Sitemap - 2024 - Volts
The promise of residential VPPs
Should we put utilities in charge of distributed energy?
Time to stop taking hydropower for granted?
Can we avoid the enshittification of clean-energy tech?
Some thoughts on Volts' fourth birthday
Climate change and insurance: a growing fustercluck
Checking in on local and state climate races
Dan Savage on blue America in the age of Trump
Residential solar is becoming residential solar + storage + VPP
How railroads could boost the US energy transition
Tying utility profits to actually doing a good job
The Department of Energy has gotten serious about technology commercialization
Digging into one of this year's most important-but-overlooked clean energy elections
What Allison Clements thinks about the grid
What's the deal with the Texas Railroad Commission?
A closer look at Pennsylvania, the swingiest of swing states
A new way to retrofit old buildings ... from the outside
Dr. Volts and the terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad Germany trip
How the Biden investments are changing America
A tool that enables solar-first home electrification
This new organization wants to remake PUCs for the energy transition
Developing a supply chain for American-made batteries
How to activate climate voters
I'm headed to DERVOS in October!
EV charging for urban neighborhoods
How is new clean-energy manufacturing affecting red & purple states?
I'm going to Germany and Denmark!
The prospects for offshore wind in California
Your invite to a live pod recording @ Mountain Towns 2030
Colorado governor Jared Polis on recent climate, energy, & housing wins
How to cram EV fast chargers into tight urban spaces
What's the deal with perovskite solar?
What's the deal with burning wood pellets for energy?
What's the deal with Passive House?
EV charging for those without a garage
How are we going to decarbonize shipping?
What's up with solid-state batteries?
A clever new way to distribute storage on the grid
Hey schools, go get your IRA tax credits!
Heat pumps with thermal batteries
New York's congestion pricing fiasco
What's up with electric aviation?
Washington Governor Jay Inslee on his last big climate fight
Are markets the right tool for decarbonizing electricity?
Wrapping our heads around AI and climate
Making mini-grids work in sub-Saharan Africa
Making carbon-free steel with clean electricity
FERC's new rule and other exciting transmission news
Using a Moneyball approach to elect state & local climate champions
Your invite to a live pod recording with Washington governor Jay Inslee
Making heat pumps better, easier, and a little sexier
Envisioning a more democratic, bottom-up energy system
How climate change is portrayed in popular culture
What you need to know about the new EPA power plant standards
The energy transition's 5 supervillains and 5 superheroes
Making geothermal heat pumps work for big buildings
Rising electricity demand requires new gas plants? Not so fast.
Why "transferable" tax credits are such a big deal
What's going on with China these days?
Fashion's climate impact and how to reduce it
How much can urban land use policy do for the climate?
How the EPA will spend $27 billion in carbon-reduction funds
Now is the time for distributed energy
Biden sets out to supercharge industrial decarbonization
What's the deal with these methane satellites?
What's the deal with "scope 3" emissions?
Industrial policy: what it is, how Biden's doing it, and how it could be done better
The obscure but extremely important battle over building codes
Mailbag episode - February 2024
So you want to electrify your home
The transition to electric vehicles will be inevitable, not irreproachable
The Democrats' new consensus bill would supercharge transmission
The current state of unions in America
Another hot rocks company gets in the storage game
One easy way to boost the grid: upgrade the power lines
Mailbag episode - January 2024
Electrifying battery recycling
Michigan targets clean electricity and faster permitting
Transitioning off of fossil gas in Australia
Send me questions for the mailbag!
The Chevron Doctrine: what it is and why it matters that the Supreme Court might kill it