Dan Gearino
Reporter, Clean Energy
Dan Gearino covers the business and policy of renewable energy and utilities, often with an emphasis on the midwestern United States. He is the main author of ICN’s Inside Clean Energy newsletter. He came to ICN in 2018 after a nine-year tenure at The Columbus Dispatch, where he covered the business of energy. Before that, he covered politics and business in Iowa and in New Hampshire. He grew up in Warren County, Iowa, just south of Des Moines, and lives in Columbus, Ohio.
Even With Tariffs and Tax Changes, Solar Power Is Soaring
By Dan Gearino
Smart Thermostats Will Soon Come to the Rescue During Heatwaves
By Dan Gearino
The ‘Guerrilla Solar’ Era Has Arrived, and Here’s What to Know
By Dan Gearino
Why General Motors Is Betting on Sodium-Ion Batteries
By Dan Gearino
As Energy Demand Rises, More States Turn to Virtual Power Plants
By Dan Gearino
DOE Restarts Home Efficiency Rebates, and Electrification Is the Biggest Loser
By Dan Gearino
How Utility Companies and States Shaped America’s Clean Energy Transition
By Dan Gearino
NextEra Energy to Join the Offshore Wind Club, But Does It Matter?
By Dan Gearino
A Utility Mega-Merger Is All About Data Centers
By Dan Gearino, Amy Green, Charles Paullin
A Massive, Trump-Backed Power Plant May Be Too Big to Succeed
By Dan Gearino
The Trump Administration Tried to Stop the National EV Charging Program. It Has Kept Rolling Along Anyway.
By Dan Gearino
Ohio Is Where Wind and Solar Projects Go to Die, and Other Findings From New Research on State Permitting
By Dan Gearino
Rising Gas Prices Make the Market Ripe for Electric Vehicles, but US Automakers Can’t Seize the Moment
By Dan Gearino
Maine Presses Pause on Large Data Centers. Will Other States Follow Its Lead?
By Dan Gearino
Unpacking Trump’s Use of Emergency Powers to Prop Up Coal
By Dan Gearino
Which State Leads in Battery Energy Storage? It Depends on How You Measure.
By Dan Gearino
