Energy and Climate Change

"We have to recognize that consumer decisions are not solely governed by economic rationale."

With the push of a button this spring — Google was instantly using 40% less energy to cool a handful of its data centers.

How the first big smart inverter-battery test involving real customers could provide a model for aggregators bringing grid services to utilities.

The state’s system operator has received federal approval to begin aggregating small-scale, disparate technology into coordinated groups.

"I think we need to be quite concerned about where our current ocean communities may be headed or we may find ourselves at the tail end of a similar event–a sixth mass extinction, living in a very different world than we would like."

The state is working toward becoming the first to get 100 percent of its energy from renewable sources.

Most Americans have no idea that the grid’s makeover had begun and will soon upend a century-old industry.

"Our research has demonstrated many-fold increases in fuel efficiency over existing technologies, and we’re really excited about the next steps in our development process."

The fact that a consumer technology company has formed an energy subsidiary reflects the extent to which large corporations are taking an active approach to energy management.

A closer look at what the White House and its counterparts actually mean by this proposal shows that for the United States, the goal relies on far more than an ongoing boom in wind and solar.