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Clean Energy

The technologies and innovations enabling the decarbonization of the global energy economy and disrupting business-as-usual.

Inside Clean Energy: ‘Solar Coaster’ Survivors Rejoice at Senate Bill

The legislation would lead to much more certainty on federal tax policy for the solar industry.

By Dan Gearino

The 6-megawatt Stanton Solar Farm outside of Orlando, Florida is seen in this aerial view. Credit: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
Power lines strung through the Florida Everglades. Credit: Michele Eve Sandberg/Corbis via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: A Dirty Scandal for a Clean Energy Leader

By Dan Gearino

At least three separate analyses by think tanks and academic institutions agree that the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 would cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions some 40 percent by 2030

Deep in the Democrats’ Climate Bill, Analysts See More Wins for Clean Energy Than Gifts for Fossil Fuel Business

By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino, Georgina Gustin, Phil McKenna

Bitcoin mining at BitFarms in Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec, in 2018. - Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and worldwide payment system. Credit: Lars Hagberg/AFP via Getty Images.

Bitcoin Mining Startup in Idaho Challenges Utility on Rates for Energy-Gobbling Data Centers

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Signs opposing the solar project are plentiful all around Williamsport Ohio. July 12, 2022.

The Energy Transition Runs Into a Ditch in Rural Ohio

By Dan Gearino

A student demonstrates the semi-transparent view through the solar cell. The new manufacturing process could enable meter-scale electricity-producing windows. Credit: Silvia Cardarelli, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Michigan

Inside Clean Energy: What’s Hotter than Solar Panels? Solar Windows.

By Dan Gearino

The Moss Landing Energy Storage facility has 400 megawatts of capacity and the ability to run at that level for up to four hours. Credit: Vistra Corp.

Inside Clean Energy: Did You Miss Me? A Giant Battery Storage Plant Is Back Online, Just in Time for Summer

By Dan Gearino

A Nissan Leaf electric car being charged in London. Credit: John Walton/PA Images via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Some EVs Now Pay for Themselves in a Year

By James Pothen

Robert Wallace operates a Solectrac electric tractor at his home in Dufur, Oregon. Wallace, a rural energy expert, places electric agricultural equipment for free tests on Oregon farms and gardens. Credit: Grant Stringer

A New Project in Rural Oregon Is Letting Farmers Test Drive Electric Tractors in the Name of Science

By Grant Stringer

Inside Clean Energy: This Virtual Power Plant Is Trying to Tackle a Housing Crisis and an Energy Crisis All at Once

By Dan Gearino

National Renewable Energy Laboratory researcher Jordan Macknick carries a tray of seedlings for crops being planted at a testing site in Colorado, part of a study on growing plants alongside solar panels. Credit: Werner Slocum / NREL

Inside Clean Energy: Yes, There Are Benefits of Growing Broccoli Beneath Solar Panels

By Dan Gearino

A man rides an electric bicycle near the pier in Huntington Beach, California on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Credit: Paul Bersebach/Orange County Register via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: E-bike Sales and Sharing are Booming. But Can They Help Take Cars off the Road?

By James Pothen

Yan Yao (left) and Ye Zhang work with solid-state sodium batteries.Credit: University of Houston

Inside Clean Energy: Solid-State Batteries for EVs Make a Leap Toward Mass Production

By Dan Gearino

LADWPs Pine Tree Wind Farm and Solar Power Plant in the Tehachapi Mountains on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 in Kern County, California. Credit: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: The US’s New Record in Renewables, Explained in Three Charts

By Dan Gearino

Thacker Pass, in the far northern reaches of Nevada, permits have been approved for a massive lithium mine, drawing protest from the local Indigenous population, ranchers, and environmentalists. Credit: Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Powering Electric Cars: the Race to Mine Lithium in America’s Backyard

By Aime Williams, The Financial Times

Aerial view of a maintenance worker checking solar panels at a photovoltaic power station covered by snow at Qianjiang District on Jan. 17, 2021 in Chongqing, China. Credit: Ye Xingjian/VCG via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Think Solar Panels Don’t Work in Snow? New Research Says Otherwise

By Dan Gearino

An Airbus A350-1000 aircraft is seen inside a hangar at Sydney international airport on May 2, 2022, after the Australian airline Qantas announced it will launch the world's first non-stop commercial flights from Sydney to London and New York by the end of 2025. Credit: Wendell Teodoro /AFP via Getty Images

Qantas Says Synthetic Fuel Could Power Long Flights by Mid-2030s

By James Fernyhough, The Financial Times

An air source heat pump repairman from Valiant replaces a Wilo pump inside an air source heat pump unit at a house in Folkestone, United Kingdom on Dec. 23, 2021. Credit: Andrew Aitchison/In pictures via Getty Images

International Commission Votes to Allow Use of More Climate-Friendly Refrigerants in AC and Heat Pumps

By Phil McKenna

This shipping container holds a flow battery storage system developed by ESS Tech Inc. of Oregon. The company is aiming to meet the need for long-duration energy storage with batteries that can discharge electricity for up to 12 hours. Credit: ESS Tech

Inside Clean Energy: Flow Batteries Could Be a Big Part of Our Energy Storage Future. So What’s a Flow Battery?

By Dan Gearino

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