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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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A dump truck made of steel produced without the use of fossil fuels is the second of its kind sold in North America. Credit: Volvo

This Giant Truck Shows Clean Steel Is Possible. So When Will the US Start Producing It?

By Dan Gearino

Wind turbines spin above corn fields near Carroll, Iowa on Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Credit: Bill Clark/Getty Images

These Small- and Medium-Sized States Punch Above Their Weight in Renewable Energy Generation

By Dan Gearino

Solar tracker panels follow the sun's path on May 17, 2014 on a Champlain Valley dairy farm near West Haven, Vermont. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Do Solar Farms Lower Property Values? A New Study Has Some Answers

By Dan Gearino

An Engie employee looks out toward the wind turbines during a tour for the dedication of the Limestone Wind Project in Dawson, Texas, on Feb. 28, 2023. Credit: Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images

One State Generates Much, Much More Renewable Energy Than Any Other—and It’s Not California

By Dan Gearino

A Nissan Leaf at a EV charging station at Flight Deck Brewing in Brunswick. Credit: Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

Why It’s Time to Officially Get Over Your EV Range Anxiety

By Dan Gearino

Randy DeBaillie walks toward his solar panels at his farm in Orion, Illinois on Feb. 3, 2019. Credit: Youngrae Kim for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Illinois Put a Stop to Local Governments’ Ability to Kill Solar and Wind Projects. Will Other Midwestern States Follow?

By Dan Gearino, Aydali Campa

Al Gore speaks at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 17, 2023. Credit: World Economic Forum/ Greg Beadle

Al Gore Talks Climate Progress, Setbacks and the First Rule of Holes: Stop Digging

By Dan Gearino

The Fairbault Community Solar project, located just east of Faribault, Minnesota. Credit: Cooperative Energy Futures

Community Solar Is About to Get a Surge in Federal Funding. So What Is Community Solar?

By Dan Gearino

Kathryn Huff on a tour of Pacific Northwest Laboratory in Richland, Washington. Credit: PNNL

Meet the Millennial Scientist Leading the Biden Administration’s Push for a Nuclear Power Revival

By Dan Gearino

Wind turbines stand along the ridge of Backbone Mountain on Aug. 23, 2022 near Oakland, Maryland. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Minnesota Has Passed a Landmark Clean Energy Law. Which State Is Next?

By Dan Gearino

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is seen after the Senate Luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

What Is Permitting Reform? Here’s a Primer on the Drive to Fast Track Energy Projects—Both Clean and Fossil Fuel

By Dan Gearino, Kristoffer Tigue

Assorted Lego pieces on display at a 'Dream Toys' event on Nov. 14, 2018 in London, England. Credit: Jack Taylor/Getty Images

What Lego—Yes, Lego—Can Teach Us About Avoiding Energy Project Boondoggles

By Dan Gearino

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

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