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Clean energy manufacturing

Suddenly, the US is a climate policy trendsetter

In a head-spinning reversal, other Western nations are scrambling to replicate or counter the cleantech manufacturing perks in Biden's Inflation Reduction Act.

By Julian Spector . 7 April 2023
Clean energy

Chart: The US got more electricity from renewables than coal last year

It's a major milestone, but fossil gas remains the market leader by a wide margin.

By Eric Wesoff, Maria Virginia Olano . 7 April 2023
Corporate procurement

Companies need a faster way to buy clean energy. Here’s a new solution

Big corporate wind and solar purchases can take over a year to complete. Google and LevelTen have come up with a way to shrink that down to 8 weeks.

By Jeff St. John . 10 April 2023
Electric vehicles

A persistent EV challenge looms over NY Auto Show: Charging

Amid flashy new electric models on display at one of the nation's top car events, experts worried that EVs will struggle to go mainstream without a lot more places to plug in.

By Maria Gallucci . 11 April 2023
Clean energy

Video: Top trends in climate and energy in New England

Journalists from The Boston Globe, WBUR and RTO Insider join Canary Media to talk about progress and pitfalls in the Northeast's clean energy transition.

12 April 2023
Transmission

On trial now: The fate of a key clean energy transmission line in Maine

The twisting tale of a bid to bring hydropower from Canada to New England shows the challenge of building the transmission lines needed to electrify everything.

By Julian Spector . 13 April 2023
Clean energy

Chart: US clean energy backlog balloons to unprecedented 2 terawatts

The huge figure shows that developers are ready to build renewables, but it also underscores a key problem: The country doesn't have enough transmission capacity.

By Eric Wesoff, Maria Virginia Olano . 14 April 2023
Food and farms

Cattle are a huge climate threat. Smarter ranching can help

Ranchers in Brazil are testing new and improved techniques that can lower the climate impact of beef production by using less land and curbing cattle's burps and farts.

By Michael Grunwald . 17 April 2023
Batteries

This NASA tech might just spur a major grid battery breakthrough

EnerVenue’s still got plenty to prove, but it already has a pipeline of orders and more than $100M in funding. A factory in Kentucky is on the way.

By Julian Spector . 17 April 2023
Transmission

A huge new clean energy transmission line gets the green light

Transmission is notoriously hard to build. Now, after 18 years, the TransWest Express line has approval to carry wind power from Wyoming to California.

By Gabriela Aoun Angueira . 18 April 2023