Solar brightfields, solar arrays built upon landfills or contaminated land, are a fast-growing segment of the U.S. solar industry with the power to unlock gigawatts of clean energy potential and recharge blighted areas or urban communities.

Energy Innovation analysis is used to forecast the potential impact of a U.S. court decision that ruled against reducing hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) emissions.

Rising demand for clean electricity and shifting customer demand has upended America’s utility sector, making building new fossil fuel generation a tricky proposition. A new DOE/LBNL report shows how utilities can avoid risky investments through flexible long-term planning.

Analysis by EI’s Chris Busch is cited to show extending California’s cap-and-trade market will likely create higher demand in future carbon allowance auctions for the market.

Renewable energy and fossil fuel advocates have one thing in common – an unhealthy tendency to fall in love with a particular energy technology. Each has a cadre of vocal advocates, but each are a bit myopic. The problem is that picking winners and losers based on such biases sells the U.S. short.

A guest contributor for America’s Power Plan says creating portfolios of energy efficiency projects to deliver demand reductions where and when utilities need them can help keep pace with grid demand.

EI Research Director Chris Busch details how California’s declining emissions fit into statewide climate efforts in a San Francisco Chronicle story discussing the state’s cap-and-trade program extension.

Three principles can help U.S. policymakers manage evolving wholesale markets to achieve a cleaner, more affordable, and more reliable grid.

EI’s Sonia Aggarwal is quoted in a Morning Consult article discussing how East Coast states are pursuing offshore wind to add clean energy and fight climate change.

EI’s Chris Busch is quoted in a Sacramento Bee article discussing the effect California’s cap-and-trade extension could have on gasoline prices.

Offshore wind energy’s costs are falling fast, just at technological innovations combine with smart state policy to generate huge investment opportunities for utilities and developers along with economic growth for states and communities along the U.S. coasts.

Energy Innovation’s Chris Busch is quoted in an article by Utility Dive highlighting the California legislature’s vote to extend its cap and trade system.

Energy Innovation’s Chris Busch joined Southern California Public Radio for an interview on California cap-and-trade extension’s expected impacts

New revenue forecasting about California’s cap-and-trade market by Energy Innovation Director of Research Chris Busch is cited in a Utility Dive article discussing prospects for proposed legislation to extend the system past 2020.

Analysis by Energy Innovation finds that extending California’s cap-and-trade program past 2020 will generate $26 billion in new revenue from 2021 to 2030 for clean energy investments across the state, will direct greater funds toward disadvantaged communities, and would make allowance use by polluters more stringent.

Analysis from EI’s Robbie Orvis and Eric Gimon is featured in an interview with PJM CEO Andy Ott discussing wholesale market challenges and proposed reforms.

Bikes with electric assist—E-bikes—are taking off around the world, and for good reason: They are arguably the best form of motorized transportation and cut congestion, pollution, and noise, all at once.

Smart grid technologies offer a range of potential benefits, but maximising the value of grid modernisation programmes is easier said than done. Mike O’Boyle of US-based think tank Energy Innovation describes the five-step framework his organisation has developed to help utilities and public regulators pursue grid modernisation in a way that benefits everyone.

Despite China’s plans to halt more than 100 new coal-fired power plants this year, new data suggests China’s energy companies will make up nearly half of the new coal generation expected to go online in the next decade. But China’s climate concerns have so far been driven by narrow concerns over local pollution, said Eric Gimon, a senior fellow at Energy Innovation. “For now, those concerns seem not to extend elsewhere,” Mr. Gimon said.