Nuclear
Avalanche raises $40M to pursue vision of tiny nuclear fusion reactor
The startup is spurning room-sized reactors in favor of a small, modular design. But it’s unclear when or if fusion technology — large or small — will pan out.
Clean energy
Clean energy
Chart: Clean energy investment to hit $1.7T, widening lead on fossil fuels
That’s more than the $1 trillion oil, gas and coal will get this year — but still a far cry from the $4 trillion IEA says will be needed annually by 2030.
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Solar
How the rooftop solar industry is adapting to California's new rulebook
The state’s once-thriving industry faces an uneasy future now that California has slashed financial incentives for people to put solar panels on their roofs.
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Solar
Google’s latest climate plan? Skip grid backlog, mimic community solar
EDP Renewables and Google plan to spread a big solar buildout across 80 small projects, with 10% of revenue dedicated to environmental-justice benefits.
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Energy storage
Tesla's battery-storage sales are growing way faster than EV sales
Deployments of Tesla batteries surged 360% as the EV maker opened a factory for grid-scale batteries. Now it’s getting into lithium refining too.
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Wind
Republican donors are funding misinformation about offshore wind
There's no evidence that offshore wind development harms whales, but fossil-fuel-backed groups have latched onto the claim as a way to hamper the industry.
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Solar
Sunnova lands $3B DOE backing for low-income solar and battery loans
DOE’s first-ever “virtual power plant” conditional loan guarantee aims to bring solar-battery systems to underserved communities and help balance the grid.
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Clean energy
Chart: US clean energy backlog balloons to unprecedented 2 terawatts
The huge figure shows that developers are ready to build renewables, but it also underscores a key problem: The country doesn't have enough transmission capacity.
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Clean energy
Video: Top trends in climate and energy in New England
Journalists from The Boston Globe, WBUR and RTO Insider join Canary Media to talk about progress and pitfalls in the Northeast's clean energy transition.
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Podcast
Live: How AI could supercharge climatetech
The business world is about to get turned upside down by artificial intelligence. How will it impact energy?
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Wind
Maryland set to adopt one of the biggest offshore wind goals in US
Governor Wes Moore is poised to sign the POWER Act, which calls for building 8.5 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2031 to meet the state’s clean energy targets.
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