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Statement: Weatherization funding takes advantage of the ‘cleanest energy’
President Joe Biden and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Wednesday $3.16 billion in new funding through the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) for residential energy upgrades.
The Clean energy home series (Part 3): What are electric and induction cooktops?
The third blog in a series on how to electrify your home and transition to appliances that can run on renewable energy
The Clean energy home series (Part 2): What is a heat pump water heater?
The second edition in a series on how to electrify your home and transition to appliances that can run on renewable energy
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Learning from the Texas freeze: How clean, local energy can build resilience
As the winter storm that hit Texas last February showed, our energy system is fragile, and when it fails lots of people suffer. But transitioning to renewable energy sources, strengthening the electric grid and enabling local generation and storage can all improve resilience.