Workforce diversity
Maria Virginia Olano is chief of staff at Canary Media. Before joining the Canary team, she worked on state-level climate policy advocacy, specifically focusing on communications strategies. She previously produced the podcast Political Climate and hosted and produced the podcast Cooler Earth. She grew up in Colombia and now lives in Boston.
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Plus, climatetech career moves at Citi, TD Securities, Plus Power, Ørsted, Oracle, Energize Ventures, Origis Services, U.S. DOT and National Grid.
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Wind
Oil, gas or wind: What produces more energy per offshore acre?
Canary's chart of the week highlights some drastic differences in the amount of energy produced from a single leased offshore acre.By Maria Virginia Olano .
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Workforce diversity
Charging Up: A chat with Sandra Henry, president of nonprofit Slipstream
Plus, climatetech career moves at Hannon Armstrong, Generac, PosiGen, Arcadia, AES, GreenBiz, FlexGen and more. -
Emissions reduction
Chart: Net-zero targets have gone global — but how meaningful are they?
National pledges to cut emissions to zero now cover 91% of the global economy, but many of them are too vague and reliant on offsets and carbon removal.By Maria Virginia Olano .
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Wind
Chart: California's big bet on offshore wind
The state has a goal to build 25 GW of offshore wind by 2045, most of it floating turbines — enough to provide 25% of its electricity.By Maria Virginia Olano .
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Workforce diversity
Charging Up: A chat with Susan Nickey, EVP and chief client officer at Hannon Armstrong
Plus, climatetech career moves at Apple, L'Oréal, Solar Sister, Arcadia, Earthrise Energy, Aurora Solar and more. -
Workforce diversity
Chart: Women hold less than a third of jobs in wind and solar power
A staggering 70% of the U.S. workforce for wind and solar electricity generation is male — even worse than the gender gap in coal and gas power generation.By Maria Virginia Olano .
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Electric vehicles
Chart: Which countries buy the most EVs?
The top spots are dominated by Nordic nations — while the U.S. barely makes the top 20.By Maria Virginia Olano .
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Workforce diversity
Charging Up: A chat with Jessica Kelley, VP of HR and ESG at Longroad Energy
Plus, climatetech career moves at Fervo, AES, Vote Solar, Gridtractor, Blue Bear Capital, Theion, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Climate Avengers and more. -
Clean energy
Chart: How much will solar and wind grow under the new climate law?
The Inflation Reduction Act is expected to drive up installations of onshore wind and utility-scale solar — a boon after a particularly rocky six months for renewables in the U.S.By Maria Virginia Olano .
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