Emma Foehringer Merchant
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The US Will Rejoin the Paris Agreement. What Happens Next?
After four years without federal climate policy support, the U.S. must prove its commitment to the Paris Agreement and play catch-up on its targets. → Read More
What Is the Clean Energy Industry Doing to Confront Racism?
“We need to be very careful that as we grow and mature we’re not replicating the injustices that have proliferated to date throughout the energy system.” → Read More
Most US Solar Manufacturing Continues Despite Coronavirus Restrictions
American solar manufacturers are deciding whether to keep workers on the line during the coronavirus crisis. Many remain open. → Read More
‘Bragawatts’: Have We Reached Peak Solar Size?
The number of very large solar projects is growing in the U.S. market. How big can they get? → Read More
Google Promises $150M for Renewables to Green Manufacturing Footprint
Tech giant will put money into “key manufacturing regions” for its products, including Nest. → Read More
America’s 5 Biggest Solar Projects
Own a multi-hundred-megawatt solar project? See if you made the list. → Read More
Report: Banks Have Invested $1.9 Trillion in Fossil Fuels Since 2015
Fossil fuel investments continue apace, even as banks pledge money for sustainable development. → Read More
Bloomberg-Backed Cities Initiative Aims to Deploy 2.8GW of Renewables by 2021
The American Cities Climate Challenge Renewables Accelerator was created to help cities decarbonize their electricity systems. → Read More
The Status of US Solar Manufacturing, One Year After Tariffs
A year after the Trump administration announced solar tariffs, some manufacturing plants are now opening, some are still in the works and at least one has been scrapped. → Read More
BP and McKinsey Agree Renewables Will Be the Dominant Power Source by 2040, but Diverge on Numbers
How much of the global power mix will come from renewables in the future? Opinions differ. → Read More
2018 Was a Record Year for Corporate Clean Energy Contracts
Companies bought up a lot more wind and solar in 2018. → Read More
A Look at Chevron’s Dip Into Clean Energy Investing
Chevron launched its Future Energy Fund last year to invest in breakthrough technologies. But still lags behind other oil majors on moving into cleantech. → Read More
2018: A Year in Coal
Looking into 2019, “there’s very little upside, let’s put it that way.” → Read More
Renewables May Prove Cheaper Than 96% of Coal Plants Worldwide by 2030
“Over time, these coal-fired power plants will just become more and more unviable.” → Read More
Can the Electricity Industry Seize Its Resilience Moment?
Increasing disasters have raised the stakes for a changing grid. → Read More
For Oil Majors Investigating Clean Energy, It’s About Balancing Risk and Return
Oil and gas companies are used to taking big risks, but they’ve also grown accustomed to large payoffs. That paradigm doesn't necessarily translate easily to the renewables market, where relatively low risk translates to low, but mostly guaranteed, returns. “That’s the key pushback we get when we speak to companies like ExxonMobil, Total, or any of the oil and gas majors,” said Tom Heggarty, a… → Read More
Report: Trump Fuel Standards Rollback to Cost $457 Billion
Clean-energy advocate Energy Innovation also links the policy to 13,000 deaths. → Read More
Solar Investment Down Nearly 20% From the First Half of 2017
New data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance shows a 19 percent reduction in solar financing in the first half of 2018, compared to the same period last year. Continued declines in project costs along with a policy shake-up in China drove the drop. → Read More
As the Push for Carbon Capture Continues, Analysts Offer Differing Views of Its Future
A new tax credit and political momentum have raised carbon capture’s profile. But is it enough? → Read More
If Solar and Wind Hit 50% of Generation, US Wholesale Energy Prices Could Fall 25% or More
A new “holistic” analysis from Berkeley Lab details grid conditions under a high-renewable energy scenario. → Read More