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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Batteries
Nation's largest urban battery to take center stage near San Francisco
Developer Arevon has begun building a 1-gigawatt-hour storage project in Daly City, near the Cow Palace arena, where it will serve up clean energy at night.By Julian Spector .
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Clean energy
Arizona cuts key renewables policy as clean energy market takes off
Regulators said ending the state’s renewable portfolio standard would save customers money, but the official economic analysis undermines that assertion.By Julian Spector .
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Batteries
Crusoe taps not one but two novel battery technologies for AI buildout
The developer signed a huge deal for Form Energy’s iron-air tech and will build more modular data centers powered by Redwood Materials' second-life EV batteries.By Julian Spector .
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Clean energy manufacturing
Suddenly, the US manufactures a ton of grid batteries
Energy storage is surging on the U.S. grid — and now the country has more than enough battery-making factories to meet that booming demand.By Julian Spector .
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Batteries
Base Power to launch 100-MW home battery network for Texas utility
The unicorn startup notched its biggest utility partnership yet, to install enough home batteries to rival a gas-fired peaker power plant.By Julian Spector .
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Clean energy
Chart: US to overwhelmingly build clean power in 2026
A federal agency says solar, battery, and wind additions will vastly outpace new gas facilities in what’s set to be a record year for power plant construction.By Julian Spector .
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Batteries
Gigantic Form Energy battery to power Google data center in Minnesota
The startup has struck a deal with Xcel Energy to build a 30 gigawatt-hour battery plant that will deliver clean energy, round the clock, to a Google facility.By Julian Spector .
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Virtual power plants
New Orleans’ latest bid for a better grid: a citywide virtual power plant
The storm-prone city is making its local utility design a $28 million incentive program to get hundreds more backup batteries into homes and businesses.By Julian Spector .
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Energy storage
New England’s biggest grid battery is up and running in Maine
The region has little to show for its big storage goals, but the new 175-MW project will help close that gap — and provide a needed boost in electricity capacity.By Julian Spector .
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Carbon capture
A firm capturing carbon at NYC high-rises tackles Canadian gas pipelines
CarbonQuest’s new project cutting emissions from an engine along a gas pipeline could help it scale to applications at universities, AI data centers, and factories.By Julian Spector .
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