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Air travel

Sustainable aviation fuel is taking off. What is it, exactly?

Aviation experts say SAF is the “only viable option” for curbing emissions from flying in the near term. Here’s what you need to know about these three letters.

By Maria Gallucci . 21 November 2024

Long-duration energy storage

The biggest grid storage project using old batteries is online in Texas

Startup Element Energy set out to prove that second-life batteries could deliver cheaper energy storage safely and at scale.

By Julian Spector . 21 November 2024

Clean industry

Chart: Green industrial projects are stuck in limbo

Nearly 700 projects to clean up steel, cement, and other industries are in progress worldwide — but developers are struggling to finance and build them.

By Maria Gallucci . 22 November 2024

Clean industry

Lasers could help cut CO2 emissions from Maine’s paper and pulp mills

The Worcester Polytechnic Institute is testing a new industrial drying technique that uses lasers instead of gas furnaces to dry paper, pulp, and other materials.

By Sarah Shemkus . 22 November 2024

Policy & regulation

Will Trump’s plan to kill the EV tax credit help China?

The $7,500 tax credit requires EVs to source battery materials outside China. Cutting it could undermine investment in the U.S. battery supply chain.

By Jeff St. John . 25 November 2024

President Trump standing at a podium with stripes of American flag behind him

Policy & regulation

In North Carolina, conservative clean energy supporters aren’t worried

At a Conservatives for Clean Energy luncheon in Raleigh last week, attendees downplayed the potential impact of a second Trump term on clean energy progress.

By Elizabeth Ouzts . 25 November 2024

Canary Media

This chart will cheer you up

Look at wind and solar growth over the last 20 years. You can't tell where a Democratic administration ends and a Republican administration begins.

By Eric Wesoff . 25 November 2024

A wind turbine stands in the water off the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut.

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

Virtual power plants

Fine-tuning how homes can help the grid as 'virtual power plants'

Real-world tests show that EnergyHub’s ‘dynamic load shaping’ tech can get thousands of thermostats and other devices to ramp up and down like a power plant.

By Jeff St. John . 26 November 2024

Policy & regulation

Chart: Repealing the Inflation Reduction Act would harm US businesses

Trump has said he wants to gut the climate law. A recent survey of clean energy companies shows doing so would have a devastating effect.

By Dan McCarthy . 27 November 2024

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Sustainable aviation fuel is taking off. What is it, exactly?

The biggest grid storage project using old batteries is online in Texas

Chart: Green industrial projects are stuck in limbo

Lasers could help cut CO2 emissions from Maine’s paper and pulp mills

Will Trump’s plan to kill the EV tax credit help China?

In North Carolina, conservative clean energy supporters aren’t worried

This chart will cheer you up

New England labor unions call for faster offshore wind buildout

Fine-tuning how homes can help the grid as 'virtual power plants'

Chart: Repealing the Inflation Reduction Act would harm US businesses