current landscape

The battery storage shift is occurring as the Trump administration takes steps to stifle solar and other forms of renewable energy in favor of fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal. At the end of September, the administration announced that it would open 13 million acres of federal lands for coal mining and provide $625 million to recommission or... See more

batteries have been transformative for California, state officials say. In late afternoon, when the sun stops hitting solar panels and people are home using electricity, batteries now push stored solar energy onto the grid.

California has invested heavily in the technology, helping it mature and get cheaper in recent years. Battery storage in the... See more

I am lying to you all, each and every one of you, if I tell you what I believe without telling you why. And also lying if I tell you about my hopes without telling you how frightened I am, how tight my chest is, how many nights of sleep I watch evaporate as I turn the state of the world over in my mind like a penny in my mouth. Leave me to my... See more

A couple of years ago we were all terribly concerned about the fact that a lot of American high schools are assigning such crushing homework loads that some kids literally don't have enough time to eat or sleep (and all this in spite of the fact that there's no good evidence that assigning homework actually improves academic outcomes at the... See more