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Puerto Rico is using residents’ home batteries to back up its grid
The yearlong pilot could be the first step in creating a residential-storage virtual power plant larger than any in North America.
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A huge battery has replaced Hawaiʻi’s last coal plant
Plus Power’s Kapolei battery is officially online. The pioneering project is a leading example of how to shift crucial grid functions from fossil-fueled plants to clean energy.
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![A quaint Maine town with shingled homes sitting on the water next to small boats.]()
Maine towns band together to offer ‘energy navigators,’ extra funding for home energy upgrades
The program, funded by a federal grant and set to launch in mid-2024, aims to fill cost gaps and ease confusion over government rebates as residents seek to cut heating costs and emissions.
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Renewables are booming — but not enough to meet COP28 goals
The world agreed to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030. A new IEA report finds we’re currently off track.
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Gasoline is cheap right now — but charging an EV is still cheaper
The price of home charging an electric vehicle in the U.S., on average, is equivalent to $1.41 per gallon.
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The next frontier in EV battery recycling: Graphite
In the race to build a circular battery industry, one mineral has been overlooked — until now.
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![An aerial view of Juneau, Alaska nestled against a mountain with cruise ships on the waterfront.]()
In Juneau, Alaska, a carbon offset project that’s actually working
Visiting Alaska is an emissions-heavy prospect. An innovative program has tourists ease that by helping buy heat pumps for locals.
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24 Climate Predictions for 2024
Plastics, taxes, and expensive desserts: Grist reporters weigh in on the climate trends that will shape the year ahead.
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A change in tax law has some solar providers walking on sunshine
“It’s going to enable a real scale-up of these programs, in Georgia and beyond."
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Why more than 60 Indigenous nations oppose the Line 5 oil pipeline
The 70 year-old pipeline, which just won a key permit, poses “an unacceptable risk of an oil spill into the Great Lakes.”
