Can Technology Solve Our Transmission Problems?
Maybe, but we’ll need a little policy and alignment of incentives to make it work. This week’s blog is co-authored with Emilia Chojkiewicz and Amol Phadke The United States needs … Continue Reading Can Technology Solve Our Transmission Problems?
Why Are Heat Pump Sales Decreasing?
At this rate it is not going to be easy to meet decarbonization goals. Decarbonization experts say you can’t do it without heat pumps. One prominent study has 75 million … Continue Reading Why Are Heat Pump Sales Decreasing?
California’s Exploding Rooftop Solar Cost Shift
In 2024, residential PV will shift nearly $4 billion onto others’ bills, more than double the 2020 amount. There’s a lot of anger in California right now about rising electricity … Continue Reading California’s Exploding Rooftop Solar Cost Shift
Electric Vehicle Charging We Can Count On
Unreliable chargers could hold back electric vehicle adoption. Policymakers need to intervene. Consumers embraced electric vehicles like never before in 2023. Electric vehicle sales increased by 50% relative to 2022, … Continue Reading Electric Vehicle Charging We Can Count On
What’s Not Crushing California Rooftop Solar?
Bill savings from residential PV are as large now as a few years ago, but the industry is facing other big challenges. 2019 was a good year for residential solar … Continue Reading What’s Not Crushing California Rooftop Solar?
Raising the Price of Emissions in California
California is tightening its GHG belt – who should feel the pinch? California has set some ambitious GHG reduction goals. Now the state is trying to figure out how to … Continue Reading Raising the Price of Emissions in California
To See Or Not To See
Having a wind turbine in your viewshed has a negligible impact on home values. Don Quixote and NIMBYs have spent significant energy fighting windmills (technically wind turbines in the case … Continue Reading To See Or Not To See
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