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.
Illinois Clean Energy Law’s Failed Promises: No New Jobs or Job-Training
By Brett Chase, Dan Gearino
Finally, Some Good Climate News: The Biggest Wins in Clean Energy in 2022
By Dan Gearino
Car Companies Are Now Bundling EVs With Home Solar Panels. Are Customers Going to Buy?
By Dan Gearino
One Man’s Determined Fight for Solar Power in Rural Ohio
By Dan Gearino
Rooftop Solar Is Becoming More Accessible to People with Lower Incomes, But Not Fast Enough
By Dan Gearino
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
Why the Feared Wave of Solar Panel Waste May Be Smaller and Arrive Later Than We Expected
By Dan Gearino
The EV Battery Boom Is Here, With Manufacturers Investing Billions in Midwest Factories
By Dan Gearino
Once Cheap, Wind and Solar Prices Are Up 34%. What’s the Outlook?
By Dan Gearino
Ohio Senate Contest Features Two Candidates Who Profess Love for Natural Gas
By Dan Gearino
How a New ‘Battery Data Genome’ Project Will Use Vast Amounts of Information to Build Better EVs
By Dan Gearino
A Clean Energy Trifecta: Wind, Solar and Storage in the Same Project
By Dan Gearino
The Choice for Rural Officials: Oppose Solar Power or Face Revolt
By Dan Gearino
Feeling Overwhelmed About Going All-Electric at Home? Here’s How to Get Started
By Dan Gearino
The Pathway to 90% Clean Electricity Is Mostly Clear. The Last 10%, Not So Much
By Dan Gearino
An EV With 600 Miles of Range Is Tantalizingly Close
By Dan Gearino
