Corporate welfare raises its ugly head again. Excessive partisanship and endless acrimony are common complaints lodged against the political class. There’s a lot to be said in favor of this narrative, but bipartisanship isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be, either. As evidence, consider the latest attempt to extend corporate handouts for electric vehicle […]
New mobile app to ensure 24×7 electricity supply across India: Report
The Government of India has reportedly developed a new mobile application that will help ensure 24×7 electricity across the country. The Government of India has reportedly developed a new mobile application that will help ensure 24×7 electricity across the country. According to a report by Business daily Mint, the crowdsourcing mobile app will help in […]
A Bipartisan Group in Congress Wants to Expand the Electric Vehicle Tax Credit
The $7,500 federal tax credit for buying an electric vehicle is being phased out for Tesla and Chevrolet. But a bipartisan group of legislators in Congress wants to reverse that, and, in fact, expand it. You see, that federal tax credit only applies to automakers who have sold fewer than 200,000 electric vehicles, and Tesla […]
House Introduces Energy Storage Tax Credit Bill
Another attempt to earn federal tax credits for stand-alone storage, and a proposal to extend an even broader set of clean energy tax incentives. Amidst a flurry of energy and climate change legislation being introduced in the Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, this week saw lawmakers reintroduce a perennial attempt to add stand-alone energy storage […]
2018: The Year of 100% Clean Energy
Policymakers and corporate leaders ignored the academic debate over 100% renewables, and went ahead with policies anyway. Last year, tense debate over the feasibility of 100 percent renewables entirely consumed the energy industry. Stanford professor Dr. Mark Jacobson stood on one side, arguing 100 percent renewables will be technically possible by 2050, while Dr. Christopher Clack led critiques picking apart that modeling. The […]