Climatetech finance
Ikea and Rockefeller foundations pledge $1B to seed distributed clean energy in developing nations
The funding seeks to empower 1 billion of the estimated 2.5 billion who lack access to reliable electricity.
By Jeff St. John .
Solar
Clean energy
Clean energy in rural America gets another big boost of federal funding
The Biden administration announced $78 million — the latest from a $1 billion program — to install solar, batteries, and more in rural communities.
By Alison F. Takemura .
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Transmission
Federal plan for regional cooperation on transmission infrastructure could boost clean energy
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Policy & regulation
Illinois and North Carolina are hashing out the future of clean energy, and it's getting dramatic
Hope you had a restful weekend. Time to kick off the week with two states hashing out the future of clean energy.By Julian Spector .
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Clean energy
North Carolina energy bill pits clean energy advocates against Duke Energy's plans for new gas plants
New GOP legislation would boost solar but replace coal plants with natural gas and scuttle many of the Democratic governor's proposed reforms.By Jeff St. John .
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Grid edge
Housing developers and utilities join forces to create the next generation of microgrids
Sharing rooftop solar, batteries and grid controls between utilities and customers is a complex undertaking, but it could yield benefits greater than the sum of their parts.By Jeff St. John .
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Solar
Heliogen raises $108M for solar-powered industrial heat
The startup's machine-vision technology makes sunshine a viable alternative for carbon-intensive tasks like manufacturing steel and cement.By Julian Spector .
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Solar
Newsletter: Solar in space, solar on the ground, solar on the radio
We didn't foresee a track called "Solar Power" contending for Song of the Summer when we launched Canary Media in April.By Julian Spector .
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Solar
Erthos eliminates trackers in utility-scale solar, mounts PV panels on the ground
If solar panels were free, how would you build the ideal utility-scale solar plant? This startup's answer: "You'd put them on the ground."By Eric Wesoff .
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Solar
Newsletter: Solar power has a wildfire problem
Turns out solar panels are not great at coping with historic wildfires blotting out the sun with smoke.By Julian Spector .
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Sponsored
Clubhouse with Canary: Corporate clean energy deals broaden scope to include environmental justice and community benefits
In 2020, corporations around the world purchased a record 23.7 gigawatts of clean energy via long-term agreements.
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