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Heat pumps
Heat pumps are already ubiquitous in Asia. When will the US catch up?
A recent trip to East Asia prompted our correspondent to reframe his understanding of heat pumps, the crucial tool for cleaning up the heating and cooling of buildings.
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Fossil fuels
New York must chart new course for gas utilities to hit climate targets
They can’t keep spending on pipelines, and alternative fuels can't scale. But electric heat and thermal networks could save utility business models and jobs.
Grid edge
Sunnova seeks $3.3B DOE loan guarantee to expand virtual power plants
An SEC filing suggests the federal Loan Programs Office is gearing up to help lower-income households access rooftop solar and batteries that can help the grid.
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Here’s video proof that solar panels can be recycled
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Bay Area officials vote to ditch new gas furnaces and water heaters
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Charts: See when renewables provide more than 20% of power in the US
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How climatetech incubators rallied to help startups after SVB collapse
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Puerto Rico’s first community-led microgrid is ready to launch
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La primera microrred comunitaria de Puerto Rico está lista para conectarse
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Climatetech finance
California incubator aims to raise $30M to back climate startups
This week, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator launched its second impact fund, with a focus on supporting diverse entrepreneurs.
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Solar
This startup has a smarter way to make solar work for apartments
Allume Energy’s SolShare tech can divvy up solar output among apartment units however property owners choose, delivering more flexibility to an underserved market.
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Podcasts
The Carbon Copy
A bank collapse threatens climate startups
Silicon Valley Bank’s meltdown leaves a big hole for early-stage companies building climate solutions. What comes next?
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Catalyst with Shayle Kann
A theory of change for climate investing: A partner-supported episode
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Charging Up: A chat with Alicia Barton, CEO of FirstLight Power
Plus, climatetech career moves at DOE, Rewiring America, Cypress Creek, GAF Energy, NYPA, Mission Strategies, Activate Capital and more.
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Climatetech finance
Community solar industry says it can ride out Silicon Valley Bank failure
The collapse of SVB, a key early funder of community solar, won't halt the sector's growth — but the ripple effects will likely impact all clean-energy development.
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Nuclear
Georgia's big new nuclear reactors could be the last built in the US
Billions over budget and years behind schedule, the expansion of the Vogtle nuclear power plant signals that conventional nuclear projects are a dying breed.
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Video
Video: Canary heads to the Weather Channel to talk about heat pumps
Watch reporter Julian Spector explain how heat pumps have gone big around the globe and are now set to take off in the U.S. thanks to federal incentives.
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Fossil fuels
We know gas stoves have health risks. What about other gas appliances?
Amid the gas-stove hubbub, the health impacts of other gas appliances like furnaces, water heaters and dryers haven't gotten much attention. Here's a rundown.
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Electrification
Home of the future: Climate-friendly, electrified and closer than ever
The technology and policies are falling into place. But we’ll need a revolution in U.S. home retrofit business models and financing to scale up enough to meet the climate challenge.
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Heat pumps
Chart: Americans bought more heat pumps than gas furnaces last year
Even before Inflation Reduction Act incentives kicked in, Americans bought more heat pumps than ever before last year — well over 4 million.
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Electrification
5 barriers to induction stove adoption — and one clever high-tech fix
It can be complicated and time-consuming to install an induction range. But carbon-free cooking may work for more homes with a bit of help from battery storage.
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Solar
Want to go solar? These companies and groups are here to help
Shaded roof? Tight budget? Confused by all the options? There are resources to help all kinds of people access solar power.
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Video
Video: Canary talks home electrification on the Weather Channel
Watch staff writer Alison Takemura share tips on how to make your electrified, energy-efficient dream home a reality.
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Clean energy
Chart: Clean energy to make up 84% of new US power capacity in 2023
Solar, wind, nuclear and grid batteries will account for nearly all power plant construction, with batteries beating gas for the first time.
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Carbon capture
'High-quality' carbon-removal tech will be focus for new industry group
The Carbon Removal Alliance is all about practical and permanent solutions for capturing CO2 — shady offsets and short-term schemes need not apply.
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Batteries
Itochu quietly assembled a gigantic home battery network in Japan
The conglomerate controls a 36,000-unit virtual power plant. Up next? Unleashing it to help the national grid decarbonize.
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Clean industry
DOE launches $6B program to slash emissions from heavy industry
The Biden administration announced it will help fund projects to clean up the production of steel, cement, aluminum and other hard-to-decarbonize sectors.
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Hydropower
Giant 1GW pumped-hydro energy storage project enters final review
Planned for White Pine County, Nevada by developer rPlus, it would be one of the first large-scale pumped-hydro projects built in the U.S. in decades.
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Energy efficiency
Google's huge solar buys help fund efficiency fixes for low-income homes
In partnership with Sol Systems, the tech giant is using a slice of its clean-energy investments for repairs and efficiency upgrades in lower-income communities.
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Electrification
Electrifying your home can be a huge hassle. Helio Home wants to help
The startup is one of many companies springing up across the U.S. to shepherd consumers through the complicated and multifaceted process of home electrification.
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Electric vehicles
California's plan to electrify trucking may be hard for small companies
The state's ambitious timeline for cleaning up trucks will slash pollution in port communities, but some freight firms may not be able to afford the switch.
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Grid edge
This startup turns electric water heaters into grid batteries
Shifted Energy is tapping water heaters in lower-income communities to create virtual power plants that help balance the grid, starting in Hawaii.
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Food and farms
There's a push underway to help more US farms save big with clean energy
Advocates say revamping the 20-year-old federal Rural Energy for America Program could give cash-crunched small farms some much-needed breathing room.
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Electric vehicles
Chart: Is that electric truck greener than a gas-powered compact car?
A new analysis compares the total life-cycle emissions of electric vehicles, hybrids and gas-powered cars. How does your ride stack up?
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Nuclear
Will the feds approve any of the new small modular nuclear reactors?
Startups like Nano Nuclear and others are developing promising new designs. But the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has a 48-year streak of saying no.
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Air travel
A hydrogen-powered airplane just made a record-setting test flight
Startup Universal Hydrogen says it successfully flew a 40-seat passenger plane powered mainly by hydrogen during a test flight in Washington.
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Workforce diversity
Charging Up: A chat with Utopia Hill, CEO of Reactivate
Plus, climatetech career moves at Powerhouse Ventures, DCVC, Energy Impact Partners, RockCreek, Advanced Energy United, Rewiring America, PVcase and more.
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Electrification
BlocPower raises $155M to speed up its all-electric building retrofits
The startup partners with cities and uses software and financing to make electrification pay off for low- and moderate-income residents.
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Clean energy
Here's the good and bad news on the US clean energy transition
A comprehensive new report from BNEF lays out 2022's mixed bag of wins and losses on EVs, emissions, energy storage, climate disasters and much more.
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Marine transport
America's pandemic shopping haul arrived on dirty cargo ships
A new report assesses the environmental toll of transporting goods for Walmart, Target, Home Depot and other major U.S. retailers in the frenzied year of 2021.
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Heat pumps
Meet the heat pump: An old technology that's the future of home heating
Around since the 1850s, the appliances are riding a fresh wave of well-deserved hype as technological breakthroughs are making them even more versatile and efficient.
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