Maria Gallucci

Maria Gallucci

Senior Reporter .

Maria Gallucci is a senior reporter at Canary Media, where she covers efforts to electrify transportation, decarbonize heavy industries and develop emerging clean energy technologies like offshore wind, advanced geothermal and carbon dioxide removal.

She was previously a reporter or contributing writer for publications including Grist, IEEE Spectrum, Inside Climate News, Yale Environment 360 and newspapers in Mexico City. Her reporting has taken her across the Americas and inside cargo ships, power plants, concrete factories and grease-gathering trucks. She hails from Ohio and now resides in Brooklyn, New York.

Geothermal

Fervo Energy breaks ground on next-generation geothermal plant

The startup’s planned 400-megawatt facility in Beaver County, Utah will use “enhanced geothermal” technology to harness hard-to-reach heat sources.

By Maria Gallucci . 26 September 2023
Energy equity

Four advocates share how to make electrification more equitable in cities

Canary Media and Rewiring America invited experts on urban electrification onstage during Climate Week NYC. Here are key takeaways from the event.

By Maria Gallucci . 21 September 2023
Clean industry

Startup hits milestone in its bid to cut concrete’s dirtiest ingredient

Demand for clean concrete is rising. CarbonBuilt says it has a potential solution: concrete made without using any Portland cement.

By Maria Gallucci . 21 September 2023
Clean industry

Major steel users band together to place first big ‘green steel’ order

Microsoft, Trammell Crow, Nextracker and other companies will request 2 million tons of “near-zero-emissions” steel in push to help U.S. steelmakers decarbonize.

By Maria Gallucci . 20 September 2023
Clean industry

Boston Metal gets big funding boost to make green steel

Steel is a heavily polluting, hard-to-decarbonize and vital industry. The startup’s $262 million in Series C funding will help it tackle that problem.

By Maria Gallucci . 7 September 2023
Air travel

‘E-fuels’ are catching on as a way to decarbonize air travel

Massachusetts-based Lydian is the latest startup to raise funds to produce power-to-liquids fuels, which could emit less CO2 overall than fossil jet fuel.

By Maria Gallucci . 6 September 2023
Clean energy manufacturing

DOE offers $15.5 billion to retool existing auto plants for EVs

The Biden administration announced the funding amid auto workers’ concerns that shifting to electric cars could cut jobs from traditional manufacturing hubs.

By Maria Gallucci . 1 September 2023
Wind

Why the Gulf of Mexico’s first offshore wind auction wasn’t a smash hit

The region's first-ever lease sale arrived at a time of industry turmoil, and in a place saddled with unique obstacles to offshore wind development.

By Maria Gallucci . 29 August 2023
Wind

US offshore wind pushes ahead despite industry turmoil

As the U.S. prepares to open the Gulf of Mexico up to offshore wind, the industry faces a tricky combination of surging demand and financial woes.

By Maria Gallucci . 24 August 2023
Marine transport

Wind power with a high-tech twist could help ships burn less fuel

Commodities giant Cargill is testing a new kind of wind-harnessing device meant to slash fuel use and curb CO2 emissions from the world's cargo ships.

By Maria Gallucci . 21 August 2023