Research
Report: Inside the utility mindset on AI deployments
New research from Latitude Intelligence offers a temperature check on AI adoption in the power sector.
DOE: Utilities must act now to unlock latent grid capacity
Deploying new grid tech could increase capacity by up to 100 GW if installed “overnight,” the agency reports.
Large solar hybrid projects are surging — and so are wait times for grid connection
According to new data from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, connecting renewable energy to the grid is taking longer than ever, while project completion rates are falling.
Debt is dominating climate tech funding in 2024
Equity is taking a backseat as banks step up their climate investments.
Five charts mapping the global renewables race
Though China leads in investment, Europe and the United States are catching up in clean energy deployment.
Report: Utilities can meet short-term load growth without new gas power
An Energy Innovation report unpacks the tools utilities can use to manage growing data center demand.
The Brattle Group: 45V could help push green hydrogen costs to parity with gray
Green hydrogen tax incentives can cut green hydrogen costs in half, a new analysis found.
DOE: Failing to invest in grid-enhancing tech will be a 'massive miss'
A liftoff report coming this spring will focus on innovations in grid deployment — including how to bolster the existing grid without adding capacity.
Seven trends that give us a window into the state of decarbonization
A roundup of 2024 highlights from a longtime climate tech analyst
Data center construction is rising to meet demand
But regions like Salt Lake City and Atlanta are seeing particularly dramatic growth — and more energy load along with it.
Dysfunctional grid interconnection processes leave most ISOs swamped
But ERCOT and CAISO are best-prepared to get their projects connected to the grid, an industry analysis found.
Survey: Utilities are generative AI-curious, but first movers remain sparse
The hype cycle started by the release of ChatGPT lives on, but deployments are few and far between.
Report: Electrothermal energy storage can yield consistent renewable electricity for industry
ETES’ unique combination of heat electrification and storage can rebalance electricity demands — and help industry decarbonize to boot.
Report: NEM 3.0 is boosting storage, dragging down panel price in California
In the wake of the state’s new net metering rule, the residential solar market appears to be taking a new approach.
Report: Falling costs of clean tech commodities offset by high inflation rates in 2023
Critical material prices largely normalized last year, per BloombergNEF report, but other challenges persist.