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    North America electric grid infrastructure Initiatives Insights
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    February 7, 2024

    State of the US Clean Energy Transition: Recent Progress, and What Comes Next

    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • electric mobility
    • Electric Mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
    • Climate
    Technician installing solar panels on roof.
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • electric mobility
    • Electric Mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
    • Climate
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 24, 2023

    2 Years of Justice40: Integrating Environmental Justice into US Climate Policy

    • environmental justice
    • Equity & Governance
    • infrastructure
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    Smokestacks in the background of a neighborhood with rowhouses in Baltimore, MD
    • environmental justice
    • Equity & Governance
    • infrastructure
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    August 12, 2022

    After Inflation Reduction Act: 5 Ways to Hit the US Emissions Goal

    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Transmission
    A construction worker carries a solar panel across a house roof for installation
    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Transmission
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 10, 2022

    How the US Can Speed its Shift to Climate-smart Infrastructure

    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • Buildings
    • infrastructure
    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    Electric vehicle charging station in Austin, TX
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • Buildings
    • infrastructure
    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    January 7, 2022

    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
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 15, 2021

    US Infrastructure Bill Makes Headway on Climate, But More Is Needed

    • infrastructure
    • National Climate Action
    • U.S. policy
    • U.S. Climate
    Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on a clear day
    • infrastructure
    • National Climate Action
    • U.S. policy
    • U.S. Climate
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    September 27, 2021

    How the US Can Address Legacy Fossil Fuel Sites for a Clean Energy Future

    • Clean Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • infrastructure
    • GHG emissions
    An abandoned oil rig in the middle of a desert.
    • Clean Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • infrastructure
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    September 16, 2021

    Why the US Also Needs Carbon Pricing in the Reconciliation Bill

    • climate policy
    • electric grid
    • carbon pricing
    • renewable energy
    Xcel Energy's Sherburne County (Sherco) Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, near Becker, Minnesota
    • climate policy
    • electric grid
    • carbon pricing
    • renewable energy
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    August 20, 2021

    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
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    August 9, 2021

    US Infrastructure Bill Is Good, but Not Enough to Transform the Electricity Grid

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • U.S. policy
    Two people working on power lines
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 21, 2021

    How Climate Action Can Reboot Economies in Rural America

    • U.S. Climate
    • Economics
    • infrastructure
    • renewable energy
    • COP26
    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Red tractor tills fields in rural America with windmills in backdrop.
    • U.S. Climate
    • Economics
    • infrastructure
    • renewable energy
    • COP26
    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    May 18, 2021

    3 Reasons Why Smart Charging Is Key for Electric Vehicle Fleets

    • electric grid
    • electric mobility
    Electric vehicle charging.
    • electric grid
    • electric mobility
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 21, 2021

    Electrifying the US School Bus Fleet: How to Put Children First in the Zero-emission Transition

    • electric grid
    • transportation
    • U.S. policy
    • pollution
    An electric school bus waiting in a parking lot.
    • electric grid
    • transportation
    • U.S. policy
    • pollution
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 1, 2021

    Does Biden’s American Jobs Plan Stack Up on Climate and Jobs?

    • infrastructure
    • climate policy
    • Economics
    Wayne National Forest Solar Panel Construction
    • infrastructure
    • climate policy
    • Economics
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    February 18, 2021

    4 Recommendations to Electrify the US Federal Fleet

    • electric mobility
    • electric grid
    • Urban Mobility
    • renewable energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Climate
    An electric vehicle charging next to a patch of grass.
    • electric mobility
    • electric grid
    • Urban Mobility
    • renewable energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Climate
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    October 29, 2020

    How Some U.S. Cities Are Working to Align Energy Markets with Their Clean Energy Goals

    • electric grid
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Power lines at sunset.
    • electric grid
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 13, 2020

    How Wind Turbines Are Providing a Safety Net for Rural Farmers

    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    Wind turbines in the distance at sunset.
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    June 24, 2020

    How US Cities and Counties Are Getting Renewable Energy

    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • Cities
    • renewable energy
    wind turbines
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • Cities
    • renewable energy
    Energy
    Initiatives
    March 27, 2020

    Renewable Energy Buyers

    windmills-mountain
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 6, 2020

    7 Things to Know About Decarbonization in the American Energy Innovation Act

    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • carbon removal
    • electric grid
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy
    Workers checking a rotor on a marine energy system
    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • carbon removal
    • electric grid
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • energy efficiency
    • renewable energy

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