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.
An Ohio College Town Wants to Lead on Fighting Climate Change. It Also Has a 1940s-Era, Diesel-Burning Power Plant
By Dan Gearino
Carbon Capture Faces a Major Test in North Dakota
By Dan Gearino
Virtual Power Plants Are Coming to Save the Grid, Sooner Than You Might Think
By Dan Gearino
Inexpensive Solar Panels Are Essential for the Energy Transition. Here’s What’s Happening With Prices Right Now
By Dan Gearino
It’s the Features, Stupid: EV Market Share Is Growing Because the Vehicles Keep Getting Better
By Dan Gearino
Regardless of What Mr. Bean Says, EVs Are Much Better for the Environment than Gasoline Vehicles
By Dan Gearino
Cities Stand to Win Big With the Inflation Reduction Act. How Do They Turn This Opportunity Into Results?
By Dan Gearino
Students and Faculty at Ohio State Respond to a Bill That Would Restrict College Discussions of Climate Policies
By Dan Gearino
How Dueling PDFs Explain a Fight Over the Future of the Grid
By Dan Gearino
Clean Energy Experts Are Stretched Too Thin
By Dan Gearino
A New Battery Intended to Power Passenger Airplanes and EVs, Explained
By Dan Gearino
Red States Stand to Benefit From a ‘Layer Cake’ of Tax Breaks From Inflation Reduction Act
By Dan Gearino
Mourning, and Celebration: A Funeral for a Coal-Fired Power Plant
By Dan Gearino
California Enters ‘Uncharted Territory’ After Cutting Payments to Rooftop Solar Owners by 75 Percent
By Dan Gearino
Utilities Seize Control of the Coming Boom in Transmission Lines
By Dan Gearino
The Most-Cited Number About the Inflation Reduction Act Is Probably Wrong, and That Could Be a Good Thing
By Dan Gearino
