As the United States looks to meet growing energy demand it will need to increase transmission capacity and reliability.
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Energy-efficiency startup Allumia lands $7.5M to offer no-money-down commercial upgrades
"Allumia underwrites their customer’s loan to pay for the more efficient equipment. Customers sign 5-to-7 year contracts, during which time they pay back the loan. Services covered by the contract include Allumia’s energy use performance monitoring and maintenance of the equipment upgrades."
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Russian invasion underscores strategic value of American energy
"The men and women producing America’s oil and natural gas are committed to supporting their local economies and communities and are working hard every day to help advance our country’s security interests. With support from this administration, we can together firmly establish the U.S. as a stable supplier of energy for Europe and our allies around the globe for decades to come."
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More Mining at Home Is a Win-Win for Environment and Defense
"A domestic mining and REE industry can only serve to fix long-standing dependence on China for crucial defense materials and allow for a cleaner and more efficient energy transition. Conserving the environment to the point where no mine, industrial site, or manufacturing hub can be developed in the U.S. will come back to haunt Americans."
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Will the Biden administration let one company kill US solar?
"Historically, import tariffs have been a blunt instrument with a track record littered with unintended consequences. Trump-era tariffs on Chinese modules (which the Biden administration opted to extend) have contributed to the U.S. having some of the world’s highest utility-scale solar costs."
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Tariffs won’t build a robust US solar industry
"Removing tariffs does not mean abandoning domestic manufacturing. The U.S. should continue investing in manufacturing capabilities to support demonstration projects that incentivize firms to invest in bringing the next generation of these technologies closer to market. And the U.S. should also continue investing in innovating at the technological frontier to discover new and better technologies, like solid state batteries and next generation solar technology."
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Cat Litter Could Be Antidote for Climate Change, Researchers Say
"The Energy Department gave the researchers $2 million to design devices with the compound that can be attached to vents at coal mines and dairy barns, which are big methane emitters. The idea is to alter the chemistry of emissions before they hit the open air, like a catalytic converter on a car."
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Exclusive: Biden to waive tariffs for 24 months on solar panels hit by probe
"Ramping up renewable energy such as solar is crucial to Biden's goal of cutting U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 50% to 52% by 2030, versus 2005 levels, as well as decarbonizing the U.S. power grid by 2035."
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Instead of Helping Americans Battle Rising Prices, Biden Escalates ‘Big Oil’ Blame Game
Eric Boehm of Reason writes on Biden’s Big Oil blame game. “Biden can’t flip a magic switch to increase the gasoline supply or otherwise bring down prices at the pump. Expanding the available supply supply of crude oil or the capacity of refineries takes time and money—and those investments are less likely to happen as...
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Ten Policies to Unleash American Energy and Fuel Recovery
"This is a framework for new American energy leadership – for our nation and for America’s friends abroad – supporting investment and creating new resource access while avoiding unnecessarily restricted energy growth due to government policies and regulation. It’s time to lead."
