Clean energy

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
Batteries

New York is reeling from its hot battery summer

The state's ambitious clean energy buildout has hit an unexpected setback after three different grid batteries caught fire in the span of two months.

By Julian Spector . 21 August 2023
Climatetech finance

New tax-credit transfer rules could unlock $1T in cleantech investment

Today’s tax equity markets can’t handle the IRA’s flood of clean energy tax credits. A provision in the law could fix that, but only if corporate buyers step up.

By Jeff St. John . 18 August 2023
Video

Video: Canary Media talks Inflation Reduction Act on The Weather Channel

Jeff St. John breaks down the billions of dollars in government incentives and private investments unleashed by the climate law, which was signed one year ago.

By Jeff St. John . 18 August 2023
Podcast

America's historic climate law, one year in

We sit down with three Canary Media reporters who are following how the money is moving, where projects are getting built and what is still in flux.

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By Stephen Lacey . 56 min . 15 August 2023