Clean energy

Podcast

Solving the conundrum of industrial heat

New industrial heating technologies could help cut emissions in one of the most difficult sectors to decarbonize.

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By Shayle Kann . 47 min . 8 December 2022
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A giant clean-energy transmission line to New York City is now underway

Construction has begun on the 339-mile Champlain Hudson Power Express, which will deliver Canadian hydropower to NYC as the city retires fossil fuel plants.

By Maria Gallucci . 1 December 2022
Batteries

Kore Power raises $75M to build lithium-ion battery cells in Arizona

Federal tax credits and incentives are driving a boom in U.S. battery manufacturing. This U.S.-based battery maker wants in.

By Jeff St. John . 30 November 2022
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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?

By Jeff St. John . 29 November 2022
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.

By Kari Lydersen . 29 November 2022
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.

By Maria Gallucci . 25 November 2022
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.

By Jeff St. John . 22 November 2022
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.

By Maria Virginia Olano . 18 November 2022
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.

By Maria Gallucci . 16 November 2022
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.

15 November 2022