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Clean energy

Huge opportunities and huge threats loom for US clean energy in 2023

Wind and solar deployment fell steeply in 2022. Can the Inflation Reduction Act help build it back this year?

By Jeff St. John . 2 January 2023
Podcast

SVB, the banking crisis and climatetech

Silicon Valley Bank’s failure highlights the coming headwinds for climatetech.

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By Shayle Kann . 41 min . 30 March 2023
Podcast

What's driving the surge in opposition to renewables?

Facebook groups and media manipulation are contributing to increased local opposition to wind and solar projects.

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By Stephen Lacey . 37 min . 5 April 2023
Utilities

Utilities still moving way too slow on clean energy

Despite historic wind, solar and battery subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, U.S. utilities remain hooked on fossil fuels.

By Jeff St. John . 16 October 2023
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 . 2 May 2024
Transmission

Why won’t PJM let batteries and clean power bolster a stressed-out grid?

The country’s biggest grid operator is preventing developers from adding batteries to existing projects that have extra grid space, in defiance of a federal mandate.

By Jeff St. John . 3 October 2024
Electric vehicles

The US electric vehicle industry faces a bumpy road ahead

Trump’s anti-EV agenda could spell trouble for the sector, but analysts expect growth to continue in 2025 despite headwinds.

By Tim Stevens . 28 January 2025
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Renewable energy standards: Seeing beyond percentages

Are Midwest states meeting their renewable energy mandates? The numbers don't always tell the whole story.
Photo by Josh Koonce via Creative Commons

By Ken Paulman . 8 March 2011
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Does God want fracking in Ohio?

Ohio Gov. John Kasich says the Lord may have put natural gas deposits in the ground to lift people out of poverty.

By Ken Paulman . 23 September 2011
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Mixed rate impact from MN renewable standard

A new law requires Minnesota utilities to report on how the state's renewable energy standard is impacting rates. We've just had a look at the first round of reports.

2 November 2011