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ICN reporter Dan Gearinoa

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.

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Rooftop solar and batteries are shown in a promotional image for Solrite, a company now entering the Illinois market for virtual power plants. Credit: Solrite

Notes from Illinois’ Virtual Power Plant Frontier

By Dan Gearino

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks about clean energy initiatives during a news conference on May 14 in Ottawa. Credit: Dave Chan/AFP via Getty Images

Canada Bets Big on Hydro and Wind Power

By Dan Gearino

Electric vehicles from Chinese automaker BYD are unloaded at a port in Zarate, Argentina, on Jan. 20. Credit: Luciano Gonzalez/Anadolu via Getty Images

In South America, Chinese EVs Are Racing Ahead

By Dan Gearino, Katie Surma

Green River Energy Center in Emery County, Utah, includes 400 megawatts of solar. Credit: rPlus Energies

So Much Solar: Digging Into the List of Every US Power Plant That Went Online This Year

By Dan Gearino

Karl Brutsaert, SB Energy’s development head, speaks to residents about the company’s proposed gas power plant in Pike County, Ohio. Credit: Dan Gearino/Inside Climate News

The Coming Out Party for the Country’s Largest Gas Power Plant (Serving the Largest Data Center) Was Surprisingly Quiet

By Dan Gearino

The construction site of a data center is seen on May 27 in Cedar Creek, Texas. Credit: Jay Janner/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images

Data Center Forecasts Keep Climbing and So Does Public Opposition. Something Has to Give.

By Dan Gearino

Electric vehicles sit at a Tesla dealership on April 8 in Long Beach, Calif. Credit: Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Without Tax Credits, EV Sales Are Searching for a Spark

By Dan Gearino

Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks after signing an executive order to create the nation’s first statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data centers. Credit: Susan Watts/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul

New York Becomes First State in the Nation to Pause New Hyperscale Data Centers

By Amy Green, Ajani Stella, Dan Gearino

An oil refinery in Torrance, Calif., is seen on June 15. Credit: Kayla Bartkowski/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Global Oil Demand Falls for the First Time Since COVID

By Dan Gearino

A solar farm near Lancaster, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Even With Tariffs and Tax Changes, Solar Power Is Soaring

By Dan Gearino

An ecobee smart thermostat is set up in a home in Toronto, Ontario. Credit: Richard Lautens/Toronto Star via Getty Images

Smart Thermostats Will Soon Come to the Rescue During Heatwaves

By Dan Gearino

Plug-in solar panels sit on the balconies of a building in Erfurt, Germany. Credit: Martin Schutt/picture alliance via Getty Images

The ‘Guerrilla Solar’ Era Has Arrived, and Here’s What to Know

By Dan Gearino

Peak Energy completed this sodium-ion battery system in Watkins, Colo., in 2025. Credit: Courtesy of Peak Energy

Why General Motors Is Betting on Sodium-Ion Batteries

By Dan Gearino

A worker with Base Power installs a home battery system that can send energy back to the grid during peak times in Houston on Feb. 18, 2025. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

As Energy Demand Rises, More States Turn to Virtual Power Plants

By Dan Gearino

HVAC technicians install a heat pump system at a home in Charlotte, Vt., on July 21, 2025. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

DOE Restarts Home Efficiency Rebates, and Electrification Is the Biggest Loser

By Dan Gearino

A solar farm in Iola, Texas. Credit: Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

How Utility Companies and States Shaped America’s Clean Energy Transition

By Dan Gearino

The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project is likely to be completed next year. Credit: Dominion Energy

NextEra Energy to Join the Offshore Wind Club, But Does It Matter?

By Dan Gearino

The campus of NextEra’s headquarters is seen on Monday in Juno Beach, Fla. Credit: Marco Bello/Getty Images

A Utility Mega-Merger Is All About Data Centers

By Dan Gearino, Amy Green, Charles Paullin

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