Solar

Solar

Solar industry is parsing the fallout from Biden sanction on key solar material

Solar analysts are split on the likely impact of the move.

By Emma Foehringer Merchant . 6 July 2021
Workforce diversity

Charging Up: The end of the manel? Plus women’s cleantech career moves at EVgo, Heliogen, Google and more

WRISE launches a women's speakers bureau, Google gets a new senior lead for global energy markets, and Array Technologies adds a new chief marketing officer.

By Eric Wesoff . 1 July 2021
Utilities

South Carolina says Duke Energy's resource plan is 'unfairly' skewed against solar and storage

Clean-energy advocates hope the decision will lead to less natural gas in Duke’s future power mix.

By Jeff St. John . 1 July 2021
Solar

Newsletter: Behold the bigness of solar

Introducing Solar High Rollers, a new Canary Media column on the success and growing pains of utility-scale solar.

By Julian Spector . 29 June 2021
Solar

Solo solar no more: Regional home solar installers join forces

New companies Lumio and Pineapple Energy are now poised to compete in a consolidating market.

By Emma Foehringer Merchant . 28 June 2021
Solar

Solar High Rollers: A new column on the big wins and growing pains of utility-scale solar

Want to get up to speed on utility-scale solar? Our kickoff column is a digest of breaking big-solar news and market themes.

By Eric Wesoff . 28 June 2021
Policy & regulation

Newsletter: Clean energy wins in Michigan and California

Start your Monday with two accounts of cleaner energy beating out dirtier options.

By Julian Spector . 28 June 2021
Solar

California just OK'd a massive new buildout of renewables and clean storage

A plan to replace the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant with 11.5 GW of zero-carbon capacity — and no natural gas — will test the grid value of renewables and batteries.

By Jeff St. John . 25 June 2021
Energy efficiency

The secret of home energy efficiency? Don’t talk about home energy efficiency

Residential retrofit startups agree: Energy savings must pay for quality-of-life improvements to grow business and bring in lower-cost capital.

By Jeff St. John . 24 June 2021
Batteries

Newsletter: The NASA technology keeping batteries cool on solar rooftops

The solar industry thrives on simplifying installations and cutting costs.

By Julian Spector . 23 June 2021