Electrification & Energy Storage

Stories about people engaged in developing smart, cost-effective ways to replace fossil-fuel-based technologies and systems with all-electric alternatives across the transportation, building and industrial sectors.

Artist concept - side view of green and whiteHOLON Mover Vehicle that Beep will deploy

Saddling Up a New Type of Mobility

Beep's Toby McGraw draws on family roots in equestrian retail to shape new autonomous mobility options for travelers, seniors and students.

Brooks McKinney, APR

Feb 18, 20258 min read

Aerial view of four-story apartments with solar arrays on their roofs.

Designing a Greener, All-Electric Future

Redwood Energy’s Sean Armstrong delivers profitability to affordable housing developers by designing solar-powered, all-electric homes.

Brooks McKinney, APR

Oct 28, 20248 min read

Grand Teton Range, Wyoming, in the fall.

Unplugging EV Range Anxiety

Kitty Adams Hoksbergen’s Adopt a Charger provides low-cost EV charging at remote destinations to encourage consumers to drive all-electric.

Brooks McKinney, APR

Jul 21, 20248 min read

Water pours over a dam spillway into a calm lake, framed by green hills under a soft pastel sunrise sky.

Charging Up Energy Storage

Jorge Araiza guides SCE's deployment of energy storage infrastructure to help stabilize the grid, cut power costs and reduce GHG emissions.

Brooks McKinney, APR

May 4, 20237 min read

3/4 view of a row of five Lion Electric buses under blue skies.

The Diesel Bus Stops Here

Lion Electric’s Nate Baguio prescribes fleets of clean, zero-emission school buses to restore student transportation systems to good health.

Brooks McKinney, APR

Feb 26, 20237 min read

Close-up view of white auto icon with electric plug painted on green brick pavement.

Reinventing EV Charging Infrastructure

Tiya Gordon and itselectric are replacing destination charging with a local curbside model that allows EV owners to charge where they park.

Brooks McKinney, APR

Sep 25, 20226 min read

Row of four LINK e-scooters on sidewalk in Venice, Calif. Scooters are bringing affordable micromobility infrastructure to cities worldwide

Delivering Scooter Safety, Bit by Bit

Superpedestrian's Lou Alejo developes the software that keeps LINK shared e-scooter riders safe while producing harmony with city planners.

Brooks McKinney, APR

Jul 31, 20227 min read

Solar panels in foreground with wind turbines against a glowing sunset sky, creating a clean energy scene.

Battery Storage Powers New Options for the National Grid

Key Capture Energy’s Jeff Bishop uses battery storage infrastructure to reduce energy costs and add resilience, reliability to the grid.

Brooks McKinney, APR

Apr 26, 20216 min read

External, close-up view of two EV charging ports with cords plugged in.

Reconnecting EV Charging Stations

Kameale Terry’s ChargerHelp! startup repairs and maintains networks of EV charging stations while re-energizing disadvantaged workforces.

Brooks McKinney, APR

Jan 7, 20216 min read

Blue-green Proterra Catalyst battery electric bus on a road; bus is labeled BATTERY ELECTRIC and zero tailpipe emissions.

Battery Electric Evangelist

Dale Hill, founder of battery electric bus developer Proterra, has been preaching the gospel of zero-emission transit vehicles since 1997.

Brooks McKinney, APR

Mar 22, 20207 min read

Electric Metro Bike share bikes docked at a sunny park station, with lime-green signs reading BOOST YOUR RIDE GO ELECTRIC.

Bike-Share Boss

Metro Bike Share’s Frank Ching embraces innovation as a way to create smart, cost-effective active mobility options for local travelers.

Brooks McKinney, APR

Sep 25, 20195 min read

Close-up of black Chevy Bolt plugged into an EV Charging station in Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.

EV Driver

So Cal Edison's Katie Sloan is bringing cleaner skies and quieter highways to California by rapidly growing its EV charging infrastructure.

Brooks McKinney, APR

Jun 25, 20195 min read