Food and farms
Can agriculture and solar farms coexist? It depends
At a test site in Colorado, researchers and farmers are collaborating to figure out what works — and what doesn't — when it comes to agrivoltaics.
Land use
Food and farms
Video: How solar panels and crops can thrive side by side
Step into the field to see agrivoltaics up close.
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Solar
Manhattan's largest rooftop solar array is about to come online
Developer Siemens overcame design obstacles to build the Javits Center rooftop solar system, which also includes a 3.5-megawatt indoor battery.
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Podcast
Climatetech's surprising bottleneck: Land access
How geography, landscape and the rights to physical spaces could hinder key climate technologies.
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Food and farms
Biofuels are accelerating the food crisis — and the climate crisis, too
It’s crazy to put more food in our fuel tanks when there’s a war on. Or when there isn’t.
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Carbon capture
Carbon storage gets dirty: The movement to sequester CO2 in soils
U.N. climate report promotes soil as a tool to reduce emissions, but scientists are still figuring out how it works.
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Geothermal
Geothermal startup Quaise raises $40M for ultra-deep drilling
The MIT spinoff wants to unleash the vast geothermal resources today's technologies can't reach.
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Energy storage
How NineDot Energy will use $100M to install distributed batteries in NYC
Investment from private equity firm Carlyle could put the startup’s battery parks on the map — if it can navigate a complex urban energy market.
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This data-driven banana farm in Australia is embracing climate-friendly agriculture
From solar-powered sensors to AI modeling, Bartle Frere Bananas pairs age-old practices with cutting-edge tools.
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Geothermal
Geothermal project hits roadblock in Nevada, but sector poised to surge nationwide
Judge pauses project over tribal and environmental concerns. Still, technical advances and the huge need for 24/7 renewable power mean geothermal has bright prospects.
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Solar
How to turn trash into treasure: Put solar panels over landfills
Building solar on closed landfills can add costs and complications, but it could bring gigawatts of clean energy to underserved communities, a new report says.
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