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November 20, 2024

Creating an inclusive and equitable solar energy industry 

Solar energy is one of the main vehicles through which the U.S. is driving its transition to a clean energy-based economy. 

Solar energy is one of the main vehicles through which the U.S. is driving its transition to a clean energy-based economy.  Last year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration estimated that the domestic solar industry would boom by 75% between 2023 and 2025, up to 286 billion kWh. This is due to the growing number of […]

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Filed Under: Energy Access, Energy Markets, Renewable Energy Tagged With: Energy Markets, Environmental Justice, Renewable Energy, Solar City

November 8, 2024

How AI is boosting the energy sector

How AI is boosting the energy sector

Applications for artificial intelligence continue to grow around the world. The technology now touches nearly every sector and industry, including clean energy.  AI can be used in a variety of ways in the energy sector, such as grid management, boosting energy efficiency in buildings and infrastructure, better planning for electric vehicle charging networks, and large […]

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Filed Under: Energy and Climate Investment, Energy Markets Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, Energy and climate investment, Energy Markets

May 1, 2024

5 ways climate change is impacting you

This month, the federal government released the Fifth National Climate Assessment, a sweeping analysis of climate change in the U.S.  The report, released every five years, is a congressionally mandated report on climate change’s advancement and impact in the country, meant to inform U.S. policymakers. It is coordinated by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, […]

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Filed Under: Climate Change

April 2, 2024

Four takeaways from the first White House climate resilience summit and framework

Photo Credit:  Christophe Paul 2023 By FREE Staff In September, the Biden administration hosted the first White House Summit on Building Climate Resilient Communities.  The event brought together 25 states, territories, and Tribal Nations to discuss and collaborate on how to create and integrate community-driven, locally focused, climate solutions to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate […]

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Filed Under: Climate Change, Global Environments

March 19, 2024

The case for a social movement-based energy transition

Photo Credit:  John Englart 2019 By FREE Staff As the U.S. undertakes the important task of redefining its energy future, experts often debate how to include the public in the process.  Over the last three and a half years, the COVID-19 pandemic has offered a new and unique example of how collective action and energy […]

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Filed Under: Climate Change

March 5, 2024

The US is growing clean energy manufacturing

IMAGE:  USE GRAPH:  ACTUAL MANUFACTURING INVESTMENTS BY TECHNOLOGYSource:  “Clean Investment Monitor, 2023” By FREE Staff Federal tax credits are helping clean energy sectors like wind and solar to see new investment and public attention.  Clean energy has gained new prominence in the U.S. in the last several months thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act.  The […]

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Filed Under: Energy and Climate Investment

February 20, 2024

Biden administration announces $10.5 billion funding for U.S. electric grid transformation

By FREE Staff As the U.S. shifts to the electrification of its transport and other systems, one of the biggest and most difficult challenges the country faces is how to ensure the electric grid can handle the added stress.  The country’s network of hundreds of thousands of miles of powerlines is taking center stage in […]

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Filed Under: Climate Change, Energy Access, Energy and Climate Investment, Energy Economics, Energy Markets, Renewable Energy Tagged With: Innovation, Renewable Energy

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