Batteries
Looking for some home energy storage? You’ve never had so many choices
The once-tiny residential battery market is attracting dozens of new entrants, including recognizable consumer brands like Anker, Duracell and Energizer.
Electrification
Energy equity
Four advocates share how to make electrification more equitable in cities
Canary Media and Rewiring America invited experts on urban electrification onstage during Climate Week NYC. Here are key takeaways from the event.
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Heat pumps
A beginner’s guide to the different types of heat pumps
Air-source, ducted, mini-split — what does it all mean? Canary Media explains some of the most common heat-pump concepts. -
Clean energy jobs
Why this manufacturer helped start an electrification training program
Thermo King has made diesel-powered machinery for decades. But once it pivoted to electrified products, it needed to retrain its workers — fast.
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Podcast
Navigating the electrification gauntlet
Can utilities deliver on the promise of electrification?
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Electrification
Your cheat sheet to the climate law’s consumer incentives
The Inflation Reduction Act has a bevy of programs to help you install everything from a heat pump to better insulation. Here’s how to navigate it all. -
Electrification
Chicago to fund electric stoves and heat pumps for lower-income homes
The $15 million initiative is expected to help remove fossil fuel appliances from at least 200 households that might not otherwise have the means to do so.
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EV charging
The grid isn't ready for the EV boom. Can better data fix that?
Utilities lack the necessary data to plan ahead for the coming influx of EV charging. A new data-sharing consortium could help them overcome that obstacle.
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Guides and how-tos
So you want to electrify your home. Do you need a panel upgrade first?
If your home’s running on 100 amps or below, you might want an electrician to upgrade your panel and electrical service. Here’s what to know.
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Guides and how-tos
What's a home energy audit — and should you get one?
To kick off Canary Media's new Electrified Life column, we break down what to expect from an energy audit and why it's a smart starting point for home electrification.
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Heat pumps
Replacing ACs with heat pumps: A backdoor way to decarbonize heating
The idea has huge emissions-slashing potential, and regulators across the U.S. are starting to take it seriously.
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