Let’s explore ideas, questions, and solutions on how to build this future. It’s time to create a dialogue on how to achieve a realistic path forward to a 100% renewable energy system. There are complex and varied challenges to address as we work to find limitless paths to get us there – let’s explore what is being done today and what we can do in the future to build a cleaner tomorrow.
The Texas Senate passed a sweeping bill to overhaul the state’s electricity market following February’s historic blackouts by forcing power plants to winterize and barring the type of business model used by Griddy Energy. Read more →
High wind and solar production combined with low demand led the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) to reach a new record of 92.5% of load served by renewables and 98.1% of load served by carbon-free resources,CAISO reported. Read more →
California can eliminate carbon emissions without markedly increasing the cost of electricity while preserving the reliability of the state’s grid, according to an analysis published in the online journal, Issues in Science and Technology. Read more →
The loss of life and economic costs stemming from the recent crisis in Texas have demonstrated that electric power is a necessity, not an ordinary commodity. While fact finding has just begun, it’s clear that policy makers must take a hard look at the economic rules and incentives governing the power sector and assess the resilience of a vast array of critical infrastructure. Read more →
Los Angeles is one of the last places in California still burning coal for electricity — and if all goes according to plan, it could become one of the country’s first major cities to nearly eliminate fossil fuels from its power supply. Read more →
State agencies and electric utilities are scrambling to shore up power supplies in hopes of avoiding the rolling blackouts that left 800,000 California homes and businesses without power during a record-breaking heat wave last August. Read more →
Leonardo Beltran is a non-resident fellow at the Institute of the Americas, an executive fellow of the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary and is serving on the Board of Sustainable Energy for All. Read more →
For Sampo Suvisaari, Wärtsilä’s vision of a 100% renewable energy future represents a very realistic roadmap. Leading Wärtsilä’s Energy Business in the northern half of Latin America, Sampo is helping to accelerate the transition towards renewables by providing future-proof, cleaner energy solutions to his customers. Read more →
