The double-punch of the surprise May derecho and Hurricane Beryl spurred many Houstonians to consider backup power options. Even before this year’s natural disasters, one in four households in the ...

From 2000 to 2023, extreme weather resulted in about 80% of all major U.S. power outages. These disruptions do more than inconvenience—they endanger access to critical services, spoil billions of ...

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As solar companies steam ahead in the race for energy storage, progress for wind depends more on policy and market incentives than technology, analysts say ...

Multiple clean energy megatrends are converging: exponential growth in deployed solar and storage capacity, along with a rapid drop in storage prices that is making batteries cost-competitive. These ...

Solar panels and wind turbines give the world bountiful energy—but come with a conundrum. When it’s sunny and windy out, in many places these renewables produce more electricity than is actually ...

Battery storage costs have fallen to $65/MWh, making solar plus storage economically viable for reliable, dispatchable clean ...

Clearway Energy’s Daggett Solar + Storage power plant in San Bernardino County is a model for producing renewable energy, and taking advantage of existing infrastructure, at the site of a closed ...