Clean energy
Take a look inside a lithium-ion battery, solar panel and wind turbine
Recycling clean energy technologies is complicated. These interactive graphics will help you understand why.
By Alison F. Takemura .
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 .
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Video
Video: Watch Canary Media reporters talk recycling renewables
Canary journalists share key takeaways and insights from our special series on how to handle end-of-life solar panels, wind turbines and EV batteries.By
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Clean energy
Why we need to recycle clean energy technologies — and how to do it
Millions of tons of spent solar panels, wind turbine blades and lithium-ion batteries could be wasted in landfills — or put back to use for the clean energy transition.By Jeff St. John .
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Grid edge
OhmConnect raises $55M to enlist more homes to prevent blackouts
This summer will be tough on U.S. power grids. Startup OhmConnect is ready to pay 200,000-plus households to help out by saving energy.By Jeff St. John .
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Solar
In Biden solar tariff compromise, installers win
The president tried to please both sides, but U.S. solar manufacturers are fuming while U.S. solar developers are pretty darn pleased.By Julian Spector .
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Climatetech finance
New fund boosts climatetech startups run by people of color and women
A first-of-its-kind debt fund expands capital access to underrepresented climate entrepreneurs with low-interest, no-collateral loans.By Jeff St. John .
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Solar
Biden to halt solar tariff threat for two years
The president will restart the U.S. solar industry by waiving new tariffs for 24 months, and he’ll spur more U.S. manufacturing of solar panels by invoking the Defense Production Act.By Eric Wesoff .
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Solar
Chart: Most US solar jobs are in installation, not manufacturing
The Auxin trade probe aims to support U.S. solar manufacturing, but if it succeeds, it could kill jobs in the much larger installation and development sector. -
Policy & regulation
Here are ways to connect clean energy projects to the grid more quickly
It won’t be easy to fix the massive pileup of energy projects that need to be connected to the transmission grid, but regulators and developers are ready to try.By Jeff St. John .
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Workforce diversity
Inspired by a superhero, Shawn Jones became a climatetech engineer
Canary talks to BlueWave's head of storage development about big batteries, climate justice and bringing more people of color into clean energy.By Maria Virginia Olano .
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