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Ohio budget amendment seeks to study and promote advanced nuclear power

A proposal for an Ohio nuclear development authority that failed to pass three times before is now tucked in a 5,000-plus page budget bill with $750,000 in funding.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 6 June 2023
Clean energy jobs

Clean energy’s Made-in-America movement could bring jobs for coal miners

Phil Smith of the United Mine Workers of America explains how clean energy manufacturing can help offset job losses for an industry it’s helping to replace.

By Alison F. Takemura . 6 June 2023
Transmission

One path to more power lines? Make US grid operators share more

With transmission snubbed in the recent debt ceiling deal, grid experts say "minimum transfer capacity" requirements are key to getting more power lines built.

By Jeff St. John . 5 June 2023
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Untapped solar potential awaits atop warehouse roofs

As online commerce expands, and as tensions rise over renewable energy displacing farmland, large rooftops are a growing — if often challenging — space on which to install solar panels.

By Kari Lydersen . 5 June 2023
Clean energy manufacturing

The US clean energy manufacturing boom has begun. Now what?

Canary Media kicks off a special series on the country's bid to ramp up domestic production of clean energy technologies.

By Julian Spector . 5 June 2023
Clean energy manufacturing

US wind manufacturing makes a comeback thanks to Inflation Reduction Act

Buoyed by tax credits and better market conditions, wind turbine manufacturers are reopening and expanding factories nationwide.

By Maria Gallucci . 5 June 2023
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Ohio and Michigan groups aim to boost underrepresented entrepreneurs in clean energy

Technology incubator groups’ joint program will help people of color, women, veterans and people with disabilities launch more cleantech businesses.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 2 June 2023
Clean energy

Chart: Clean energy investment to hit $1.7T, widening lead on fossil fuels

That’s more than the $1 trillion oil, gas and coal will get this year — but still a far cry from the $4 trillion IEA says will be needed annually by 2030.

By Dan McCarthy . 2 June 2023
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In Ohio, former PUCO chair's alleged stonewalling fuels court battle

Former utility regulator Sam Randazzo says he's handed over documents regarding FirstEnergy's $4.3 million in payments to an entity he controlled, but plaintiffs say he hasn't revealed enough.

By Marty Schladen . 1 June 2023
Workforce diversity

Charging Up: A chat with Katie Rae, CEO of The Engine

Plus, climatetech career moves at Nissan, Form Energy, VertueLab, Regrow Ag, Solarcycle, Spearmint Energy, Rhythmos and Gridmatic.

By Maria Virginia Olano, Eric Wesoff . 1 June 2023