Canary Media | Covering the clean energy transition

Workforce diversity

Charging Up: A chat with Thais Lopez Vogel, co-founder of the VoLo Foundation

Plus, new board members at Span and Arcadia, and cleantech career moves at Shell, PowerFlex, PosiGen, Mainspring Energy, Strategen, Clean Energy Ventures and more.

By Maria Virginia Olano, Eric Wesoff . 23 November 2022

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Podcast

The great electrician shortage

The table is set for widespread electrification. But do we have enough electricians to make it happen?

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By Stephen Lacey . 26 min . 11 January 2023

Long-duration energy storage

Noon Energy raises $28M for a whole new kind of long-duration storage

With its carbon-based storage tech, startup Noon could be among the first to commercialize clean energy storage that can power the grid for days.

By Julian Spector . 18 January 2023

Podcast

The make-or-break moment for America's energy transition

Getting a climate bill passed was just the start. Jigar Shah and Katherine Hamilton explain the hard work ahead for kick-starting the era of mass deployment.

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By Stephen Lacey . 40 min . 19 January 2023

A small white and blue sedan with a camera affixed to the top, with the words Ford, Argo and self-driving test vehicle

Podcast

The autonomous-car bubble has popped

The closure of Argo AI is the latest setback for driverless cars. What comes next?

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By Stephen Lacey . 29 min . 25 January 2023

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Air travel

A giant solar microgrid is coming to New York City’s JFK airport

Some 13,000 solar panels will cover a new terminal being built at JFK, giving the airport a clean power supply that can keep operations running even in a blackout.

By Maria Gallucci . 26 January 2023

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Can used cooking oil really decarbonize the aviation industry?

The greasy truth behind sustainable aviation fuels.

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By Stephen Lacey, Maria Gallucci . 22 min . 1 February 2023

Oakland homeowner Cheryl Ajirotutu and Mark Hall, CEO of Revalue.io, in front of Ajirotutu's all-electric home

Electrification

Home of the future: Climate-friendly, electrified and closer than ever

The technology and policies are falling into place. But we’ll need a revolution in U.S. home retrofit business models and financing to scale up enough to meet the climate challenge.

By Jeff St. John . 6 February 2023