Solar

How solar microgrids are bringing power (and quiet) to North Carolina

In areas hit by Hurricane Helene, the nonprofit Footprint Project is replacing noisy and polluting generators with solar panels and batteries.

By Elizabeth Ouzts . 28 October 2024

Solar panels on the ground with people around — Workers installing a solar microgrid in Marshall, North Carolina. (Footprint Project)

Workforce diversity

Charging Up: The end of the manel? Plus women’s cleantech career moves at EVgo, Heliogen, Google and more

WRISE launches a women's speakers bureau, Google gets a new senior lead for global energy markets, and Array Technologies adds a new chief marketing officer.

By Eric Wesoff . 1 July 2021
Utilities

South Carolina says Duke Energy's resource plan is 'unfairly' skewed against solar and storage

Clean-energy advocates hope the decision will lead to less natural gas in Duke’s future power mix.

By Jeff St. John . 1 July 2021
Solar

Newsletter: Behold the bigness of solar

Introducing Solar High Rollers, a new Canary Media column on the success and growing pains of utility-scale solar.

By Julian Spector . 29 June 2021
Solar

Solo solar no more: Regional home solar installers join forces

New companies Lumio and Pineapple Energy are now poised to compete in a consolidating market.

By Emma Foehringer Merchant . 28 June 2021
Solar

Solar High Rollers: A new column on the big wins and growing pains of utility-scale solar

Want to get up to speed on utility-scale solar? Our kickoff column is a digest of breaking big-solar news and market themes.

By Eric Wesoff . 28 June 2021
Policy & regulation

Newsletter: Clean energy wins in Michigan and California

Start your Monday with two accounts of cleaner energy beating out dirtier options.

By Julian Spector . 28 June 2021
Solar

California just OK'd a massive new buildout of renewables and clean storage

A plan to replace the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant with 11.5 GW of zero-carbon capacity — and no natural gas — will test the grid value of renewables and batteries.

By Jeff St. John . 25 June 2021
Energy efficiency

The secret of home energy efficiency? Don’t talk about home energy efficiency

Residential retrofit startups agree: Energy savings must pay for quality-of-life improvements to grow business and bring in lower-cost capital.

By Jeff St. John . 24 June 2021
Batteries

Newsletter: The NASA technology keeping batteries cool on solar rooftops

The solar industry thrives on simplifying installations and cutting costs.

By Julian Spector . 23 June 2021
Batteries

Could installing batteries under solar panels kick-start the commercial building market?

Yotta Energy thinks batteries could become as common as microinverters on commercial solar rooftops, and has built in thermal safety features to win over skeptics.

By Jeff St. John . 22 June 2021