Is Local Energy the Key to Energy Equity?
Don’t miss the recording of EcoBlock Project Advisor Michael Ginsberg’s panel at the 2022 Microgrid Knowledge Conference!
July 19, 2022
Helping Customers Maximize Energy Efficiency by Revealing the Top Energy Saving Myths
In a recent news release, PG&E debunks efficiency myths that can increase energy use and cost customers money.
July 19, 2022
Biden-Harris Administration Approves Clean Energy Transmission Project in Arizona and California with Potential to Lower Costs for Consumers
The Biden-Harris administration announced approval for construction of the Ten West Link Transmission Line, permitting the production of more than 25 gigawatts of renewable power on public lands.
July 18, 2022
EcoBlock PI Speaks at USGBC Smart Building Summit
EcoBlock PI and Energy team co-lead Dr. Alexandra “Sascha” von Meier joined industry experts at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)’s inaugural Smart Building Summit to discuss the role of smart building technologies in advancing decarbonization and the challenges of integrating renewable energy resources with the electric grid.
June 14, 2022
In a First, Electricity Surpasses Gas for Home Heating
A U.S. Energy Information Administration survey finds that use of electricity for home heating has surpassed the use of gas for the first time in the survey’s 40-year history.
June 13, 2022
President Biden Invokes Defense Production Act to Accelerate Domestic Manufacturing of Clean Energy
The Department of Energy announces that the Biden Administration has authorized the use of the Defense Production Act to bolster domestic production of clean energy technologies.
June 10, 2022
Opinion: Denser Housing at BART Stations is Climate-Smart
EcoBlock co-PI and UC Berkeley professor Dan Kammen, alongside Charles Koven of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, discuss why maximizing housing density near transit hubs would be a win for the climate and for the community.
June 2, 2022
Op-Ed: California Can Do Better Than Carbon Neutrality by 2045
EcoBlock co-PI and UC Berkeley professor Dan Kammen discusses how California’s recently drafted scoping plan for climate policy misses the mark on combating climate change.
May 23, 2022
2022-23 May Revision to the Governor’s Budget Announces New Funding for Climate Change
On May 13, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom released the 2022-23 May Revision to the Governor’s Budget which proposes $301 billion in total spending, including an additional $9.5 billion for climate change.
May 20, 2022
U.S. Builder Plans 200,000 Home Microgrids Using Zinc Batteries
The number of home microgrid communities is picking up, spurred by natural disasters, increasing energy prices, and a desire to combat climate change. Horton World Solutions (HWS) plans to construct 200,000 homes with microgrids based on an innovative zinc-ion battery design.
May 13, 2022