Clean energy

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New frontiers of clean energy emerge

This week: a look at how the business of clean energy is evolving. Plus, the battery-recycling boom and Hawaii’s coal gambit.

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By Stephen Lacey . 67 min . 21 September 2023
Solar

He couldn't install solar at home, so he helps nonprofits do it instead

This solar champion shows community groups how to tap Inflation Reduction Act incentives so they can afford solar panels.

By Alison F. Takemura . 11 September 2023
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 . 8 September 2023
Nuclear

Nuclear startup Oklo looks to rebound with backing from Sam Altman

The microreactor pioneer has a SPAC deal, signed customers and potential sources for its specialized fuel. Now it needs an OK from regulators.

By Eric Wesoff . 8 September 2023
Clean energy manufacturing

Another US EV-battery recycler just raised a massive funding round

Ascend Elements attracted $542 million in investment to make cathodes from spent EV batteries, just a week after Redwood Materials raised $1 billion.

By Jeff St. John . 6 September 2023
Solar

The fight over California community solar: 'It's everyone vs. utilities'

Α broad and unlikely coalition has united behind a proposal that would finally let community solar flourish in California. Utilities are trying to stop it.

By Jeff St. John . 5 September 2023
Clean energy

Chart: Renewables are on track to keep getting cheaper and cheaper

A new report says that ongoing improvements in solar and wind tech will keep driving steep cost declines that make them even more competitive against fossil fuels.

By Alison F. Takemura . 1 September 2023
Clean energy

Hawaii quit coal one year ago. Here's how it's been going

The lights stayed on, but the state's experience offers some lessons on what can go wrong in the transition to clean energy.

By Julian Spector . 31 August 2023
Wind

Why the Gulf of Mexico’s first offshore wind auction wasn’t a smash hit

The region's first-ever lease sale arrived at a time of industry turmoil, and in a place saddled with unique obstacles to offshore wind development.

By Maria Gallucci . 29 August 2023
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.

By Eric Wesoff, Maria Virginia Olano . 25 August 2023