SAN FRANCISCO : Aurora Solar, the industry’s leading software platform for solar sales and design, today announced it has closed a $250 million Series C funding round led by Coatue, with follow-on participation from existing investors ICONIQ Capital, Energize Ventures, and Fifth Wall. In just over two years, Aurora Solar has raised more than $320M. […]
America’s gas-fueled vehicles imperil Biden’s climate goals
What’s more, vehicles now remain on America’s roads for an average of nearly 12 years before they’re scrapped, which means that gas-fueled vehicles will predominate for many years to come. DETROIT : For President Joe Biden to reach his ambitious goal of slashing America’s greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, huge reductions would have […]
Electric vehicle charging stations could be boost for small towns along Illinois highways
Electric vehicle owners plan meals and shopping around their vehicle-charging stops. Charging stations would be a business magnet. I have owned and driven an electric vehicle exclusively for almost two years. My experience says that while the electric charging station infrastructure in Chicago and the suburbs is okay, our state really falls down once you […]
How Biden’s infrastructure plan addresses the climate crisis
The plan calls for $15 billion in prototype projects for utility-scale energy storage, carbon capture, hydrogen, nuclear and floating offshore wind power. It’s no coincidence US President Joe Biden chose manufacturing hub Pittsburgh to unveil his $2 trillion green infrastructure plan, a bold pitch to Americans used to hearing that climate action will wreck industry. […]
STATEMENT: Biden Administration Releases American Jobs Plan with Major Clean Energy Investments
This morning The White House released the details of the “American Jobs Plan” ahead of President Biden’s speech at 4:20pm ET today. The proposal includes hundreds of billions of dollars in investments to fight climate change and major funding for clean energy projects. Following is a statement from Dan Lashof, Director of World Resources Institute, […]
Biden targets big offshore wind energy expansion to fight climate change
The plan is part of Biden’s broader effort to rapidly transition the U.S. economy to net zero greenhouse gas emissions to fight climate change. New Delhi: The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that it has set a goal to vastly expand the nation’s offshore wind energy capacity in the coming decade […]
Long Duration Energy Storage gets New R&D Lab in Biden’s DOE
A US$75 million national research and development (R&D) facility for energy storage is expected to be up and running by 2025, the US Department of Energy (DOE) said yesterday. Called the Grid Storage Launchpad (GSL), 30 separate research laboratories will be hosted at the site including technology prototype testing chambers and other test labs that […]
