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Clean energy
Chart: Clean energy jobs still lag dirty ones, but they’re growing fast
The U.S. had more than 600,000 jobs in carbon-free electricity and fuels in 2021. Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, it’s poised to add millions more.
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Solar
Manhattan’s largest rooftop solar array is about to come online
Developer Siemens overcame design obstacles to build the Javits Center rooftop solar system, which also includes a 3.5-megawatt indoor battery.
Solar
Ojjo aims to cut solar project costs with better foundation for panels
The steel-truss startup just raised another $40 million and landed the biggest solar-storage project in the U.S. as a client.
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Charging Up: A chat with Sandra Henry, president of nonprofit Slipstream
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Tesla grid battery fire shows young industry’s failures and successes
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Hertz wants to turn its airport rental-car lots into EV-charging hubs
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ESS inks largest-ever US flow battery purchase with Sacramento utility
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Zero-emissions cargo shipping catches on in cities and port communities
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Puerto Rico’s solar users are still among ‘fortunate few’ with power
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Transmission
Manchin's permitting-reform bill splits Dems, pro-renewables groups
The transmission-buildout process is broken — but is the chance to fix it worth the perks and giveaways to the fossil industry?
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Emissions reduction
Chart: Net-zero targets have gone global — but how meaningful are they?
National pledges to cut emissions to zero now cover 91% of the global economy, but many of them are too vague and reliant on offsets and carbon removal.
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Podcasts
The Carbon Copy
Puerto Rico’s preventable grid disaster
Another hurricane, another mass blackout — and another humanitarian disaster that could have been avoided.
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Air travel
CO2-to-vodka startup Air Company aims higher with aviation fuel
The company uses captured carbon dioxide to make sustainable aviation fuel at its reactor in New York City. JetBlue and Virgin Atlantic have pledged huge orders.
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Clean energy
6 clean energy companies that are ramping up US manufacturing
The Inflation Reduction Act provides billions of dollars in tax credits and loans, helping to spur investment in domestic production.
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Clean industry
Green hydrogen will power production of Japanese whisky Hakushu
Using renewable electricity, Suntory will produce hydrogen to supply heat for distillation and fuel its buses and trucks.
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Emissions reduction
California could ban new gas heaters after 2030. The goal: healthier air
Ditching fossil-gas furnaces and water heaters isn't just good for the climate. Research shows it's a smart move for human health.
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Video
Video: The 6 key elements of a just energy transition
Produced with The Solutions Project and narrated by Mark Ruffalo, our new video breaks down the basic elements of a very complex concept in just 2 minutes.
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Solar
La energía solar es un salvavidas en Puerto Rico en medio del Huracán Fiona
La tormenta está poniendo a prueba las nuevas instalaciones de energía solar casi cinco años después del aniversario del huracán María.
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Solar
Solar is lifeline in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Fiona knocks out power
New rooftop solar projects in Puerto Rico are being put to the test by the severe storm, which hit the U.S. territory nearly five years after Hurricane Maria.
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Utilities
Why does Duke Energy's carbon plan shortchange solar?
The utility wants to build new gas plants. Its critics want it to build far more solar and batteries. North Carolina regulators have until year's end to decide.
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Food and farms
Is insect protein a climate solution?
Climavores podcast hosts Michael Grunwald and Tamar Haspel serve up some hot takes.
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Clean energy
Why we need to recycle clean energy technologies — and how to do it
Millions of tons of spent solar panels, wind turbine blades and lithium-ion batteries could be wasted in landfills — or put back to use for the clean energy transition.
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Clean energy
Take a look inside a lithium-ion battery, solar panel and wind turbine
Recycling clean energy technologies is complicated. These interactive graphics will help you understand why.
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Electric vehicles
EV battery recycling is costly. These 5 startups could change that
Meet the American companies making lithium-ion battery recycling more profitable and sustainable than it’s ever been.
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Wind
Four smart ideas for keeping wind turbine blades out of landfills
As wind energy expands, researchers and manufacturers are developing ways to repurpose and recycle blades that can be as long as airplane wings.
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Solar
How solar donors can cut the power bills of low-income families
Boston-based Resonant Energy pioneers a new way to share solar savings with disadvantaged communities in Massachusetts.
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Wind
Chart: California's big bet on offshore wind
The state has a goal to build 25 GW of offshore wind by 2045, most of it floating turbines — enough to provide 25% of its electricity.
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Grid edge
Californians saved the grid again. They should be paid more for it
Smart thermostats, solar-charged batteries, EVs and other household devices can shore up the stressed grid. Why isn't the state going all in on incentives?
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Guides and how-tos
What does 'just transition' really mean?
Here's a primer on the term advocates use to describe the shift to a clean energy economy that benefits everyone.
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Workforce diversity
Charging Up: A chat with Susan Nickey, EVP and chief client officer at Hannon Armstrong
Plus, climatetech career moves at Apple, L'Oréal, Solar Sister, Arcadia, Earthrise Energy, Aurora Solar and more.
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Batteries
In Utah, thousands of homes feed the grid stored solar power
Utility Rocky Mountain Power teamed with sonnen to set up a virtual power plant that's thriving. Now it plans to expand the model across Utah and Idaho.
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EV charging
Terawatt Infrastructure snags $1B for EV charging buildout
The newly minted cleantech unicorn has big plans to roll out charging depots for electric cars and trucks across the U.S.
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Food and farms
What exactly is 'climate-smart agriculture'?
The new climate law will direct big bucks toward regenerative farming practices. But is that good climate policy?
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Solar
Mixing solar power and agriculture: A blueberry farm does a test run
A farmer in Maine has teamed up with a solar developer and university researchers to find out how his berries fare when partially shaded by solar panels.
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Workforce diversity
Chart: Women hold less than a third of jobs in wind and solar power
A staggering 70% of the U.S. workforce for wind and solar electricity generation is male — even worse than the gender gap in coal and gas power generation.
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Solar
California is finally unlocking community solar for the masses
A newly passed bill will open up community solar subscriptions for people who can’t put panels on their roofs — and deliver clean power when the grid needs it most.
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EV charging
A better way to do smart EV charging: Talk to the car
Telematics can give utilities and companies like WeaveGrid and ev.energy more ways to tap EVs to help the power grid — and make sure EV owners stay in the driver's seat.
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How energy storage is unlocking global renewable power potential
An interactive data visualization brought to you by Fluence.
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Electrification
As the wealthy go electric, who will pay for aging gas infrastructure?
Electrification is ramping up. Advocates say we need plans to shield lower-income people from the costs of maintaining a deteriorating fossil-gas system.
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Electric vehicles
Chart: Which countries buy the most EVs?
The top spots are dominated by Nordic nations — while the U.S. barely makes the top 20.
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Nuclear
California faces big power challenges — even if Diablo Canyon stays open
Lawmakers voted to keep the state’s last nuclear plant operating, but California still needs to massively ramp up renewable energy, grid storage, efficiency and distributed energy.
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Fossil fuels
Hawaii just got rid of coal power for good
Next up: finding new roles for coal plant workers — and keeping the lights on during a global energy crisis.
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Workforce diversity
Charging Up: A chat with Jessica Kelley, VP of HR and ESG at Longroad Energy
Plus, climatetech career moves at Fervo, AES, Vote Solar, Gridtractor, Blue Bear Capital, Theion, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Climate Avengers and more.
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