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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
Heat pumps

Chart: Here's how the US could get heat pumps in every home by 2050

A new report from Rewiring America lays out the pace of heat-pump deployment that will be needed to hit the country's ambitious climate targets.

By Alison F. Takemura . 23 June 2023
Batteries

LG kicks off colossal ramp-up of US factories for EV and grid batteries

The South Korean company will build nearly 280 gigawatt-hours' worth of factory capacity across America to meet growing demand for grid storage and EV batteries.

By Julian Spector . 26 June 2023
Heat pumps

Steam made by heat pumps can help clean up industry and manufacturing

Startup AtmosZero wants to make all-electric, high-efficiency heat pumps the technology of choice for industrial heat.

By Jeff St. John . 27 June 2023
Workforce diversity

Charging Up: A chat with Belinda Gilbey, president of Bondi Energy

Plus, climatetech career and board moves at Prologis, Pine Gate Renewables, Axios, Scale Microgrids, EDF Renewables, AutoGrid, Overture VC and more.

By Maria Virginia Olano, Eric Wesoff . 28 June 2023
Heat pumps

Replacing ACs with heat pumps: A backdoor way to decarbonize heating

The idea has huge emissions-slashing potential, and regulators across the U.S. are starting to take it seriously.

By Jeff St. John . 11 July 2023
Clean energy manufacturing

A key piece of the solar supply chain will now be made in America

Enphase produced its first U.S.-made solar microinverter today — and President Biden was at the factory to tout the role his climate law played in making it happen.

By Julian Spector . 6 July 2023
Utilities

The boards that regulate utilities are overwhelmingly white and male

Public utility commissions wield enormous power over state-level clean energy progress. But they lack diversity and tend to have political, utility or fossil connections.

By Lisa Prevost . 13 July 2023
Clean energy jobs

Chart: Which states have the most solar and wind power jobs?

Clean energy technologies, including solar and wind, accounted for nearly 87 percent of net new electric power generation jobs in the U.S. last year.

By Maria Virginia Olano . 7 July 2023
Nuclear

The US may soon get its first new source of nuclear fuel in 70 years

Next-gen nuclear plants could be critical to the energy transition, but first, they’ll need fuel. Centrus has overcome a key regulatory barrier to meeting that need.

By Eric Wesoff . 12 July 2023