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Dan Gearino

Clean Energy Reporter, Midwest, National Environment Reporting Network

Dan Gearino covers the midwestern United States, part of ICN’s National Environment Reporting Network. His coverage deals with the business side of the clean-energy transition and he writes 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.

A train carrying cars loaded with coal leaving a nearby coal mine is seen in front of Dry Fork Station, a coal fired power plant operated by Basin Electric Power Cooperative on Monday May 8, 2017 in Gillette, Wyoming. Credit: Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images

New Wind and Solar Are Cheaper Than the Costs to Operate All But One Coal-Fired Power Plant in the United States

By Dan Gearino

Solar panels and wind turbines are pictured on a barren mountain at Shenjing Village on July 2, 2018 in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province of China. Credit: VCG

When Will We Hit Peak Fossil Fuels? Maybe We Already Have

By Dan Gearino

Newly installed solar panels at the Local 103 headquarters in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Credit: David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Renewables Projected to Soon Be One-Fourth of US Electricity Generation. Really Soon

By Dan Gearino

View from below of panels on a solar carport under a blue sky at a parking structure in Walnut Creek, California, March 8, 2019. Credit: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images

In the Race to Develop the Best Solar Power Materials, What If the Key Ingredient Is Effort?

By Dan Gearino

Deepwater Wind installing the first offshore wind farm at Block Island, Rhode Island on Aug. 14, 2016. Credit: Mark Harrington/Newsday RM via Getty Images

Four Big Things to Expect in Clean Energy in 2023

By Dan Gearino

Mark Schein stands at the edge of a field last week, a few miles from his farm in Pickaway County, Ohio. Credit: Dan Gearino

In the End, Solar Power Opponents Prevail in Williamsport, Ohio

By Dan Gearino

Ed Eichten stands next to a solar array on his farm near Center City, Minnesota. Credit: Dan Gearino

One Farmer Set Off a Solar Energy Boom in Rural Minnesota; 10 Years Later, Here’s How It Worked Out

By Dan Gearino

Lisa Benjamin, founder of Millennium Enterprises II, stands in her office in Matteson, Illinois. Credit: Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

Illinois Clean Energy Law’s Failed Promises: No New Jobs or Job-Training

By Brett Chase, Dan Gearino

A large array of solar panels, located one hour north of Los Angeles in Kern County, is viewed on Nov. 15, 2022, near Mojave, California. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

Finally, Some Good Climate News: The Biggest Wins in Clean Energy in 2022

By Dan Gearino

Hyundai Home energy ecosystem products on a tiny home with a Hyundai IONIQ 5 electric vehicle being charged in Fountain Valley, California on Oct. 26, 2021. Credit: Hyundai

Car Companies Are Now Bundling EVs With Home Solar Panels. Are Customers Going to Buy?

By Dan Gearino

Sharon and Michael Wildermuth eat lunch at their house near Lima, Ohio, on Nov. 17, 2022. Michael is the founder and leader of an organization supporting a solar power project in the community. Credit: Dan Gearino

One Man’s Determined Fight for Solar Power in Rural Ohio

By Dan Gearino

Roger Garbey, from the Goldin Solar company, installs a solar panel system on the roof of a home on Jan. 23, 2018 in Palmetto Bay, Florida. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Rooftop Solar Is Becoming More Accessible to People with Lower Incomes, But Not Fast Enough

By Dan Gearino

Maryland Democratic Governor-elect Wes Moore and Lieutenant Governor-elect Aruna Miller celebrate during an Election Night party for Maryland Democrats at The Baltimore Marriott Waterfront in Baltimore, Maryland on Nov. 8, 2022. Credit: Eric Lee for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Four States Just Got a ‘Trifecta’ of Democratic Control, Paving the Way for Climate and Clean Energy Legislation

By Dan Gearino, Aman Azhar, Aydali Campa

Aerial view of a complementation power station combining agriculture and photovoltaic power generation on Nov. 5, 2021 in Yuanqu County, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province of China. Credit: Yan Xin/VCG via Getty Images

Why the Feared Wave of Solar Panel Waste May Be Smaller and Arrive Later Than We Expected

By Dan Gearino

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at Our Next Energy's ribbon cutting ceremony in Novi, Michigan. Photo Courtesy of the Executive Office of the Governor of Michigan

The EV Battery Boom Is Here, With Manufacturers Investing Billions in Midwest Factories

By Dan Gearino

A jumble of electricity producing wind turbines are viewed along Interstate 10 on May 9, 2022 in Palm Springs, California. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

Once Cheap, Wind and Solar Prices Are Up 34%. What’s the Outlook?

By Dan Gearino

Left: J.D. Vance, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, speaks at a campaign rally on May 1, 2022 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Right: Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, attends a rally on May 2, 2022 in Lorain, Ohio. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Ohio Senate Contest Features Two Candidates Who Profess Love for Natural Gas

By Dan Gearino

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's scientist Kyu Taek Cho observes the behavior of a flow battery's chemistry. Credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

How a New ‘Battery Data Genome’ Project Will Use Vast Amounts of Information to Build Better EVs

By Dan Gearino

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