Articles

Climate crisis

New satellites can mitigate methane’s outsize impact on climate change

MethaneSat and Carbon Mapper could give governments and industry new ways to find methane emissions — and to determine the value of stopping them.

By Jeff St. John . 3 May 2021
ENN

In Vermont, a new model emerges to improve migrant farmworker housing

A migrant worker rights group, a worker-owned construction cooperative, and an efficiency utility are collaborating on new housing designs and financing to improve farmworker living conditions and reduce energy waste.

By David Thill . 3 May 2021
ENN

Connecticut towns, solar developers attempt to settle property tax dispute

Solar companies say a state law was meant to exempt residential installations from property taxes, but unclear language instead prompted some towns to start taxing systems that feed power to the grid or are owned by third parties.

By Lisa Prevost . 3 May 2021
Climatetech finance

Clubhouse with Canary: Cleantech investing in 2021

There's a new generation of cleantech investors leveraging more capital, more entrepreneurs and more risk than ever before.

By Eric Wesoff . 30 April 2021
Solar

Solar and AC and big banks, oh my!

Today's top stories from Canary Media.

By Julian Spector . 30 April 2021
ENN

Regulators approve small Duke Energy solar project in western N.C.

In approving the landfill solar project, commissioners cautioned that similar projects would not necessarily receive the same outcome, and that special circumstances related to a 2015 agreement outweighed its costs.

By Elizabeth Ouzts . 30 April 2021
ENN

Michigan lawmakers propose $250 million fund to subsidize natural gas

The state’s House Appropriations Committee has included the funding as part of a budget bill. Utilities could seek reimbursement for natural gas projects in “underserved or unserved” areas of the state such as the Upper Peninsula.

By Tom Perkins . 30 April 2021
ENN

State lawmakers draft plan to unlock northern Maine’s renewable potential

Maine Senate President Troy Jackson is proposing a transmission line to carry wind energy and other generation from northern Aroostook County to New England’s regional electric grid.

By David Thill . 30 April 2021
Policy & regulation

PJM moves to curtail compliance with FERC policy that hinders state-subsidized clean energy

A long-running policy battle over the country’s biggest capacity market appears to be nearing an end. What the replacement policy will look like remains an open question.

By Jeff St. John . 29 April 2021
Electrification

Designing air conditioners that won’t cook the planet

The Global Cooling Prize awards $1 million to designs that shave energy, reduce global warming and could make AC more affordable and eco-friendly for billions.

By Jeff St. John . 29 April 2021