Clean energy
6 big takeaways from Canary Media’s Recycling Renewables series
Your handy guide to the major concepts, innovations, facts and figures that came to the fore during Canary's week of special coverage.
Alison F. Takemura is staff writer at Canary Media. She untangles thorny concepts in the clean energy revolution to make it something everyone can understand and embrace. Alison is Japanese-Mexican-American, hails from Los Angeles, and has a fervent fascination with forests. Her stories have been published in National Geographic, Sierra, The Santa Cruz Sentinel, NASA Scientific Visualization Studio and more. An MIT beaver and University of California, Santa Cruz slug — she earned a PhD in microbiology and a certificate in science writing from those institutions, respectively — she’s now nestled in the foothills of the Rockies in Golden, Colorado.
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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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Guides and how-tos
The power grid explained — plus demand response, virtual power plants and more
Canary Media defines the concepts that are key to a clean, distributed electricity system, from "behind the meter" to "balancing the grid."
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Fun stuff
Need some Earth Day inspiration? Check out these climate heroes
A roundup of Canary's chats with 6 awesome humans tackling the climate challenge from different angles.
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Energy efficiency
Smarter design — not novel tech — could be the real climate game-changer, according to Amory Lovins
The RMI co-founder and energy-efficiency evangelist talks tea cozies for houses, the physics of fatter pipes, and growing mangoes indoors in the Rockies.
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Clean energy
Putin's war will drive a faster shift to clean energy
Motivated to ditch Russian oil and gas, countries in Europe and beyond will find cheaper renewable energy solutions ready and waiting, says analyst Kingsmill Bond.
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Guides and how-tos
What is net metering? And other solar terms explained
If you're looking to get home solar panels, let us introduce you to the lingo, including net metering, solar-plus-storage and the Investment Tax Credit.
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Guides and how-tos
How to divest your 401(k) from fossil fuels
Moving your money from dirty investments to clean ones is not as hard as you think.
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