The climate is in crisis. The burning of fossil fuels is well known to be the primary cause. Yet the growth of fossil fuel infrastructure continues unabated, pouring gasoline onto our burning house. The cause of that is also well known: the fossil fuel companies’ preference for profits over the Read more…
The accelerating effects of the oncoming climate disaster are creating extreme weather events that are making the essential task of rapidly decreasing fossil fuel dependence even more difficult than it would otherwise be. Keeping the lights, heat, and air conditioning reliably operating while transitioning to renewable sources of energy is Read more…
Battery systems can be used to store energy from renewable sources, like wind and solar, to be released when the electric grid needs extra power.
Replacing peaker power plants with clean energy solutions represents one of the most important environmental justice opportunities in the country. Accelerating the retirement of polluting, fossil-fuel peaker power plants and replacing them with clean, cost-effective alternatives, such as energy storage, renewable generation, transmission, energy efficiency, and demand response brings benefits Read more…