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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...

The Loan Program Office at the Department of Energy announces its first conditional commitment. If private investors also commit, a firm called Mammoth will expand production of hydrogen and carbon black, for agriculture and for hard-to-decarbonize manufacturing, from fossil gas.

This June 8 article, riffing off an architectural association's awards, shows how green engineering can lower a building's energy cost and improve its returns.

An electron electoral map — This map, courtesy of marketer Solstice and adapted by Kevin Cellucci, shows how far community solar can grow.

Community solar developers have a compelling idea for how to extend renewable energy to people who can't install panels on their rooftops. They also face a series of questions. These include: how to coexist with utilities, and how to tie in to utilities' grids, and how to buy land, and...

The community-solar business model — This image from a community-solar vendor documents how individuals who normally can't access the solar market can build a revenue stream.

Community solar can provide more energy to more people - especially people currently shut out of the market for residential rooftop panels. Energy developers and marketplace makers have taken note of the potential for community solar programs to drive revenue- and the White House's promise to steer energy infrastructure toward...

How SunZia closes in on California — Drawing a line in the sand, SunZia worked for 14 years on its transmission progress.

When planning to decarbonize the grid, many analysts see transmission lines as analogous to "political will." It's necessary and it's rarely possible to summon it from scratch. In the Southwest, though, a private enterprise has pushed forward on work to deliver renewable power from a windy swath of New Mexico...

The parent company of renewable generator Avangrid has offered to buy PNM Resources, broadening its footprint from Texas to New Mexico. (Note: One of CBEY's team members has provided consulting services to Avangrid.)

The Green New Deal that some Democrats are now championing is unlike anything this country has ever done before. But scientists have been studying policies like these for decades. And their research can tell us a bit about what might happen if we pass this sweeping new vision for climate action and economic equality.

This report reviews existing and emerging low- and moderate-income (LMI) community solar programs, discusses key questions related to program design, outlines how states can leverage incentives and finance structures to lower the cost of LMI community solar, and examines marketing and outreach considerations.

The Green New Deal means different things to different people. In some ways, that’s part of its appeal. On the other hand, a Green New Deal can’t mean anything anyone wants it to, or it will come to mean nothing at all.

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

From Nebraska, Hydrogen and Clean Fuels From Gas. From DC, Conditional Credit. From You...

Don't Wait for a Flooded Day to Cool the Roof: Commercial Real Estate Grows Up

Community Solar's Bend Toward Energy Justice, Episode Two: Utilities Push Back

How Strongly Can Community Solar Bend the Energy Market Toward Justice?

A Seriously Long-Term Investment: Inside SunZia's Transmission Adventure

A Bigger Footprint Across the Southwest

Will the Green New Deal Work? Here's What the Research Says

Design and Implementation of Community Solar Programs for Low- and Moderate-Income Customers

5 Things to Look for in the Green New Deal