EVPassport charges up with $200M Northleaf investment

The EV infrastructure-as-a-service company aims to deploy over 10,000 chargers in the next two years across areas with high EV adoption, such as California, Texas and Florida. 

By Joe Burns • Oct. 16, 2023

National Grid begins modeling Northeast electric truck charging needs

The study, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, will focus on highways with heavy truck traffic and areas with commercial activity like ports.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 16, 2023

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Building Electrification

Decarbonization goals are spurring building electrication efforts across the U.S. While the use of heat pumps and other technologies is expanding, some policies are facing legal challenges.

By Utility Dive staff

As EV cyber risks rise, careful procurement planning can prevent headaches

Companies need to take a hard look at the cybersecurity risks in their supply chains, contract for the right protections and build their facilities securely from the ground up.

By Arjun Ramadevanahalli • Oct. 12, 2023

2024 US power sector conferences to watch

Start planning for this year’s events, which will cover the clean energy transition, state and federal energy policy and more.

By Larry Pearl • Updated Feb. 16, 2024

JLL taps Qmerit for EV assessment, charging port installation services

The agreement aims to help JLL clients with their electrification goals and provide property operators with a way to facilitate commercial EV charging in their operations.

By Joe Burns • Oct. 11, 2023

LG Energy Solution invests $3B in US battery manufacturing expansion

The extra capacity will help the battery maker supply Toyota with lithium batteries in a new supply deal. 

By Kate Magill • Oct. 10, 2023

Are EV tax credits too hard to use? The Biden administration thinks so.

In January, car shoppers will be able to transfer their clean vehicle tax credits to dealers to lower the purchase price of electrified vehicles.

By Michael Brady • Oct. 9, 2023

California governor signs bill to speed utility interconnections

The Powering Up Californians Act aims to accelerate the state's electrification efforts and is one of several clean energy bills signed recently by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 9, 2023

Curbside EV charging benefits for buildings are the aim of itselectric, Swtch Energy partnership

Passive fee revenue and energy insights are potential benefits for building owners and operators that can supply electricity to curbside electric vehicle chargers, the companies say.

By Joe Burns • Oct. 3, 2023

Biden administration will define zero emissions for buildings

The definition will draw on energy-efficiency guidelines, 100% clean energy usage and a requirement for buildings to generate zero emissions on-site, White House National Climate Adviser Ali Zaidi said.

By Nish Amarnath • Oct. 2, 2023

EVs could reach 86% of global vehicle sales by 2030: report

Although electric vehicles took roughly six years to get from 1% to 10% of global market share, it will take just six more years to reach 80% adoption, an RMI report says.

By Eric Walz • Oct. 2, 2023

What the EV industry can learn from the explosive growth of data centers

Previous concerns about the amount of power that would be dedicated to data centers have been assuaged as the demand spread across markets and efficiency and technology improved.

By Neha Palmer • Sept. 29, 2023

New York makes $100M available for schools to adopt zero-emission buses

Electric utilities will provide technical assistance to support school districts and fleet operators who want to transition away from gas and diesel buses.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 29, 2023

Governors’ coalition plans to quadruple US heat pump installations by 2030

A bipartisan coalition of 25 governors on Thursday committed to reach 20 million heat pump installations across their states by the end of the decade.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 22, 2023

Rising electrification requires a dramatic shift to integrated planning of DER, bulk resources: Xcel VP

Effective distribution system planning and merging analytic insights into comprehensive electricity planning both face barriers, analysts and stakeholders said.

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 20, 2023

BASF, Nanotech Energy team up to produce lithium-ion batteries with recycled metals

The companies will also work with American Battery Technology Co. and Toda Advanced Materials to build a North America-based battery value chain.

By Sara Samora • Sept. 20, 2023

Decarbonizing 8 industrial sectors could require more than $1 trillion capital investment: DOE

An increasingly clean electric power sector could help drop industrial emissions 15% by 2030, according to a report from the Department of Energy.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 20, 2023

NREL provides baseline data on building energy use, efficiency upgrade benefits

National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s new End-Use Load Profiles dataset outlines possible shifts in buildings’ energy consumption under various “what-if” energy efficiency and electrification upgrade scenarios.

By Joe Burns • Sept. 19, 2023

We’re asking the wrong question about EVs and grid resiliency

The U.S. has already passed the tipping point for mass electric vehicle adoption. Grid modernization must quickly follow, writes Chris Baker, the head of Enel X Way North America.

By Chris Baker • Sept. 19, 2023

DOE makes $400M available to assist states, territories in adopting energy-efficient building codes

Adoption of new building energy codes could save consumers up to $178 billion over three decades, the Department of Energy estimates.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 19, 2023

Tripling virtual power plant capacity by 2030 could save $10B, meet 20% peak demand: DOE

With electric vehicles and other distributed resources surging, virtual power plants may be at an inflection point, the Department of Energy said Tuesday.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 13, 2023

BMW, Ford, Honda partner on vehicle-to-grid technology

ChargeScape, a new joint venture, aims to help manage energy use for widespread electric vehicle deployment.

By Michael Brady • Sept. 13, 2023

California must mandate all-electric new buildings, local officials tell governor

With a federal appeals court overturning Berkeley, California’s landmark gas ban, the state needs a unified standard to remain a climate policy leader, 26 local leaders told Gov. Gavin Newsom.

By Ysabelle Kempe • Sept. 12, 2023

Southeast a ‘powerhouse’ of EV manufacturing but utility investment lags rest of nation: report

“We're going to do a lot of education and outreach to our regulators,” said Stan Cross, electric transportation policy director for the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 11, 2023

ICC program aims to help buildings implement energy, hazard-resistant codes, meet decarbonization goals

The initiative is designed to help leaders implement and enforce new rules as buildings’ operational carbon emissions and energy use reach an all-time high.

By Nish Amarnath • Sept. 7, 2023