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Geothermal

Why this NYC apartment complex will use a giant underground heat pump

Join our reporter as she steps inside the muddy construction site at 1 Java Street to learn the benefits and barriers of harnessing the earth's heat to decarbonize buildings.

By Maria Gallucci . 12 June 2023
Clean energy manufacturing

The South is building the most vibrant EV and battery hub in the US

Canary Media travels through the fast-emerging Battery Belt to see what it means for the clean energy transition.

By Julian Spector . 8 June 2023
Clean energy supply chain

Chart: How does the US race to onshore clean energy stack up globally?

China is still by far the leader in cleantech manufacturing, and that looks unlikely to change despite surging U.S. activity.

By Maria Virginia Olano . 9 June 2023
Clean energy jobs

This Georgia program is training a huge cleantech manufacturing workforce

Insiders say Quick Start is a major reason why the state has successfully wooed billions in investment from the world's leading solar, battery and EV companies.

By Alison F. Takemura . 9 June 2023
Clean energy manufacturing

Battery maker wins $850M DOE loan to build first US factory

Kore Power will use the conditional loan to try to open a gigafactory in Arizona by 2025. The move comes as battery manufacturing surges in the U.S.

By Jeff St. John . 9 June 2023
Transmission

US clean energy rollout continues to be hamstrung by grid challenges

Recent efforts at permitting reform have done little to address the well-known issues of inadequate transmission and jam-packed interconnection queues.

By Akielly Hu . 13 June 2023
Politics

Rep. Casten on tackling the US climate law's unfinished business

The congressional energy wonk from Illinois says not to worry too much about "performative nonsense around IRA repeal."

By Julian Spector . 14 June 2023
Workforce diversity

Charging Up: A chat with Cynthia Leung, senior manager at Moxion Power

Plus, climatetech career and board moves at DOE, Generate, AES Clean Energy, Berkeley Lab, Form Energy, Greentown Labs, Powur, NREL and Topsoe.

By Maria Virginia Olano, Eric Wesoff . 15 June 2023
Hydrogen

A profitable fuel-cell company finally emerges amid industrywide losses

For now, SFC's success is more exception than rule, but fuel-cell firms are betting that a green hydrogen revolution will soon reverse the entire industry's fortunes.

By Eric Wesoff . 20 June 2023
Batteries

DOE offers record-breaking $9.2B loan to build EV batteries in the US

The conditional loan to Ford–SK On joint venture BlueOval will back another massive investment in the rapidly expanding Battery Belt taking shape in the Southeast.

By Jeff St. John . 22 June 2023