Stories on climate-aware energy

The United States’ new climate policy recalls the opportunistic mindset seen during the 2001 California energy crisis. Is the priority fighting the climate crisis itself, or focusing on the new geopo…

The Grid Carbon Index (GCI) is a real-time score between 0 and 100 showing how clean or dirty the electricity grid is at a given moment compared to the last year. A low score means conditions are amo…

Guiding electricity use to the right times—when renewable generation is abundant or overall demand is low—can significantly reduce costs, emissions, and grid stress. Demand-side flexibility allows co…

Data centers are becoming one of the fastest-growing electricity consumers globally, currently using around 1.5–2% of global electricity, a share expected to double by 2030 due to AI and cloud comput…

Household energy use can be shifted to cleaner times of day without relying on price incentives. Timely nudges—like reminders to run appliances when the grid is greener—can cut emissions by 10–20%. G…