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Clean Power Council

Utility-Scale Solar Project in Spotsvlvania County

Ways the US Can Electrify Its Public Fleets, from City Buses to Garbage Trucks

  • electric mobility
  • Clean Energy
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Air Quality
A blue and yellow city bus with the words "clean energy bus" on the side driving in downtown New York.
  • electric mobility
  • Clean Energy
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Air Quality

The State of 24/7 Carbon-free Energy: Recent Progress and What to Watch

  • 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
An aerial view of a wind and solar energy farm in Oahu, Hawaii.
  • 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy

How Local Governments Can Advance Community Solar for Low- and Moderate-Income Households

  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Energy Access
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Community Solar
A construction worker secures new solar panels to a residential roof.
  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Energy Access
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Community Solar

How Community Solar Can Benefit Low- and Moderate-Income Customers

  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Energy Access
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Community Solar
Solar panels in a field of blooming flowers.
  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Energy Access
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Community Solar

7 Ways US Cities Can Make Clean Energy Initiatives More Equitable

  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Equity & Governance
  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. policy
  • Energy
Installing rooftop solar panels in upstate New York
  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Equity & Governance
  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. policy
  • Energy

3 Ways US Cities Broke Clean Energy Records in 2021

  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. policy
Rooftop solar panels in West Seattle
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. policy
Technical Perspectives

Cities Can Tackle Clean Energy Goals By Focusing on Utility Planning

  • Clean Energy
  • Energy
  • net-zero emissions
Solar panels in the USA
  • Clean Energy
  • Energy
  • net-zero emissions

What’s Needed to Modernize America’s Electricity Grid?

  • Clean Energy
  • renewable energy
  • electric grid
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Transmission
LADWP Pine Tree Wind Project
  • Clean Energy
  • renewable energy
  • electric grid
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Transmission
Insights

Explaining the Exponential Growth of Renewable Energy

  • Climate
  • renewable energy
  • Paris Agreement
Solar plant in Antofagasta, Chile
  • Climate
  • renewable energy
  • Paris Agreement

Funding for an Equitable Clean Energy Transition Already Exists

  • Clean Energy
  • Finance
  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance
Wind turbine at dusk, Columbia Gorge, Wasco, Oregon, USA
  • Clean Energy
  • Finance
  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance

6 Ways Large Energy Buyers  Can Transform the US Electrical Grid 

  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. Climate
  • electric grid
  • Business
  • corporate sustainability
  • COP26
Dillon Wind Power Project
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. Climate
  • electric grid
  • Business
  • corporate sustainability
  • COP26

3 Reasons Why Smart Charging Is Key for Electric Vehicle Fleets

  • electric grid
  • electric mobility
Electric vehicle charging.
  • electric grid
  • electric mobility
Outcomes
Government-installed solar panels in the village of Weepatando in Sumba island, Indonesia. Photo by Asian Development Bank/Flickr
  • Top Outcome: 2020
Initiatives
Pittsburgh Skyline

Lessons from Texas Freeze: 5 Ways to Strengthen US Energy Resilience

  • Climate Resilience
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
Workers trying to fix a power line during a snowstorm in Texas.
  • Climate Resilience
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
Initiatives
Electric Vehicle plugged in and charging in CT