Clean energy manufacturing
How is clean energy manufacturing playing out in swing states?
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Fun stuff
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Join the Bay Area's climate community in Berkeley on November 13 for an evening of expert insights, networking, and fun.By Canary Staff
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Solar
Chart: Which states rank highest for utility-scale solar?
Nevada, California, and Utah have the largest share of solar on their electric grids.By Carrie Klein
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Guest essay
Five smart policies can turbocharge clean US manufacturing
Federal investments have helped launch a clean manufacturing renaissance. Here are practical steps policymakers can take to ensure its success.
Editor's picks
Research and white papers
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Batteries
Moment Energy plans to mass-produce grid storage from used EV batteries
The Canadian startup repackages electric-vehicle batteries for commercial customers. Now it’s got $20 million from the DOE to build its first gigafactory in Texas. -
Air travel
Electric aircraft startups are having a topsy-turvy week
Beta Technologies raised over $300M for its novel eVTOL aircraft while Lilium filed for insolvency, highlighting the hurdles facing the nascent market -
Green steel
Indiana residents push for a cleaner steel industry in their community
Nippon Steel wants to buy U.S. Steel. Locals near a steel plant welcome the move — as long as the Japanese firm converts the facility to be less polluting. -
Solar
Solar is helping schools save big. Your district could be next.
Nearly 9,000 K-12 schools nationwide have installed solar panels. Here’s how you can help your district tap into the cheap, clean energy source.By Akielly Hu
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Clean industry
Redoxblox raises $31M to commercialize its energy storage ‘booster’
The startup says its novel thermochemical storage system is a cost-effective way to provide clean heat to fossil fuel–reliant heavy industries. -
Virtual power plants
Hundreds of New Yorkers got free batteries to help clean up the grid
A novel collaboration between solar installer Sunrun and utility Orange & Rockland shows how New York could tap household solar generation to advance climate goals. -
Clean fleets
‘Green bank’ launches $250M effort to electrify California’s port trucks
The program, from Climate United and Forum Mobility, will help secure the EV trucks and charging stations needed to phase out diesel trucks at the state’s busy ports. -
Offshore wind
Gulf of Maine offshore wind lease sale brings in $21.9 million in bids
Avangrid Renewables and Invenergy won the leases, which could enable the development of up to 6.8 gigawatts of floating offshore wind in Maine’s deep coastal waters.By Carrie Klein
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Solar
How solar microgrids are bringing power (and quiet) to North Carolina
In areas hit by Hurricane Helene, the nonprofit Footprint Project is replacing noisy and polluting generators with solar panels and batteries. -
Policy & regulation
The tax code change unleashing $25B in clean energy investment
The Inflation Reduction Act’s transferability provision is expanding opportunities to turn the value of clean energy tax credits into real-world projects. -
Politics
Clean energy is on the ballot in these utility regulator races
Ten states elect their public utility commissions, which make big decisions about energy. This November, the stakes are high, especially in Arizona and Louisiana. -
Clean industry
Chart: Heavy industry is the world's biggest decarbonization challenge
The production of oil and gas, cement, steel, and other industrial products is enormously polluting. Decarbonizing these sectors will take a while.By Dan McCarthy
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The clean hydrogen paradox
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Guest essay
We need distributed solar and energy storage, not utility monopolies
Xcel wants to build 800 MW of distributed energy in Minnesota, but makes it hard for its customers to own their own solar and batteries. That’s bad for ratepayers, and for the climate.By John Farrell
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Methane
This automated tool helps tackle methane emissions from landfills
LoCI Controls uses remotely controlled sensors to help landfills reduce methane leaks. If scaled up, the technology could have a big impact. -
Clean industry
A former Utah coal town could soon become a hub for low-carbon cement
Terra CO2 wants to make cement additives from mining waste. The startup could get a $52.6M DOE grant to build a clean energy factory near Salt Lake City. -
EV charging
Enel X Way abandoned its US EV charging customers. What happens next?
About 125,000 Enel EV chargers are in limbo. Customers hope a buyer of its shuttered North American charging business will do the hard work of making things right.
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Solar is helping schools save big. Your district could be next.
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Methane
Landfill methane is a big climate problem. Here are some easy solutions.
The methane released by U.S. landfills could be cut in half in the next 25 years if the EPA adopts policies that some states have now, a new study finds. -
Solar
Maxeon’s world-leading solar tech faces hard road ahead
The U.S.-born firm makes the most efficient solar panels, but its finances are a wreck and the company — and its IP — are now majority-owned by a Chinese company.By Eric Wesoff
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Green steel
Making steel with clean energy would curb health risks, report says
Speeding up America’s shift to cleaner steelmaking would not only slow CO2 emissions, but help reduce the toxic pollution from coal-based production. -
Electric vehicles
Want to make EVs cheaper? Figure out what their used batteries are worth.
Fleet operators need better financing to make the switch to electric trucks and buses. Proving the value of second-life batteries can help make that happen.
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Chart: Which states rank highest for utility-scale solar?
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Transmission
Biden admin awards $2B in new grid resilience grants
The third round of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grants target the hurricane-ravaged Southeast U.S. as well as nationwide projects to bolster the grid. -
Distributed energy resources
Hurricane Helene underscores need for more solar-battery microgrids
Distributed solar and batteries are helping North Carolina communities that were cut off from grid power by flooding. Should utilities build them into resilience plans? -
Policy & regulation
Chart: The policy push to electrify lawn equipment, visualized
Dozens of states and municipalities across the U.S. have passed laws that aim to shift residents away from polluting, gas-powered lawn equipment.By Carrie Klein
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Carbon removal
A new demo plant will repurpose mining waste and also capture CO2
Travertine’s demo facility in Rochester, NY, will upcycle captured CO2 and discarded gypsum into sulfuric acid for use in a nearby metals company’s operations. -
Hydrogen
Koloma raises $50M more in quest to find natural hydrogen underground
Geologic hydrogen could be a “skeleton key” for decarbonization, Koloma says. The startup has raised over $350M to try and make it work. -
Air travel
DOE makes $3B commitment to two sustainable aviation fuel projects
Alternative jet fuels are seen as key to curbing emissions from today’s airplanes. The Loan Programs Office is backing SAF plants to boost U.S. supplies. -
Hydrogen
One year in, US clean hydrogen hubs face questions — and have few answers
There’s little detail available on the $7B federal program to jump-start U.S. clean hydrogen, leaving environmental advocates concerned the projects may be off track. -
Solar
Puerto Rico closes $861M DOE loan guarantee for huge solar-battery project
The island has ambitious climate goals and a ton of rooftop solar, but has so far built few large-scale clean energy projects. Project Marahu could change that.By Akielly Hu
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Solar
This farmer was skeptical about solar — until he began grazing sheep
Illinois farmer Trent Gerlach had misgivings about solar panels taking up cropland, but he saw a chance to try agrivoltaics, a practice catching on around the US. -
Nuclear
Google signs deal to use small nuclear reactors to power data centers
The tech giant is in search of a lot of 24/7 carbon-free electricity. It’s betting that a fleet of advanced reactors from Kairos can provide some of it — eventually.By Eric Wesoff
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