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Maria Virginia Olano is editorial producer at Canary Media, where she writes the Chart of the Week and Charging Up columns. She also covers climatetech workforce trends and leads editorial digital events.
Before joining the Canary team, she worked on state-level climate policy advocacy, specifically focusing on communications strategies. She previously produced the podcastPolitical Climate and hosted and produced the podcast Cooler Earth. She grew up in Colombia and now lives in Boston.
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In 2020, California had 500 megawatts of grid battery storage. Now, just three years later, it has over 5,000 megawatts.
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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. -
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 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.By Maria Virginia Olano .
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Workforce diversity
Charging Up: A chat with Becca Jones-Albertus, director of DOE's Solar Energy Technologies Office
Plus, climatetech career moves at Google, Tesla, Pattern Energy, ChargePoint, American Clean Power, MCE, Clean Energy Ventures, Electriq Power and more. -
Clean energy
Chart: Global renewables deployments to hit record levels in 2023
New IEA figures show the industry is bouncing back from pandemic-related delays and supply-chain woes, thanks in large part to onshore wind growth. -
Climate crisis
Chart: The US can't meet its climate goals unless states step up
But if the 24 states with aggressive emissions-reduction targets make good on their pledges, the country could get within striking distance of its 2030 commitment.By Maria Virginia Olano .
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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. -
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.By Maria Virginia Olano .
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Workforce diversity
Charging Up: A chat with Hannah Bascom, Uplight's chief market innovation officer
Plus, climatetech career moves at Rewiring America, Bidgely, Boundary Stone Partners, Intersect Power, the Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy, SEPA and more.
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