Direct-air capture, along with its mythic sisters, clean coal and carbon capture and sequestration, is a process where CO2 from fossil generators and industrial sources is captured, treated and injected into underground earth formations for permanent storage or for industrial use.

Also in the brief: product announcements from GAF Energy, REsurety and Point Load Power.

How the heavy-handed federal government is straying from its free market ideals and slowing down the renewable energy industry. Take FERC’s recent mandated Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR) in the PJM market, for example.

Executive and boardroom moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities and energy VC.

There are three distinct permitting regimes that apply in developing battery energy storage projects, depending upon the owner, developer, and location of the project.

Also in the brief: Solar-plus-storage microgrid project at the San Diego Blood Bank.

The coal era is officially over in the United States. Not since 1885, when coal replaced wood, have renewables taken the lead.

Last month was the biggest sales month in our history. Here are three lessons I’ve learned.

Also in the brief: Virginia agency aims to make solar “faster, easier and more affordable,” plus Community Choice Energy providers.

PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), a test lab for the downstream solar market, just published its PV Module Reliability Scorecard. The lab notes the high level of innovation in the solar module industry and namechecks the market’s reliability leaders — but also observed a resurgence of known failure mechanisms — such as PID.