By Sean Miki Program Manager, Energy Policy and Technology Hydrogen technology has the potential to play an important role in meeting California’s clean energy and transportation goals, but recent data shows that the state’s hydrogen light-duty vehicle market has struggled to grow. Earlier this year, the California Energy Commission announced  that California had reached a milestone of 2.5 million cumulative new zero-emission vehicle sales in 2025. The news came amidst a nati

By Sean Miki Program Manager, Energy & Environment With the start of a new year, one key energy trend that defined 2025 and is worth looking back on was the rapid rise of data centers and artificial intelligence. After 20 years of relatively flat load growth in the U.S. , new data centers are largely driving a sharp increase in electricity demand. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration A 2024 report from the U.S. Department of Energy and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab