Brian McCowan, Zondits staff, 6/7/2023 Climate activists and clean energy advocates have widely applauded the investments in climate-related action promised in both the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure legislation. Those investments are now in jeopardy as House Republicans hold the debt ceiling hostage and propose to gut the administration’s clean energy portfolio. Real Clear … Read more
GianGabriel Masoni Dobles, Zondits staff, 6/2/2023 As the state of New York prepares for a major transition to renewable energy, policymakers, energy industry experts, and stakeholders gathered in Albany for the annual New York Energy Summit. Participants discussed strategies for meeting the state’s ambitious Clean Energy Standard (CES) targets and the leveraging of newly available … Read more
Lucy Neiman, Zondits guest, 5/31/2023 Zondits and many other outlets have focused primarily on the transition to clean energy as the central path for addressing the challenges faced. Yet there is clear evidence that the transition away from fossil fuels alone cannot meet even the most conservative global climate goals that have been set. There … Read more
Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, said “We disagree on a lot of things on this committee, but I do believe bipartisan support for nuclear power hasn’t been this strong since I’ve been in Congress for the last 13 years.” House hearing highlights rising bipartisan support for nuclear energy amid wave of policy actions | Utility Dive
GianGabriel Masoni Dobles, Zondits staff, 5/23/2023 Zondits interviewed Nathan Phillips, a senior analytics engineer on the analytics and data science team at DNV. His work spans data engineering, building software, and assembling the tooling that helps utilities and other customers achieve energy savings. To serve both utility clients and colleagues at DNV, he navigates a … Read more
Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., and chairman of the Energy, Climate and Grid Security subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee said “I called this hearing to set the table for what I hope will be bipartisan, durable policy-making in this Congress to expand American nuclear energy and its many benefits for the nation.” House hearing … Read more
Brian McCowan, Zondits staff, 5/16/2023 British Petroleum (BP) is making record profits, but its shareholders are not necessarily pleased. The energy giant, which has long promoted itself as a defender of the environment, has recently pulled back their level of commitment to reducing emissions. BP’s annual general meeting was held the last week in April, … Read more
“We’ve got to have these conversations years in advance, not three months in advance,” EPRI Director of Transportation Britta Gross said. “it’s all about addressing the problems of getting to scale, and then sustaining scale when we get there,” Gross said. Read the full article from Utility Dive EPRI launches 3-year initiative to address grid constraints, … Read more
Brian McCowan, Zondits staff, 5/9/2023 CNBC’s fourth installment in their series on the U.S. power grid reports that renewable energy projects are waiting in lines longer than those for a Taylor Swift concert. According to the article, wind and solar project wait lines are often years long as power grid infrastructures struggle to accommodate the … Read more
Ben Haley, an energy expert and co-founder of Evolved Energy Research said, “There are people who say this is impossible, and people who say this isn’t challenging at all. I’d say it’s somewhere in between: It’s challenging, but it’s not impossible.” Read the full article from the New York Times How Electrifying Everything Became a … Read more