Food and farms
Tomatoes and solar panels could go well together
Agrivoltaics — agriculture paired with solar arrays — could help the U.S. tomato industry in increasingly hot and dry regions, research suggests.
Clean energy
Transmission
NY project will use high-tech sensors to get more clean energy onto grid
National Grid and LineVision are expanding the capacity of New York’s grid to carry greater amounts of wind power. Why aren’t more U.S. utilities doing the same?
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Marine transport
How to clean up the dirty ports that handle our Black Friday junk
A new initiative gives report cards to the world’s top ports to show how they’re leading, or falling short, on efforts to decarbonize cargo shipping.
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Grid edge
Swell raises $120M for virtual power plants to link solar and batteries
Getting networks of homes with rooftop solar and batteries to help balance the grid requires innovative tech and financing. L.A.-based Swell Energy is on it.
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Clean energy
Watch this dynamic map of renewable energy growth around the world
Renewable energy is gaining ground around the world. See which countries are shifting most quickly.
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Wind
World's largest floating wind farm just started producing power
The first of 11 floating wind turbines in Equinor’s project off Norway is now generating clean electricity — which will be used to power an oil platform.
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Sponsored
How EDP Renewables is unlocking solar-plus-storage in rural America
Lining up a roster of talented project partners is the key to making renewables projects work in smaller communities.
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Clean energy
Want to work in climatetech? Here's how to get started
Canary highlights top resources, recruiters and communities to help you land your dream job in renewable energy, cleantech or climate.
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Clean energy
Chart: Clean energy installations slowed way down in Q3
On the bright side, energy storage had its best quarter ever, and analysts expect solar and wind to bounce back soon thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Podcast
New York’s clean energy puzzle
Huge renewables targets, nuclear closures and transmission constraints. Can New York pull it off?
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Guest Essay
It's time for solar microgrids to replace dirty diesel generators
In rural sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, costly diesel generators are often the only power source. A concerted push to deploy solar microgrids could change that.
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