Workforce diversity
Charging Up: A chat with Malini Balakrishnan, CTO at Anza Renewables
Plus, climatetech career moves at Nextracker, Google, Array Technologies, Erthos, Drilled, the Climate Investment Funds and more.
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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Climatetech finance
First Solar cashes in with sale of IRA tax credits worth up to $700M
The Ohio-based solar giant says it's the first major deal to use new tax-credit transfer provisions, which help firms maximize the value of clean energy subsidies.By Eric Wesoff .
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Workforce diversity
Charging Up: A chat with Suzanne Leta, head of policy and strategy at SunPower
Plus, climatetech career moves at Origami Solar, NextEra Energy Resources, Vineyard Offshore, Fermata Energy and more. -
Nuclear
Wins, losses and participation trophies for US nuclear power in 2023
From the long-awaited commissioning of Vogtle 3 to the NuScale pilot’s collapse, here are the biggest wins and losses for nuclear from this year.By Eric Wesoff .
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Solar
Innovative solar tracker startup Sunfolding has folded
Sources say the 11-year-old startup is winding down after struggling to gain a foothold in the multibillion-dollar solar tracker market.By Eric Wesoff .
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Canary Media
A message from Canary's most cantankerous correspondent
I get cranky about dead-end climatetech sectors and energy startups staffed by hucksters, but here's what actually makes me optimistic.By Eric Wesoff .
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Nuclear
20-plus countries pledge to triple the world's nuclear energy by 2050
At COP28, many major players are banding together to plan a big ramp-up of nuclear power. But without China's help, is the target realistic?By Eric Wesoff .
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Workforce diversity
Charging Up: A chat with Constance Thompson, senior vice president of DEI at ACORE
Plus, climatetech career moves at Rabobank, Aurora Solar, Climate Line, SJF Ventures, Encore Renewable Energy, Galvanize and more. -
Nuclear
Air Force rescinds $100M award for Oklo microreactor
In August, the Sam Altman–backed startup was tentatively chosen as the winner of a military contract to build an SMR by 2027. Bids are now being reconsidered.By Eric Wesoff .
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Electric vehicles
Chart: US EV sales are having a record-setting year
Ignore the gloomy headlines. Despite some inevitable growing pains, EVs are still on track to transform the U.S. auto industry.By Eric Wesoff, Dan McCarthy .
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