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Solar And AI Are Turning The World Upside Down

With trillions at stake, no wonder they’re both so controversial. Everyone knows AI is changing everything, faster than we canKeep Reading

AI isn’t as good as me… but it’s definitely 1,000% faster. While sitting in the bathtub yesterday reading the newsKeep Reading

Check out these great writers, podcasters and YouTubers… you’ll learn a lot. Want to learn more about clean energy? Here’sKeep Reading

Asking Santa for a few improvements. Dear Santa: For Christmas I’d like world peace, democracy, love, opportunity and happiness forKeep Reading

“You keep using that word.” – Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride The wind is blowing… in China and around theKeep Reading

They moved fast, spent big, and electrified everyone. Over Thanksgiving, I discovered grid gold. We were visiting Nevada City, anKeep Reading

GPT 5.1 quickly demolished the claim that “Europe’s Green Energy Rush… Crippled the Economy” Today the Wall Street Journal ranKeep Reading

Also: journalism and big oil can now get divorced. I’ve seen a few great slide decks in my life: MaryKeep Reading

What people are doing with solar is really fun to watch. September’s a huge month for solar and clean energy.Keep Reading

How’s the U.S. solar industry reacting to new policy headwinds? I went to Las Vegas last week to find out,Keep Reading

What does energy nirvana look like? To me, it’s cheap, clean power, straight from your roof instead of fossil fuelsKeep Reading

The global fight for clean energy is just getting started. Recently I read a fascinating book, Freedom’s Forge, about U.S.Keep Reading

California’s monopoly utilities have no competition… but there’s a fix. All over California, people are getting a shock when theyKeep Reading

Can Americans run their own distributed power plants? Yes… it’s happened before. Distributed power generation is a hot topic today.Keep Reading

At 10x scale, this could really make sense. This week I attended the Pacific Offshore Wind Summit, a conference for folksKeep Reading

Working on climate and trying to understand all the business-speak? Here’s collection of fun, simple stories I wrote a coupleKeep Reading

The world depends on China for most clean energy technologies today. China controls the global solar, battery, and EV supplyKeep Reading

Jigar Shah is probably the biggest influencer in climate tech today. He’s also an optimist, with lots of money toKeep Reading

Valentine’s Day was this week, so I thought I’d write a love letter to batteries, the most potent technology inKeep Reading

Amazing innovation is happening in climate tech and climate solutions, all around the world. But people don’t necessarily know it,Keep Reading