America's industrial sector is on track to become the nation's biggest source of planet-warming emissions by 2035, according to Rhodium Group . While the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy and electric vehicle subsidies are set to drive significant emissions reductions in bot … | Continue reading
On Thursday, the Biden administration issued rules to dramatically reduce carbon emissions and pollution from U.S. power plants, while top officials weighed in with an important message: Clean energy is more than ready to supplant the fossil-fueled power plants the new regulation … | Continue reading
David Stile knew his air conditioner wasn’t long for this world. It was already 24 years old — ancient for an AC — and he wanted to replace it before it broke. The project would come with hassle and expense, but in it Stile also saw an opportunity. He could switch over to a heat … | Continue reading
First Solar and Qcells , the two largest solar-panel manufacturers in the U.S., have joined a coalition of domestic suppliers calling for new tariffs on below-cost and state-subsidized panels imported from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. The coalition, calling itself t … | Continue reading
The federal Bureau of Land Management has announced a flurry of new rules and plans in recent weeks as it explores how the 245 million acres of public land it oversees can contribute to the Biden administration’s renewable energy and job goals — and as it tries to protect ecosyst … | Continue reading
The Biden administration is making a historic $7 billion investment in solar initiatives for low-income families. The funding will help nearly half of U.S. states to create such programs for the first time — and enable the other half to build on existing progress. To celebrate Ea … | Continue reading
Tritium, an Australian high-speed EV-charging equipment manufacturer with a large-scale factory in Tennessee, notified regulators on Thursday that it was insolvent, casting uncertainty over whether it can continue to fulfill remaining orders for chargers or service those that its … | Continue reading
A month ago, officials in New York celebrated the completion of South Fork Wind, the first utility-scale offshore wind farm to operate in the state — and nationwide. The milestone marked what they hoped would be a fresh start after a year of setbacks and disappointments for the i … | Continue reading
In order to make good on its ambitious offshore wind plans, Virginia electric utility Dominion Energy first had to get into the shipbuilding business. The regulated monopoly is building Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind , a $10 billion, 2.6 gigawatt wind project 23.5 miles offshore … | Continue reading
Last week, Georgia Power won regulatory approval to fast-track construction of 1.4 gigawatts of fossil-fueled power plants and to contract for nearly a gigawatt more power from coal- and fossil-gas-fired power plants owned by other utilities. The reason? Fear that skyrocketing po … | Continue reading
Energy developers are more eager than ever to build new solar, wind, and battery projects in the U.S. As of December 2023, proposed projects encompassing nearly 2,600 gigawatts (GW) — or 2.6 tera watts — were making their way through the series of studies and steps required to pl … | Continue reading
This story was first published by Grist . To build all of the solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicle batteries, and other technologies necessary to fight climate change, we’re going to need a lot more metals . Mining those metals from the earth creates damage and pollution … | Continue reading
A new infusion of federal funding will support some of the most cutting-edge efforts to decarbonize the dirty steel industry. On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Energy selected 13 projects in nine states to receive a total of $28 million through its Advanced Research Projects Ag … | Continue reading
A new infusion of federal funding will support some of the most cutting-edge efforts to decarbonize the dirty steel industry. On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Energy selected 13 projects in nine states to receive a total of $28 million through its Advanced Research Projects Ag … | Continue reading
A new free tool for contractors and other energy professionals aims to pin down the economic and climate benefits of electrifying homes and commutes — a calculation typically hard to come by. While figuring out the upfront costs of upgrades such as heat pumps is routine for energ … | Continue reading
NEW YORK CITY — Climbing aboard the Energy Observer requires actually climbing on and over an array of cutting-edge clean energy solutions. The French research vessel recently arrived at a small Manhattan marina on the Hudson River. For the past seven years, Energy Observer has t … | Continue reading
How can the U.S. plug more solar and wind power into the grid and meet fast-growing electricity demand when it doesn’t have enough power lines to handle all those tasks? A good start would be to adopt technologies that help get more mileage out of existing power grids, according … | Continue reading
When California undercut its own rooftop solar market one year ago, it surrendered a crucial tool for achieving its ambitious climate goals. For the last two decades, California set the national standard for clean energy policy. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, jumps … | Continue reading
This story was first published by Grist . When the sharing economy took off in the 2010s and upended entire industries, the firmest proponents of the model heralded it as an economic revolution that would help slash emissions. Of all the ideas that emerged and dissolved over the … | Continue reading
California state Senator Josh Becker is worried that the Golden State is undermining a pillar of its clean energy transition: distributed solar power. Though California has more large-scale solar and battery projects than just about any other state, smaller-scale energy — primari … | Continue reading
The U.S. Department of Energy has launched a program to turbocharge the manufacture and deployment of next-generation heat pumps for commercial buildings. Heat pumps aren’t just for homes. They can help decarbonize big-box stores, schools, grocery shops, offices, hospitals and ho … | Continue reading
Renewable energy is surging remarkably in the U.S., with solar and wind power installations springing up across the country. A new report from Climate Central tracks the meteoric growth of these clean energy sources over the past decade, painting a clear picture of which states a … | Continue reading
Nexamp , a community solar developer and project owner, has secured a whopping $520 million to install solar arrays around the nation in one of the largest capital raises to date for this growing sector. Community solar gives renters, small businesses and organizations the chance … | Continue reading
Canary Media’s Charging Up column chronicles gender diversity and notable career moves in the climatetech sector. Got a person or event you’d like to see us cover or a hot job tip? Let us know! Madelka McCalla: A resilient leader with a toolbox full of tools Madelka McCalla is ch … | Continue reading
Utilities across the U.S. Southeast are claiming that a massive buildout of data centers and factories will force them to construct gigawatts of new fossil gas-fired power plants over the coming decade — a fleet large enough and dirty enough to potentially put U.S. climate goals … | Continue reading
Dear readers, It’s Canary Media’s birthday — we’re now 3 years old! But wait, that’s not the big news. This is: After three years under the umbrella of RMI, Canary Media is now in the process of spinning out to become a wholly independent organization. Can you make a gift today t … | Continue reading
PHILADELPHIA — Steel is an essential building block of modern society, used in bridges and buildings, transmission towers, wind turbines, electric cars and so much more. It’s also made using extremely dirty processes. Traditional steelmaking contributes up to 9 percent of global … | Continue reading
The Texas clean energy juggernaut hit a new milestone as the state’s solar production outpaced coal-fired generation over an entire month for the first time. For years, coal and fossil gas ruled the competitive ERCOT market, which supplies power to almost all of Texas. A decade a … | Continue reading
This story was first published by Grist . When you live far from the sprawling fields befitting utility-scale solar and wind farms, it’s easy to feel like clean energy isn’t coming online fast enough. But renewables have grown at a staggering rate since 2014 and now account for 2 … | Continue reading
With their roaring diesel engines, tugboats push, pull and guide much larger vessels into port and out to sea. They are small but mighty — and incredibly dirty , spewing huge amounts of toxic exhaust and planet-warming emissions every year. Now, however, the humble harbor craft i … | Continue reading
Electric vehicles are making serious inroads in new car sales. Nearly 1.2 million new EVs were sold in the U.S. last year, breaking yet another record. But most Americans don’t buy new cars; they buy used ones — and as it stands, the market for used EVs is in a weird place. On th … | Continue reading
This story was first published by Energy News Network . The term “clean energy” often brings to mind gleaming solar panels, spinning wind turbines or water surging through a hydroelectric dam. Few people would imagine dark salt caverns a mile underground, but these geologic forma … | Continue reading
Tesla had a disappointing quarter with its first EV sales decline in almost four years, but while inventory and pricing trends are not currently in Tesla’s favor, it does appear to have at least one sustainable advantage: its fast-charging network. Competitors may be starting to … | Continue reading
How can $20 billion in federal funding unleash hundreds of billions of dollars in private-sector financing for clean energy, transportation and housing — and expand access to all of those things for disadvantaged communities across the country? Jessie Buendia, vice president of s … | Continue reading
MENIFEE, California — For a decade, twin smokestacks loomed against the bright blue skies of Menifee, in Southern California’s Inland Empire. But the old gas combustion plant came down, and on the flat industrial site it left behind an army of batteries is now being assembled. Wh … | Continue reading
Canary Media’s Electrified Life column shares real-world tales, tips and insights to demystify what individuals can do to shift their homes and lives to clean electric power. Heat pumps are undisputed winners for the climate . But what about for your wallet? Well, it depends. Tha … | Continue reading
Martin Keighley, CEO of CarbonFree , thinks his carbon capture company offers a "unique proposition" compared to its competitors: It can actually make money, today. On Wednesday, the San Antonio, Texas-based company announced its first large-scale effort to prove that proposition … | Continue reading
This story was first published by Grist . A landfill is a place of perpetual motion, where mountains of garbage rise in days and crews race to contain the influx of ever more trash. Amid the commotion, an invisible gas often escapes unnoticed, warming the planet and harming our h … | Continue reading
For years, utilities have grappled with how to handle the ever-growing number of solar and battery systems trying to connect to the lower-voltage grids that deliver power to customers. That’s especially true for midsize projects like, say, a solar array that might adorn the roof … | Continue reading
In Arkansas, millions of acres of spindly pines and hardwood trees are logged every year to make plywood, planks and paper, a process that generates plenty of bark, sawdust and other woody waste. Still more land across the state is carpeted by low and grassy rice crops, which lea … | Continue reading
Rebates are a cornerstone of the bid to electrify the roughly 115 million U.S. homes that still need to ditch fossil-fuel equipment to meet climate targets. Utilities already offer more than an estimated $2 billion in residential efficiency and electrification rebates across Nort … | Continue reading
Last week the Biden administration awarded a whopping $6 billion to efforts to decarbonize heavy industrial sectors. About $500 million of that windfall will be allocated to projects tackling the most common source of industrial carbon emissions — generating the heat needed to ma … | Continue reading
Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. Local policies can either help or hinder community-led clean energy solutions — but according to a new report, most states are doing more hindering than helping. This … | Continue reading
The controversial plan to require California’s three biggest utilities to start charging their customers based on how much money they make has been shelved by state regulators — at least for now. Instead, the California Public Utilities Commission is proposing a less radical — if … | Continue reading
Holtec, a manufacturer of nuclear reactor equipment, has an unprecedented plan to restart the shuttered Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan. Thanks to a conditional loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office, that plan is now $1.52 billion closer to … | Continue reading
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 fundamentally changed the energy landscape in Europe, as Germany, France and their neighbors scrambled to ditch Russian fossil fuels. The effort showed how quickly a modern economy can change its energy sources when it really tries. L … | Continue reading
This story was first published by Energy News Network . Geothermal heating and cooling is emerging as a go-to technology for Minnesota school district St. Paul Public Schools as it seeks to renovate aging facilities in line with the district’s climate action plan. Minnesota’s sec … | Continue reading
A decade ago, the U.S. barely sent any of its natural gas overseas — but as of last year, it became the largest exporter of the leak-prone, planet-warming gas in the world. How did we get here? To really answer that question, we’ve got to go back in time, to an era when coal was … | Continue reading