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California Proposes Raising Fees on Owners of Rooftop Solar Systems

California regulators on Monday proposed requiring people with rooftop solar panels to pay more of the costs of operating the electric grid, a plan that some supporters of clean energy argued could greatly reduce the incentive for new residential installations. The proposal from the California Public Utilities Commission would impose higher utility fees on people […]

Battling for Bolivia’s Lithium That’s Vital to Electric Cars

“The amount of lithium we need in any of our climate goals is incredible,” said Anna Shpitsberg, the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for energy transformation. “Everyone is trying to build up their supply chains and think about how to be strategic.” But Washington has little sway in Bolivia, whose leaders have long disagreed […]

Fight Over Gas Stoves and Furnaces in the Effort to Slow Climate Change

That spring, Arizona, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Louisiana passed laws that barred cities from banning natural gas. In Oklahoma, the gas industry drew support from groups like the AARP, the influential lobby for older Americans, as well as restaurants, hotels, homebuilders and barbecue equipment makers. “The message was: ‘You don’t want these California liberals telling you […]

Google Pledged to Remove Ads From Climate Denial Sites, but Many Still Run

Ahead of last month’s United Nations global climate summit, Google, the world’s biggest provider of ads online, made a big announcement: It would stop placing ads on sites that deny the scientific consensus on climate change. Banned from profiting from its advertising program, Google said, were sites and videos falsely referring to global warming as […]

Stem Inc. Acquiring Also Energy

Stem Inc., an artificial intelligence-driven (AI) energy storage software and service company, and Also Energy Holdings Inc., a solar asset management software company, have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Stem will acquire AlsoEnergy in a stock and cash transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, Stem will acquire, on a cash-free debt-free basis, all […]

New Mitrex BIPV Panels Mirror Asphalt, Slate Roof Designs

Image: CNW Group/Mitrex Mitrex Integrated Solar Technology, a global manufacturer of patented building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), has released solar roof panels that mimic popular roofing patterns. The panels also feature a unique hidden and standard frame technology that allows visual integration with the non-solar roof sections and combines self-sufficient solar energy generation with architectural design. These […]

STMICROELECTRONICS INTRODUCES FIRST POWERGAN PRODUCTS FOR MORE ENERGY-EFFICIENT, SLIMMER POWER SUPPLIES

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has revealed a new family of GaN power semiconductors in the STPOWER portfolio that can significantly reduce energy use and enable slimmer designs in a huge variety of electronic products. Target applications include consumer equipment such as chargers, external power […]