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Utilities
These 25 utilities are united by one big goal: 80% less CO2 by 2030
Dealing with climate change means removing fossil fuels from the power grid ASAP. A diverse and growing group of utilities is leading that effort. -
Clean energy jobs
Career experts answer 6 top questions from climate jobseekers
Want to break into climatetech? Canary Media convened a panel of three industry experts to help you do exactly that.
Solar
Chart: China’s solar export dominance grows with surging European orders
The country produces 80 percent of the world’s solar panels, and Europe is now buying over half of the panels it exports.
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Charging Up: A chat with Tracey Ogden, VP of drilling operations at Brightcore Energy
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Electric boat builder Arc raises $70M for cleaner, quieter vessels
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California takes big first step toward floating offshore wind
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Fervo Energy breaks ground on next-generation geothermal plant
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This company is at the cutting edge of solar panel efficiency
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Meet the novelty songwriter producing viral hits about climate change
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Batteries
Is graphene a cleantech supermaterial? This startup thinks so
Lyten recently raised $200M to scale up production of batteries made with graphene, a material that’s light, strong, conductive — and elusive. -
Electric vehicles
Electric big rigs are going farther and charging faster
Heavy-duty battery-powered trucks running real cargo on U.S. roads are going hundreds of miles per charge — a good sign for cutting trucking emissions.
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Podcasts
The Carbon Copy
Why electric cars are driving the auto strikes
Ongoing strikes in the auto industry are a test case for an equitable energy transition.
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Long-duration energy storage
Long-duration storage gets big boost with $325M from DOE
The department selected nine proposals with the goal of accelerating the adoption of emerging technologies, which could be key to cleaning up the grid. -
Batteries
Chart: The remarkable rise of California’s grid battery capacity
In 2020, California had 500 megawatts of grid battery storage. Now, just three years later, it has over 5,000 megawatts. -
Energy equity
Four advocates share how to make electrification more equitable in cities
Canary Media and Rewiring America invited experts on urban electrification onstage during Climate Week NYC. Here are key takeaways from the event. -
Heat pumps
New plan aims to quadruple heat-pump adoption in 25 states
The pledge, which covers 55% of the population, calls for accelerating home decarbonization by deploying 20 million heat pumps by 2030.
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Clean industry
Startup hits milestone in its bid to cut concrete’s dirtiest ingredient
Demand for clean concrete is rising. CarbonBuilt says it has a potential solution: concrete made without using any Portland cement.
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Heat pumps
10 questions to ask if you want to get a heat pump
Will you need to overhaul your electrical panel? What if you live in a cold climate? Will a heat pump save you money? We walk you through the basics.
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Electrification
Your cheat sheet to the climate law’s consumer incentives
The Inflation Reduction Act has a bevy of programs to help you install everything from a heat pump to better insulation. Here’s how to navigate it all. -
Guides and how-tos
What are public utility commissions? A beginner's guide
Utility regulators hold the keys to the transition from fossil fuels. Here's how to engage with the clean-energy gatekeepers you've never heard of.
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Guides and how-tos
What's a home energy audit — and should you get one?
To kick off Canary Media's new Electrified Life column, we break down what to expect from an energy audit and why it's a smart starting point for home electrification.
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Batteries
Looking for some home energy storage? You’ve never had so many choices
The once-tiny residential battery market is attracting dozens of new entrants, including recognizable consumer brands like Anker, Duracell and Energizer. -
Clean industry
Major steel users band together to place first big ‘green steel’ order
Microsoft, Trammell Crow, Nextracker and other companies will request 2 million tons of “near-zero-emissions” steel in push to help U.S. steelmakers decarbonize. -
Carbon-free buildings
NYC’s big building-decarbonization law faces its first major test
Landlords and climate activists are sparring over the future of Local Law 97 — the country’s most ambitious citywide mandate to clean up building emissions. -
Electric vehicles
What do EVs have to do with the autoworker strike? A lot, it turns out
Striking UAW members want to ensure that billions in EV investments translate into good-paying union jobs.
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Heat pumps
A beginner’s guide to the different types of heat pumps
Air-source, ducted, mini-split — what does it all mean? Canary Media explains some of the most common heat-pump concepts. -
Electric vehicles
How car-sharing can make the EV revolution more equitable
Electric vehicles are a key part of the energy transition, but they’re expensive and resource-intensive. EV car shares could help fix both problems. -
Canary Media
Canary Media gears up for Climate Week NYC
Here's a preview of the online and on-the-ground events we're attending and reporting on this week. -
Long-duration energy storage
Sacramento utility rolls out its first long-duration grid batteries
The municipal utility is tapping flow batteries from ESS for on-demand clean power. The project, ESS’ biggest, will provide an early test of the tech’s potential. -
Transmission
The US is building power lines faster, but not fast enough
Major transmission lines and grid plans have been approved in the past two years. But they're just 10 percent of what the country needs to decarbonize its grid. -
Solar
Chart: Solar installations set to break global, US records in 2023
Thanks to cheaper solar panels and favorable policy, expect to see a lot more broken solar records in the years to come.
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Clean energy
The US passed a major climate law one year ago. Here’s how it’s going
Canary Media kicks off an anniversary series taking stock of the Inflation Reduction Act and its impact during its first year as law.
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Clean energy
A behind-the-scenes look at how the Inflation Reduction Act came together
Canary Media asked seven insiders who worked on the historic climate law to share their reflections on what the process was like and the work that remains.
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Clean energy manufacturing
The US climate law is fueling a factory frenzy. Here’s the latest tally
In just 12 short months, Biden's Inflation Reduction Act has spurred more than 100 new cleantech manufacturing announcements and nearly $80B in private investment.
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Podcast
America's historic climate law, one year in
We sit down with three Canary Media reporters who are following how the money is moving, where projects are getting built and what is still in flux.
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Solar
Florida is now adding more solar power than any other state
Sorry, California and Texas! Florida zoomed to the No. 1 spot for solar installations in the first half of 2023, despite a decidedly mixed policy landscape. -
Grid edge
Smart thermostats are helping Arizona's grid ride out brutal heat
Amid soaring temperatures, Arizona has seen success with utility programs that incentivize people to turn down the AC when the power grid is stressed. -
Solar
Utilities in New Hampshire unexpectedly back solar net metering
In a sharp turnaround from their previous stance, Eversource, Unitil and Liberty Utilities testified in support of keeping the state's net-metering incentive intact. -
Heat pumps
Heat pumps outperform boilers and furnaces — even in the cold
Some utilities and fossil-fuel interests like to say heat pumps don’t work in the cold. A new study provides yet more evidence to debunk that myth. -
Batteries
A big battery is replacing this old Massachusetts fossil power plant
Thanks to a state program incentivizing cleaner peak power, a developer is building a 45 MW grid battery at the site of a fossil power plant shut down in 2022.
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Workforce diversity
Charging Up special edition: 2023 Clean Energy Education and Empowerment Awards
Canary joins the DOE in honoring 10 women who are making big strides and shaking things up in the clean energy sector. -
Clean industry
Terra CO2 says its Texas factory will cut carbon and cost from cement
The startup is building its first large-scale plant to turn common rocks into cement additives that can reduce cement's hefty carbon footprint without raising costs. -
Solar
He couldn't install solar at home, so he helps nonprofits do it instead
This solar champion shows community groups how to tap Inflation Reduction Act incentives so they can afford solar panels. -
Hydrogen
The biomethane boondoggle that could derail clean hydrogen
If the Treasury Department doesn’t get hydrogen tax-credit rules right, it could enrich factory farms and fossil fuel producers rather than boost green hydrogen.
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Clean energy manufacturing
Charts: Which states will benefit most from the Inflation Reduction Act?
The climate law has sparked a wave of clean energy manufacturing investment and job creation, mostly in the Southeast’s burgeoning Battery Belt.
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