Transmission
A huge new clean energy transmission line gets the green light
Transmission is notoriously hard to build. Now, after 18 years, the TransWest Express line has approval to carry wind power from Wyoming to California.
Policy & regulation
Clean fleets
‘Green bank’ launches $250M effort to electrify California’s port trucks
The program, from Climate United and Forum Mobility, will help secure the EV trucks and charging stations needed to phase out diesel trucks at the state’s busy ports.
By Jeff St. John .
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Solar
California is a rooftop solar giant. New rules could change that
Starting on April 15, new rooftop solar customers in California will earn much less for power they send to the grid, but adding batteries could improve the economics.By Jeff St. John .
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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
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Electric vehicles
Biden aims to supercharge EV adoption with new emissions standards
A new proposal from the EPA could put the U.S. on track to have EVs make up two-thirds of new car sales by 2032.By Dan McCarthy .
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Clean energy manufacturing
Suddenly, the US is a climate policy trendsetter
In a head-spinning reversal, other Western nations are scrambling to replicate or counter the cleantech manufacturing perks in Biden's Inflation Reduction Act.By Julian Spector .
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Fun stuff
Canary Live Boston: Watch the event on Thurs., April 6 at 6:00 PM ET
We're broadcasting our event live from Greentown Labs in Somerville, Mass. this week.By Nicholas Rinaldi .
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Solar
The DOE doubles its SolSmart program, with an aim to boost local solar
Here's how hundreds of communities across the U.S. are tapping SolSmart to help streamline permitting and zoning and expand access to solar power.By Jeff St. John .
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Solar
The threat of new US solar tariffs is back
A bipartisan group in the U.S. Congress is trying to undo President Biden's two-year pause on new tariffs on some solar panels imported from Southeast Asia.By Eric Wesoff .
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Hydrogen
The power used to make green hydrogen must be tracked down to the hour
Big fossil incumbents claim that hourly accounting for hydrogen tax credits is too complicated — but plenty of startups and nonprofits are already doing it today.By Jeff St. John .
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Hydrogen
Is cheap, clean hydrogen possible? The 'green hydrogen' battle, continued
Big oil and energy companies say strict rules for hydrogen tax credits could kill a nascent industry. Clean-energy advocates say that's dead wrong.By Jeff St. John .
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