Julian is a senior reporter at Canary Media, where he covers batteries and emerging technologies to store clean energy and unlock a carbon-free grid. He also reports on the clean hydrogen industry, and chases down clean energy breakthroughs in far-flung locales.
Prior to the launch of Canary Media in 2021, Julian covered the rise of the grid storage industry for much-loved industry news outlet Greentech Media. Previously he covered clean energy and transportation for CityLab at The Atlantic, and conducted grant-funded climate journalism in Bangladesh. His stories have appeared in The Guardian, HuffPost, Al Jazeera America, and other outlets. He speaks regularly at energy-related events and on podcasts. He graduated from Duke University and still misses Carolina barbecue, but enjoys investigating local cuisine wherever his reporting takes him.
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Electric vehicles
Chart: EVs are definitely cleaner than gas cars over their lifetime
It’s time to put the questions to rest: Drivers quickly cut their emissions footprint by going electric, and EVs are only getting cleaner.By Julian Spector, Dan McCarthy .
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Climatetech finance
How should climatetech startups prepare for 'the Great Deployment'?
Canary Media talks to Chante Harris about her most recent venture and why novel climatetech contenders need guidance to de-risk, win funding and survive the "valley of death."By Julian Spector .
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Liquefied natural gas
One big downside of LNG exports: Price swings for US gas consumers
The global gas trade has brought new volatility home to domestic markets — a factor the White House is considering as it reassesses the LNG buildout.By Julian Spector .
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Hydrogen
The brewing rift within the Biden admin’s clean hydrogen strategy
The Energy Department's seven hydrogen hubs oppose the administration’s strict rules that aim to ensure the new 45V tax credits reward truly clean hydrogen.By Julian Spector .
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Energy storage
Texas will add more grid batteries than any other state in 2024
With cheap land and a competitive market irresistible to energy storage developers, the Lone Star State will even overtake California in battery deployments this year.By Julian Spector .
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Clean energy
Chart: Nearly all new US power plants built in 2024 will be clean energy
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Liquefied natural gas
Does LNG really fight climate change? 5 common LNG claims, examined
The LNG industry frames itself as a tool of foreign policy and a climate solution. Canary Media digs into the details.By Julian Spector .
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Video
Video: How the Gulf Coast is leading the way on clean hydrogen production
Canary Media joins the Weather Channel to discuss the latest energy boom in Texas.By Julian Spector .
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Hydrogen
Should power plants burn clean hydrogen to make electricity?
Utilities say the fuel can help them achieve a carbon-free grid. Climate hawks say it opens up a morass of waste and greenwashing that may impede better solutions.By Julian Spector .
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Hydrogen
Clean hydrogen is driving the next Gulf Coast energy boom
Fossil fuel giants and renewables stalwarts alike are betting they can produce hydrogen without all the carbon emissions.By Julian Spector .
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