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Puerto Rico's first community-led microgrid is ready to launch

The Adjuntas microgrid project is a high-profile example of how Puerto Ricans are devising solutions to the island's fragile and unreliable electricity system.

By Maria Gallucci . 17 March 2023
Charging Up: A chat with Alicia Barton, CEO of FirstLight Power

Plus, climatetech career moves at DOE, Rewiring America, Cypress Creek, GAF Energy, NYPA, Mission Strategies, Activate Capital and more.

By Eric Wesoff, Maria Virginia Olano . 16 March 2023
Podcast

A rogue geoengineering startup sparks worry

Make Sunsets is sending balloons filled with sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere. Is it performance art — or a new era for geoengineering?

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By Stephen Lacey . 25 min . 15 March 2023
Podcast

What the oil and gas boom means for clean energy

Supermajors are doubling down on extraction and slowing investments in renewables. We try to make sense of the market shift.

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By Stephen Lacey . 8 March 2023
Workforce diversity

Charging Up: A chat with Utopia Hill, CEO of Reactivate

Plus, climatetech career moves at Powerhouse Ventures, DCVC, Energy Impact Partners, RockCreek, Advanced Energy United, Rewiring America, PVcase and more.

By Maria Virginia Olano, Eric Wesoff . 2 March 2023
Podcast

Stunning new data on the economics of US coal vs. renewables

Only one coal plant in America is cheaper than new renewables. So why haven’t we ditched coal yet?

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By Stephen Lacey . 27 min . 22 February 2023
Western Energy News

Alaska heat pump sales tick up alongside natural gas prices

21 February 2023
Anti-solar group spreads misinformation in rural America

21 February 2023
Western Energy News

California judge preliminarily rejects micro-utility proposal

16 February 2023
Podcast

50 years of studies prove gas stoves are bad for you. What's next?

A half-century of research on gas stoves shows they are equivalent to living in a house with secondhand smoke.

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By Stephen Lacey . 27 min . 15 February 2023