Workforce diversity
Eric Wesoff is the executive director at Canary Media. He’s a prominent industry journalist, analyst, consultant, speaker, and expert witness in the renewable energy field. Previously he served as senior editor for solar publication pv magazine. Prior to that, he was editor-in-chief at green technology market analysis and media firm Greentech Media. He has been published or quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Wired. He has expertise in clean technology investing and finance, utility structures and regulatory climate, solar power, energy storage, microgrids, and the electrical grid. He lives south of the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley, very close to the world’s largest utility-scale battery.
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Energy Storage executive Sonia St-Arnaud on the importance of partnerships, moving fast, and the opportunities for new talent in clean energy.
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Nuclear
Nuclear fusion startup Xcimer raises $100M to chase laser-based power
The lure of fusion’s awesome energy potential continues to draw interest from entrepreneurs and investors alike — despite the tech being far from viability.By Eric Wesoff .
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Solar
Coal-producing Wyoming could soon host one of largest solar farms in US
The 771-megawatt project, slated to start construction in 2025, is part of a trend of big solar-plus-storage plants in unexpected places.By Eric Wesoff .
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Clean energy
Will new tariffs on EVs, solar, and other cleantech help Americans?
The Biden admin has launched an election-year barrage of trade restrictions on Chinese imports, but they're unlikely to spur a domestic manufacturing surge.By Eric Wesoff .
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Workforce diversity
This VP helps turn clean energy into high heat to decarbonize industry
Antora Energy’s Nicole Geneau talks to Canary about tackling industrial emissions and the need to be direct. Plus job moves and a panel on growing power demand. -
Clean energy
Chart: Renewables generated a record 30% of global electricity in 2023
Solar and wind are cleaning up the global power grid — so much so that research firm Ember says global power sector emissions may have peaked last year.By Eric Wesoff .
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Workforce diversity
CleanCapital’s Zoe Berkery has no time to waste
The COO talks to Canary about leadership, teamwork, and knowing your worth. Plus, big job moves and an invitation. -
Solar
Minnesota's biggest solar project will help replace a huge coal plant
Xcel Energy’s 710-megawatt Sherco solar facility will create union jobs in a coal community, pilot long-duration storage tech, and advance the state's climate goals.By Eric Wesoff .
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Solar
Major US solar manufacturers call for strict new solar-panel tariffs
First Solar, Qcells, and other domestic solar-panel makers are petitioning the Commerce Department for new tariffs on panels imported from Southeast Asia.By Eric Wesoff .
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Land use
How the Biden admin is trying to boost renewables on public land
The Bureau of Land Management is making it easier to develop clean energy projects in the West, while trying to balance ecosystem protection — a tricky task.By Eric Wesoff .
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