Lisa Martine Jenkins

Brooklyn

Climate Journalist and Editor at Latitude Media

now mostly an archive of past tweets, find elsewhere @lisamartinejenkins climate + energy journalist / editor @_latitudemedia

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The ‘clean transition tariff’ won approval in Nevada. What’s next for Fervo?

3 weeks ago | latitudemedia.com | Lisa Martine Jenkins

It was nearly a year ago that Google and the Nevada utility NV Energy unveiled the clean transition tariff, a novel rate structure that would allow large customers to pay a premium for power from emerging energy technologies. The third member of the cohort was enhanced geothermal company Fervo Energy, the developer whose project would be the subject of the first-of-a-kind funding model.
‘It’s go time’ for the solar sector after GOP proposes IRA tax credit phase-out

3 weeks ago | latitudemedia.com | Lisa Martine Jenkins

As lawmakers in the House begin to hash out the budget reconciliation process on Capitol Hill, the solar industry is up in arms. The House Ways and Means Committee’s draft reconciliation package walks back most of the Inflation Reduction Act’s valuable energy investment and production tax credits. Starting in 2028, it decreases the value of credits for technologies including solar, batteries, wind, and nuclear; after 2031, it sunsets them completely.
NRG Energy acquires VPP company CPower

3 weeks ago | latitudemedia.com | Lisa Martine Jenkins

It is a day of acquisitions for power company NRG Energy. Faced with the need for more supply especially to meet data center demand, the company has doubled its generation capacity in a one fell swoop. The power giant has acquired the virtual power plant company CPower, which has roughly six gigawatts of capacity across all deregulated markets in the U.S. The company is one of the largest VPP operators in the country, with more than 2,000 commercial and industrial customers.
Can Bloom Energy capitalize on the data center frenzy?

1 month ago | latitudemedia.com | Lisa Martine Jenkins

Founded in 2001, Bloom Energy’s initial pitch was that in a digitized world, “there’s no such thing as enough energy,” recalled CEO KR Sridhar. And large users like data centers or manufacturers would need that power to be produced onsite, even if they’re relying primarily on the grid.
Uncertainty is complicating domestic solar and storage manufacturing plans

1 month ago | latitudemedia.com | Lisa Martine Jenkins

Solar and storage companies are already adjusting their domestic production plans in response to the Trump administration — and the lingering impact of Biden administration policies. One significant change? The U.S. is expected to double its number of domestic suppliers of U.S.-made cells in two years. That’s according to the latest report from Anza, the solar and storage software platform.
A judge ordered the release of IRA and infrastructure funds. Now what?

1 month ago | latitudemedia.com | Lisa Martine Jenkins

On his first day in office, President Trump signed the Unleashing American Energy executive order, which ordered agencies to stop disbursing funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act — two of the signature legislative accomplishments of the Biden administration. The 90-day pause, which was ostensibly to review agency processes, created widespread confusion for key clean energy programs.
Tariffs are already throwing a wrench in solar project financing

1 month ago | latitudemedia.com | Maeve Allsup |Lisa Martine Jenkins

Trump’s sweeping global tariffs may be on hold for 90 days, but that’s not giving clean energy developers — even the large ones — much confidence about what’s going to happen next. OCI Energy, a subsidiary of South Korean conglomerate OCI Holdings, is a Texas-based utility scale developer of solar and storage projects.
Serving data center load with carbon capture

1 month ago | latitudemedia.com | Shayle Kann |Lisa Martine Jenkins |Maeve Allsup

Listen to the episode on: Big tech’s data center construction boom is fueling a flurry of natural gas development, despite the fuel’s challenges, and it’s complicating big tech’s climate goals. But carbon capture and storage (CCS) could mitigate emissions from those new plants, and hyperscalers could secure low-carbon power while meeting their needs for speed and reliability. So how could natural gas with CCS serve data center loads?
Lyten’s final step in tariff-proofing its supply chain

1 month ago | latitudemedia.com | Maeve Allsup |Lisa Martine Jenkins |Bianca Giacobone

California battery maker Lyten announced today that it has successfully brought the last major piece of its supply chain to the United States. The company has begun production of its proprietary lithium alloys — a key component of lithium alloy anodes that are still largely processed in China — in Pennsylvania. The news comes as the global battery industry grapples with Trump’s trade war with China and its repercussions for critical minerals.
Will data center demand extend the life of fossil fuel plants?

1 month ago | latitudemedia.com | Lisa Martine Jenkins |Maeve Allsup

Demand for electricity is expected to increase by 75% by mid-century. And a growing share of that demand will come from data centers. According to BloombergNEF’s latest New Energy Outlook report, out today, data centers are expected to jump to 4.5% of final power demand by 2035, and then nearly double to 8.7% by 2050. That’s less than the demand from electric vehicles (11.2% by 205) but more than the combined load of air conditioning and heat pumps (7.1%).