As winter heating costs rise, new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York reveals a cold truth. Renters – who make up approximately ⅓ of the U.S. population – are missing out on energy efficiency improvements that could lower their bills, make their apartments more comfortable and improve their health.

A study from Shandong Technology and Business University uses game theory to explore rural distributed photovoltaic (PV) development from a prosumer lens. It identifies village-PV enterprise collaboration as key to scaling adoption, highlights the need to balance self-consumption and grid capacity to avoid curtailment, and provides targeted policy guidance for rural energy transitions.