Clean energy

Offshore wind

New England labor unions call for faster offshore wind buildout

A new report by unions in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut recommends tripling the region’s 2040 offshore wind goals and centering workers.

By Carrie Klein . 26 November 2024

A wind turbine stands in the water off the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut. — Revolution Wind's first turbine was installed in September 2024 off the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut. (Revolution Wind)

Solar

Google’s latest climate plan? Skip grid backlog, mimic community solar

EDP Renewables and Google plan to spread a big solar buildout across 80 small projects, with 10% of revenue dedicated to environmental-justice benefits.

By Jeff St. John . 25 April 2023
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