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.
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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Hydrogen
A profitable fuel-cell company finally emerges amid industrywide losses
For now, SFC's success is more exception than rule, but fuel-cell firms are betting that a green hydrogen revolution will soon reverse the entire industry's fortunes.By Eric Wesoff .
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Workforce diversity
Charging Up: A chat with Cynthia Leung, senior manager at Moxion Power
Plus, climatetech career and board moves at DOE, Generate, AES Clean Energy, Berkeley Lab, Form Energy, Greentown Labs, Powur, NREL and Topsoe. -
Solar
Can the US manufacture enough solar panels to meet its surging demand?
Probably not anytime soon, despite new federal incentives, the threat of tariffs against overseas competitors, and a huge ongoing buildout of manufacturing capacity.By Eric Wesoff .
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Workforce diversity
Charging Up: A chat with Katie Rae, CEO of The Engine
Plus, climatetech career moves at Nissan, Form Energy, VertueLab, Regrow Ag, Solarcycle, Spearmint Energy, Rhythmos and Gridmatic. -
EV charging
Startup Ample says it can swap an EV battery in 5 minutes
Can battery swapping for electric vehicles beat out real-time charging? This business concept has already led to one high-profile flop, but Ample is gearing up to make it work.By Eric Wesoff .
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Workforce diversity
Charging Up: A chat with Charlin Bodley of RMI’s Energy Transition Academy
Plus, climatetech career and board moves at Nextracker, Tesla, Arcadia, American Clean Power, The Engine, Kevala, The Guardian, sonnen and more. -
Solar
How robots could dramatically speed up solar farm construction
A number of companies are now using automation and AI to expedite utility-scale solar installations, ease labor shortages and protect workers from unsafe conditions.By Eric Wesoff .
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Wind
Chart: Wind turbine prices surged to decade high in 2022
Surging commodity prices have reversed a trend of falling costs, but wind power remains one of the cheapest — and cleanest — forms of electricity generation around.By Dan McCarthy, Eric Wesoff .
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Workforce diversity
Charging Up: A chat with Jen Betz, CFO at Element Energy
Plus, climatetech career moves at Palmetto, Verne, Rewiring America, Vision Ridge, Tierra Climate, American Clean Power and more.
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