1 A former Utah coal town could soon become a hub for low-carbon cement
Terra CO2 wants to make cement additives from mining waste. The startup could get a $52.6M DOE grant to build a clean energy factory near Salt Lake City.
The program, from Climate United and Forum Mobility, will help secure the EV trucks and charging stations needed to phase out diesel trucks at the state’s busy ports.
The Biden administration will hold the nation’s largest offshore wind lease sale in an area where floating turbines could generate 13 gigawatts of power.
By Carrie Klein
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Politics
Clean energy is on the ballot in these utility regulator races
Ten states elect their public utility commissions, which make big decisions about energy. This November, the stakes are high, especially in Arizona and Louisiana. -
Policy & regulation
The tax code change unleashing $25B in clean energy investment
The Inflation Reduction Act’s transferability provision is expanding opportunities to turn the value of clean energy tax credits into real-world projects. -
Methane
This automated tool helps tackle methane emissions from landfills
LoCI Controls uses remotely controlled sensors to help landfills reduce methane leaks. If scaled up, the technology could have a big impact.
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The Electrification Challenge
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Solar
How solar microgrids are bringing power (and quiet) to North Carolina
In areas hit by Hurricane Helene, the nonprofit Footprint Project is replacing noisy and polluting generators with solar panels and batteries. -
Clean industry
Chart: Heavy industry is the world's biggest decarbonization challenge
The production of oil and gas, cement, steel, and other industrial products is enormously polluting. Decarbonizing these sectors will take a while.By Dan McCarthy
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Guest essay
We need distributed solar and energy storage, not utility monopolies
Xcel wants to build 800 MW of distributed energy in Minnesota, but makes it hard for its customers to own their own solar and batteries. That’s bad for ratepayers, and for the climate.By John Farrell
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Clean industry
A former Utah coal town could soon become a hub for low-carbon cement
Terra CO2 wants to make cement additives from mining waste. The startup could get a $52.6M DOE grant to build a clean energy factory near Salt Lake City.
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EV charging
Enel X Way abandoned its US EV charging customers. What happens next?
About 125,000 Enel EV chargers are in limbo. Customers hope a buyer of its shuttered North American charging business will do the hard work of making things right. -
Methane
Landfill methane is a big climate problem. Here are some easy solutions.
The methane released by U.S. landfills could be cut in half in the next 25 years if the EPA adopts policies that some states have now, a new study finds. -
Solar
Maxeon’s world-leading solar tech faces hard road ahead
The U.S.-born firm makes the most efficient solar panels, but its finances are a wreck and the company — and its IP — are now majority-owned by a Chinese company.By Eric Wesoff
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Green steel
Making steel with clean energy would curb health risks, report says
Speeding up America’s shift to cleaner steelmaking would not only slow CO2 emissions, but help reduce the toxic pollution from coal-based production.
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Electric vehicles
Want to make EVs cheaper? Figure out what their used batteries are worth.
Fleet operators need better financing to make the switch to electric trucks and buses. Proving the value of second-life batteries can help make that happen. -
Transmission
Biden admin awards $2B in new grid resilience grants
The third round of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grants target the hurricane-ravaged Southeast U.S. as well as nationwide projects to bolster the grid. -
Distributed energy resources
Hurricane Helene underscores need for more solar-battery microgrids
Distributed solar and batteries are helping North Carolina communities that were cut off from grid power by flooding. Should utilities build them into resilience plans? -
Policy & regulation
Chart: The policy push to electrify lawn equipment, visualized
Dozens of states and municipalities across the U.S. have passed laws that aim to shift residents away from polluting, gas-powered lawn equipment.By Carrie Klein
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The clean hydrogen paradox
The world needs to complement clean electricity with some other low-carbon energy. Can hydrogen fill the gap? Canary Media kicks off a special series.
By Dan McCarthy
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Carbon removal
A new demo plant will repurpose mining waste and also capture CO2
Travertine’s demo facility in Rochester, NY, will upcycle captured CO2 and discarded gypsum into sulfuric acid for use in a nearby metals company’s operations. -
Hydrogen
Koloma raises $50M more in quest to find natural hydrogen underground
Geologic hydrogen could be a “skeleton key” for decarbonization, Koloma says. The startup has raised over $350M to try and make it work. -
Air travel
DOE makes $3B commitment to two sustainable aviation fuel projects
Alternative jet fuels are seen as key to curbing emissions from today’s airplanes. The Loan Programs Office is backing SAF plants to boost U.S. supplies. -
Hydrogen
One year in, US clean hydrogen hubs face questions — and have few answers
There’s little detail available on the $7B federal program to jump-start U.S. clean hydrogen, leaving environmental advocates concerned the projects may be off track.
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Getting a heat pump took some effort. Here’s what I learned.
Millions of Americans will have to switch out their boilers and furnaces for heat pumps in the years to come. These are my main takeaways from getting one.
By Dan McCarthy
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Solar
Puerto Rico closes $861M DOE loan guarantee for huge solar-battery project
The island has ambitious climate goals and a ton of rooftop solar, but has so far built few large-scale clean energy projects. Project Marahu could change that.By Akielly Hu
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Solar
This farmer was skeptical about solar — until he began grazing sheep
Illinois farmer Trent Gerlach had misgivings about solar panels taking up cropland, but he saw a chance to try agrivoltaics, a practice catching on around the US. -
Clean energy manufacturing
Can energy-rich Pennsylvania chart a path toward decarbonization?
The pivotal swing state has run on coal, oil, and gas, but it's seeking a new era of economic growth from low-carbon industry and cleantech manufacturing. -
Nuclear
Google signs deal to use small nuclear reactors to power data centers
The tech giant is in search of a lot of 24/7 carbon-free electricity. It’s betting that a fleet of advanced reactors from Kairos can provide some of it — eventually.By Eric Wesoff
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Chart: Heavy industry is the world’s biggest decarbonization challenge
The production of oil and gas, cement, steel, and other industrial products is enormously polluting. Decarbonizing these sectors will take a while.
By Dan McCarthy
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Clean energy
Global emissions may begin declining in 2024, thanks to EVs, clean energy
New research predicts global CO2 emissions will begin to decline this year and halve by 2050. That’s not fast enough to meet climate goals.By Carrie Klein
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Policy & regulation
California could lock in disastrous dairy methane rules, advocates warn
CARB could finally regulate methane emissions from the state’s huge dairy farms and eliminate the special treatment dairy biogas gets via its clean fuel program. Or not. -
Nuclear
To meet US nuclear goals, big reactors need to get built today, DOE says
A new DOE report suggests that the path to a U.S. nuclear renaissance runs not through SMRs or fusion but the repeated construction of familiar large-scale reactors.By Eric Wesoff
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Clean energy
Chart: World could triple renewable energy by decade's end
At COP28, more than 100 countries pledged to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030. That goal could still be within reach.By Dan McCarthy
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Utilities
Hurricane Helene could force local utilities to rethink grid resilience
As recovery efforts continue, utilities in Appalachia need to consider their approach to providing electricity in the face of climate change. -
Hydrogen
Green hydrogen headwinds hit production hub, steel project in Mississippi
In a sign of challenges facing green hydrogen, Hy Stor Energy abruptly canceled an electrolyzer deal for its hub, which is set to supply SSAB’s green steel site. -
Long-duration energy storage
Form Energy raises $405M for its 100-hour iron-air batteries
The long-duration energy storage startup has raised a total of $1.2 billion. Form is expanding its West Virginia factory and working on its first deployments now. -
Fossil fuels
Booming power demand is slowing climate progress for US utilities
Sierra Club analysis finds that U.S. utilities are planning a huge expansion of fossil-gas plants — a shift that’s incompatible with climate goals. -
Solar
New Hampshire’s low-income community solar program finally moves forward
The state energy department is reviewing seven proposals for community solar arrays that will allocate a portion of their bill credits to low-income households. -
Solar
Coal-to-solar developer BrightNight lands $440M investment
The funding from Goldman Sachs will help BrightNight to advance its 31-GW pipeline of renewables projects, including the Starfire solar farm in Kentucky.
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