Energy

CEC Chair David Hochschild On What’s in Store for a Greener California in 2022

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VX News had the opportunity in interviewing California Energy Commission Chair David Hochschild to discuss the future of storage, grid reliability, green hydrogen, lithium, and electrification in California.

Nancy Sutley: Getting LADWP 100 Percent Carbon-Free by 2035

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VX News had the opportunity to speak with the Los Angeles Department of Power and Water’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Nancy Sutley, on how LADWP is going to reach its ambitious goal of 100 percent clean energy in just over ten years.

CARB Chair Liane Randolph on Tackling Climate Change By Increasing Our ‘Ambition’

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VX News had the opportunity to sit down with CARB Chair, Liane Randolph, to elaborate on CARB's work under her leadership and highlights the new ways the state is looking at reducing emissions across sectors and accelerating the clean energy transition.

New Catalysts Accelerate Commercialization of Green Hydrogen: CalTech’s Nate Lewis and H2U’s Mark McGough

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Nate Lewis

On a like mission to make California’s transition to renewables more efficient and cost-effective, VXNews affords H2U Technologies President and CEO Mark McGough and CalTech Professor and Chief Scientific Advisor Dr. Nate Lewis an opportunity to share their exciting new developments in commercializing green hydrogen technology.

Admiral Dennis McGinn: To Combat Russia’s Attack on Ukraine, US Must Ramp Up Renewable Energy & Efficiency

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Adm. Dennis McGinn

In response to calls for increased domestic energy production following President Biden’s executive order last week banning US imports of Russian oil and gas, in this op-ed for The Hill, Admiral Dennis McGinn, makes the case for immediate investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency across all sectors of the economy.

SoCal Gas President Maryam Brown on the Role for Clean Fuels In California’s Energy Future

Maryam Brown

As the world’s largest direct air capture plant kicked off operations this September in Iceland, Southern California Gas Company recently announced plans to develop and test new direct air capture technology that both captures C02 and collects water for irrigation.

California Germany Bilateral Energy Conference: Realizing California Offshore Wind Potential

VX News excerpts this offshore wind panel from the recent California Germany Bilateral Energy Conference, with remarks by California Energy Commissioner Karen Douglas; Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regional Director Doug Boren; Senior Climate Change Program Manager at the Ocean Protection CouncilJustine Kimball, and EnBW’s Damian Bednarz

US Development Finance Corporation’s First Chief Climate Officer - Jake Levine on Slingshotting Global Development Beyond Fossil Fuels

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Jake Levine

With $60 billion to invest through a variety of financial instruments, in this VX News interview, Chief Climate Officer for the US International Development Finance Corporation, Jake Levine shares how the DFC is totally rebalancing all of its investments towards clean energy and supporting climate adaptation, resilience, and economic development around the world.