De-Hyping Hydrogen

October 10, 2025

For decades, hydrogen has held promise as a revolutionary tool in the clean energy transition. It can be a fuel and energy carrier. The hydrogen...

Batteries Now Included

August 22, 2025

The Trump administration has taken aim at green energy, but one technology has largely been left untouched: batteries to store wind and solar...

AI’s Power Demands: Do We Really Have the Energy for This?

April 4, 2025

Artificial intelligence applications have exploded in the last couple of years, and their power demands are equally explosive. The U.S. Department...

Artificial Intelligence, Real Climate Impacts

April 19, 2024

Artificial intelligence can do some pretty amazing things, including for the climate. But, as with most technology, there are significant trade...

Geothermal: So Hot Right Now

February 23, 2024

When most people hear the phrase renewable energy, they imagine fields full of solar panels or giant spinning wind turbines. But another source is...

Let’s Talk Dirty to Clean Energy

February 16, 2024

After more than a century, the U.S. is moving away from coal, the dirtiest and most dangerous form of power generation. 
“We are now at a point...

Rep. Ro Khanna on AI, Misinformation and Holding Big Oil Accountable

October 6, 2023

The U.S. is in the midst of yet another election season, with the presidential primary campaigning well underway. Now that big pieces of...

Building a Better Battery Supply Chain with JB Straubel and Aimee Boulanger

July 28, 2023

Batteries are a critical part of the transition away from fossil fuels. From electric vehicles to grid scale storage for wind and solar, demand...

Green Energy / Red States

July 14, 2023

Billions of dollars from the Inflation Reduction Act have started flowing into renewable energy projects and manufacturing. That’s bringing jobs...

Missed Connections: Modernizing Our Multiple Grids

April 21, 2023

Thousands of renewable energy projects are ready to be built and start producing fossil-free power, but they’re stuck in a long limbo for one...