Renewable Energy & Sustainability: How U.S. Corporations Are Navigating the Energy Transition

U.S. corporations are fundamentally restructuring their energy portfolios in response to converging regulatory mandates and market pressures. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s climate disclosure framework, fully implemented in 2026, now requires public companies to report Scope 1 and 2 emissions with third-party attestation. California’s climate accountability laws extend these requirements to private companies exceeding $500 million in annual revenue, creating compliance obligations for thousands of businesses previously exempt from federal reporting.
This regulatory environment has transformed renewable energy …

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US Solar News That Actually Matters to Your Business Right Now

The US solar industry stands at a critical inflection point in 2024, with installations expected to surge past 40 gigawatts despite persistent headwinds from supply chain constraints and policy uncertainty. Federal investment tax credits now extend through 2034 following the Inflation Reduction Act’s passage, while domestic manufacturing incentives have triggered over $15 billion in announced factory investments across photovoltaic cells, modules, and inverter production facilities. Yet this expansion unfolds against a complex backdrop: interconnection queues averaging 3-5 years delay project completeness, tariff fluctuations on …

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Energy Transition in the US Must Quicken to Attain Net-Zero Targets

According to the Globe Economic Forum ETI, the world has achieved steady, albeit moderate, progress on its energy transformation journey over the last decade. Forward motion, however, should be lauded.
The need for revolutionary solutions to combat climate change has intensified. Over the last three years, a succession of systemic disruptions has had a severe impact on national and geographic energy networks.
The COVID-19 epidemic caused energy supply-demand mismatches, which have recently been exacerbated by the …

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Solar Cell Efficiency Sets a New Peak

Researchers at the US Department of National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) constructed a solar cell with a record 39.5 percent efficiency in 1-sun global irradiation. This is the most efficient solar cell of any sort when measured in the same conditions. 
The record was set under sunlight-like lighting conditions. While previous experimental solar cells achieved an efficiency of up to 47.1 percent, it is important to note that they did so in highly concentrated illumination.
In fact, researchers used multi-…

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The White House Has Announced New Clean Energy Initiatives

The Biden administration has come up with an action plan with clearly set timelines to help quicken the environmental review process.  The administration announced further plans to invest $3.16 billion to renovate a large number of low-income houses to make them more energy-efficient and reduce power bills for Americans.
President Biden’s $1.2 trillion comprehensive infrastructure bill, passed …

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