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Wind

Renewable energy in the time of floods, droughts and hurricanes

Renewable energy plants are built to last decades. How will climate change alter the weather patterns they're designed for in the years to come?

By Jason Deign . 19 April 2021

Solar

Software will eat solar: Driving utility-scale solar prices below 1 cent per kilowatt-hour by 2025

Terabase Energy is on a mission to get utility-scale solar power prices below $0.01 per kWh by 2025 using software, as opposed to the DOE's hardware strategy.

By Eric Wesoff . 8 April 2021

Corporate procurement

Corporate net-zero climate goals: 2030 game-changers or 2050 greenwash?

The world has about two business cycles to alter investment decisions that will make or break the battle against climate change.

By Justin Guay . 6 April 2021

Climate crisis

RMI launches Canary Media, independent energy journalism powered by former Greentech Media staff and David Roberts

Canary Media will cover the global effort to combat climate change from business, technology and policy perspectives. Editors include Eric Wesoff, Jeff St. John and David Roberts.

By Nicholas Rinaldi . 6 April 2021

Opinion

Confronting climate change with fiercely independent, data-driven journalism

We’re on the cusp of a life-threatening climate calamity, a massive disruption of the energy industry and a revolution in greentech jobs. But mainstream journalists are largely ignoring the enormity of the problem.

By Eric Wesoff . 6 April 2021

Climatetech finance

Solar finance pioneer Jigar Shah to lead $40 billion DOE Loan Programs Office

“The technology will never be the bottleneck. The bottleneck is implementation and the ability to attract capital.”

By Eric Wesoff . 3 March 2021

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