient and has resulted in broad market...

Climate resilience retrofits for affordable multifamily housing are critical to the survival of apartment residents. Jim Newman, principal of Linnean Solutions, said in a workshop at BuildingEnergy 15 on March 4 in Boston that “a lot of people are going to be sheltering in place.”

The United States solar photovoltaic (PV) industry has grown tremendously in recent years. In 2012, more than 3,300 MW of solar power were installed throughout the United States, with a record 1,300 MW installed in the last three months of the year alone.

Clean Energy Finance Forum

California, Here We Come

Explainer: How Do Public Policies Reinforce Building Electrification Financing (Part Two)?

Explainer: Can Clean Peak Standards Make Energy Economics Meet Energy Justice?

Solar Panel Glut Is Muting Effect of Trump Tariffs: SunPower

Clean-Energy Aggregation Opens States’ Imaginations

MIT Report Calls for Output-Based Solar Subsidies

Financing Climate Resilience for Affordable Housing

Solar PV Capacity Expands Quickly When States Provide the Right Incentives