Clean energy

Policy & regulation

The tax code change unleashing $25B in clean energy investment

The Inflation Reduction Act’s transferability provision is expanding opportunities to turn the value of clean energy tax credits into real-world projects.

By Jeff St. John . 28 October 2024

Energy storage

Tesla's battery-storage sales are growing way faster than EV sales

Deployments of Tesla batteries surged 360% as the EV maker opened a factory for grid-scale batteries. Now it’s getting into lithium refining too.

By Eric Wesoff . 24 April 2023
Wind

Republican donors are funding misinformation about offshore wind

There's no evidence that offshore wind development harms whales, but fossil-fuel-backed groups have latched onto the claim as a way to hamper the industry.

By Akielly Hu . 24 April 2023
Solar

Sunnova lands $3B DOE backing for low-income solar and battery loans

DOE’s first-ever “virtual power plant” conditional loan guarantee aims to bring solar-battery systems to underserved communities and help balance the grid.

By Jeff St. John . 20 April 2023
Clean energy

Chart: US clean energy backlog balloons to unprecedented 2 terawatts

The huge figure shows that developers are ready to build renewables, but it also underscores a key problem: The country doesn't have enough transmission capacity.

By Eric Wesoff, Maria Virginia Olano . 14 April 2023
Clean energy

Video: Top trends in climate and energy in New England

Journalists from The Boston Globe, WBUR and RTO Insider join Canary Media to talk about progress and pitfalls in the Northeast's clean energy transition.

By 12 April 2023
Podcast

Live: How AI could supercharge climatetech

The business world is about to get turned upside down by artificial intelligence. How will it impact energy?

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By Stephen Lacey . 55 min . 12 April 2023
Wind

Maryland set to adopt one of the biggest offshore wind goals in US

Governor Wes Moore is poised to sign the POWER Act, which calls for building 8.5 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2031 to meet the state’s clean energy targets.

By Maria Gallucci . 12 April 2023
Corporate procurement

Companies need a faster way to buy clean energy. Here’s a new solution

Big corporate wind and solar purchases can take over a year to complete. Google and LevelTen have come up with a way to shrink that down to 8 weeks.

By Jeff St. John . 10 April 2023
Clean energy

Chart: The US got more electricity from renewables than coal last year

It's a major milestone, but fossil gas remains the market leader by a wide margin.

By Eric Wesoff, Maria Virginia Olano . 7 April 2023
Podcast

What's driving the surge in opposition to renewables?

Facebook groups and media manipulation are contributing to increased local opposition to wind and solar projects.

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By Stephen Lacey . 37 min . 5 April 2023