Satire, obviously.

In the time between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, it is important to reflect.

Japan’s big increase in sustainable investment assets from 2016 to 2020 means it accounts for 8 percent of the $35.3 trillion from the five major markets of Europe, the United States, Canada, Australasia and Japan.

Sponsored: Here’s how scaling supply chain certification delivers on critical UN Sustainable Development Goals.

There is continued confusion over guidance on the role protecting forests should play on a company’s road to net zero.

In this episode, we chat with NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson, debate Microsoft’s policy priorities, and wonder why solar panel recycling options are so limited.

Each quarter Wood Mackenzie and the American Clean Power Association (ACP) gather data on U.S. energy storage deployments, prices, policies, regulations, and business models. We compile this information to create the most comprehensive, timely analysis of energy storage in the U.S.

Let’s take a look at some of the highlights from the latest report.

The US energy storage market set a new record in the second quarter of 2022, with grid-scale installations totaling 2,608 megawatt hours (MWh) – the highest installed capacity for any Q2 on record.

The US Congress passed a solar investment tax credit (ITC) extension and standalone storage ITC as part of the Inflation Reduction Act. This critical piece of legislation will support all segments of the energy storage industry, increasing the deployment of solar-plus-storage systems while also incentivizing standalone facilities. As a result, Wood Mackenzie forecasts 59.2 GW of energy storage capacity to be added through 2026.

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National aggregate of deployments, by market segment
Front-of-the-meter policy developments nationwide
Behind-the-meter policy developments nationwide
Historical and projected market size

As carbon dioxide levels rise and the Earth’s poles warm, researchers are predicting a decline in the planet’s wind speeds. This ‘stilling’ could impact wind energy production and plant growth and might even affect the Gulf Stream, which drives much of the world’s climate.

Survey by CDP reveals top US firms see climate action as major economic opportunity.

Icelandic company Carbfix has cracked the code on converting liquified CO2 into rock, leading the charge to capture and store excess carbon.