Articles

Wind

Oil, gas or wind: What produces more energy per offshore acre?

Canary's chart of the week highlights some drastic differences in the amount of energy produced from a single leased offshore acre.

By Maria Virginia Olano . 7 October 2022
ENN

State regulators order independent audit of DTE, Consumers over outages and safety

The audit will require the utilities to disclose how downed wire response audits are performed, how they identify critical facilities to prioritize for service restoration, and more.

By Nina Ignaczak . 6 October 2022
Culture

Finally, a weather service that gets real about climate change

Startup Currently's meteorologists and writers are trained climate communicators, so forecasts include the why behind the weather.

By Mike Munsell . 6 October 2022
ENN

Six key energy questions that winners of Ohio’s high court races will decide

Several energy and utility questions are likely to come before the Ohio Supreme Court in the next two years, including cases involving coal plant subsidies, HB 6 corruption, and renewable energy project siting.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 6 October 2022
Batteries

Hawaii is paying home-battery owners to help the grid. How's that going?

Hawaii's main utility reached a deal with pro-solar groups to reward households for sharing their clean energy. We check in on the results at the six-month mark.

By Julian Spector . 6 October 2022
ENN

Investigation triggers fresh fight over New Hampshire efficiency programs

The state’s consumer advocate says an investigation into energy efficiency programs by state utility regulators “is a direct affront” to legislation from earlier this year that codified the programs into state law.

By Lisa Prevost . 5 October 2022
EV charging

Want faster, cheaper EV charger installations? Stop digging

Shoals Technologies' new aboveground cabling system can be deployed in a fraction of the time and eliminates a lot of the guesswork — and extra cost.

By Jeff St. John . 5 October 2022
Long-duration energy storage

Form Energy wins $450M to rust iron for multiday energy storage

The long-duration storage startup is on a fundraising tear as it validates its iron-air battery technology and scouts locations for a U.S. factory.

By Julian Spector . 4 October 2022
ENN

Maine program aims to help small towns electrify heat in public buildings

The $4 million program is intended to help towns with fewer than 5,000 residents cut energy use in public buildings.

By Sarah Shemkus . 4 October 2022
Just transition

The best policies to help coal towns weather the switch to renewables

A new report singles out Colorado, Illinois and New Mexico as trailblazers in just-transition laws. Could fossil strongholds Wyoming and West Virginia follow suit?

By Alison F. Takemura . 3 October 2022