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What the Renewed Debate Over Costs of Renewable Energy Policy Is Missing

On this week’s Energy Gang: We look at a controversial report on renewables targets from the University of Chicago. For well over a decade, researchers have been modeling the cost of state renewable energy mandates. The results break down in predictable ways: Conservative and progressive groups often come to very different conclusions about costs and […]

Central America’s Solar Revolution and the Rooftop Revolution in the U.S. -EQ

Amazon Cozies Up to Oil & Gas, While Lagging Peers on Renewables

This week on The Energy Gang: Is Amazon’s courtship of the fossil fuel industry unique? The tech giants are all going long on renewables, but Amazon seems to be going long on oil and gas. A new story from Gizmodo details Amazon’s budding romance with the fossil fuel industry, even as it also lags behind […]

Central America’s Solar Revolution and the Rooftop Revolution in the U.S. -EQ

Republicans Craft Climate Plans to Counter Green New Deal

On this week’s Energy Gang podcast, we dissect two conservative counterproposals to the progressive Green New Deal. This week, the Green New Deal is rippling through Washington. A few leading Republicans are responding to the progressive climate plan with some ideas of their own: the New Manhattan Project and the Green Real Deal. They’ve gotten […]

Central America’s Solar Revolution and the Rooftop Revolution in the U.S. -EQ

The US Energy Storage Market Kicks Into High Gear

On this week’s Energy Gang podcast: What’s behind the big leap for batteries? The latest numbers for U.S. energy storage activity are out. They show a surge of activity coming over the next five years, leading to 6x market growth. By 2024, the storage market will be worth $4.7 billion, driven evenly by utility-scale and […]

Battery Energy Storage Systems: A Clean Energy Solution NY Needs -EQ

Bertrand Piccard: ‘If You Can Fly Around the World in a Solar Airplane, You Can Do Everything’

Bertrand Piccard: ‘If You Can Fly Around the World in a Solar Airplane, You Can Do Everything’ On this edition of Watt It Takes: overcoming the impossible to prove the possible. This week on Watt It Takes: Why one man spent 15 years of his life obsessed with flying a solar airplane around the world. […]

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The Origin Story of SunEdison

In this week’s edition of Watt It Takes, Jigar Shah opens up about his life and career, as well as the origins of SunEdison. Plus, he’ll give plenty of tips for entrepreneurs. In the early 2000s, investors weren’t very interested in SunEdison’s business plan to financesolarwith power purchase agreements. “No one wanted to hear about […]

Central America’s Solar Revolution and the Rooftop Revolution in the U.S. -EQ