Several Republican Senators are sending signals of unhappiness to the Trump administration. These politicians have basked in the glow of Inflation Reduction Act largess from the Biden administration, and now the Senators are nervous they won’t be able to salvage funding for renewables that are already earmarked for their states. … [continued]
ChatGPT generated panoramic image of a committee of quavering, oil-soaked mice, voting to bell a huge cat labeled "Climate Change"
The news this morning is filled with stories about how US Senate Republicans have passed a huge budget bill that will blow up the US deficit by providing massive tax cuts to billionaires and corporations. It will also cut policies that would have supported the US economy and created jobs … [continued]
Hurricanes can massively disrupt energy infrastructure, and can leave people without power for hours or days. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced today a vast array of energy infrastructure that has been knocked offline by Hurricane Francine. But one thing stood out to me: none of this was clean … [continued]
Parts of the United States could be at risk for electricity supply shortages if electricity demand peaks are higher than anticipated or if less electricity is generated than expected, according to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) 2024 Summer Reliability Assessment. Under normal summer demand conditions, NERC expects the continental … [continued]
WASHINGTON — Today the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released final rules on the clean vehicle provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that are lowering costs for consumers, spurring a boom in U.S. manufacturing, and strengthening energy security by building resilient supply chains with … [continued]
Fossil fuel companies have been lying to the public for more than 50 years. It’s time we stopped listening to them.
The text of the following statement was released by the Government of the United States of America and European Union. The eleventh United States–European Union (EU) Energy Council (“Council”) met [on Friday] in Washington, chaired by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy David M. … [continued]
As the world pushes for sustainable energy, the spotlight turns to distributed energy resources (DERs), with solar photovoltaic (PV) systems at the forefront. In the quest for decarbonization, a shining star emerges—the Distributed Energy Resource Cybersecurity Framework (DER-CF).Unveiled at the 2023 IEEE Power and Energy Society’s Innovative Smart Grid Technologies conference, a new paper by National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers sheds light on the importance of securing solar energy.
USMC Base Camp Lejeune has become a national solar energy and energy storage showcase (image courtesy of USMC).
USMC Base Camp Lejeune has become a national solar energy and energy storage showcase featuring new LFP battery technology.
One of the lessons that countries are learning from the current war in Ukraine is that centralised power generation creates energy vulnerability, and therefore energy insecurity. In a despicable move against the civilians of Ukraine, Russia has targeted energy infrastructure. Wars have been fought over access to energy sources for … [continued]
