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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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An employee produces photovoltaic panel components for export to the United States and Europe at a manufacturing plant in Suqian, China on Feb. 17. Credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Solar Panel Prices Are Low Again. Here’s Who’s Winning and Losing

By Dan Gearino

Michigan’s law is one of several passed in states controlled by Democrats that responded to a growing opposition to wind and solar projects in rural counties. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Renewable Energy Wins for Now in Michigan as Local Control Measure Fails to Make Ballot

By Dan Gearino

The community solar project near L'Anse, Michigan was developed by the village government. Credit: Michigan Municipal League

Want to See Community Solar Done Right? A Project in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Can Serve as a Model

By Dan Gearino

Mark Forrest, Madison County commissioner and owner of a horse boarding business, stands with one of his horses, Pepe. Forrest lost his bid for re-election in the Republican primary in part because of his support for the Oak Run solar project. Credit: Dan Gearino/Inside Climate News

Ohio Solar Mounts a Comeback in the Face of a Campaign Whose Alleged Villains Include China and Bill Gates

By Dan Gearino

Heavy electrical transmission lines are located in California's Mojave Desert near the stateline community of Primm, Nevada. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

This Week’s Landmark Transmission Rule Forces Utilities to Take the Long View

By Dan Gearino

The Ford Mustang Mach-E is displayed at the 2024 Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto on Feb. 16. Credit: Zou Zheng/Xinhua via Getty Images

If the EV Market Has Slowed, Nobody Bothered to Tell Ford

By Dan Gearino

A rendering of Silver City Energy Centre, a compressed air energy storage plant to be built by Hydrostor in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Credit: Hydrostor

A Major Technology for Long-Duration Energy Storage Is Approaching Its Moment of Truth

By Dan Gearino

A view of wind turbines at Grand Ridge Energy Center in LaSalle County, Illinois. Wind energy is the leading source of renewable energy in Illinois. Credit: Invenergy

Will There Be Less Wind to Fuel Wind Energy?

By Brett Chase, Dan Gearino

An aerial view of the Tesla Fremont Factory in California on April 24. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Tesla Fell Behind, Then Leapt Ahead of ExxonMobil in Market Value This Week

By Dan Gearino

GRID Alternatives is a leading recipient of grants from the federal Solar for All program announced on Monday. The organization installs solar systems, primarily for low-income households, as shown in this October 2023 install in Colorado. Credit: GRID Alternatives

IRA’s Solar for All Program Will Install Nearly 1 Million Systems in US

By Dan Gearino

A worker inspects an open cast at Arcadia Lithium Mine in Goromonzi, Zimbabwe. Credit: Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Getty Images

Is it Time to Retire the Term ‘Clean Energy’?

By Dan Gearino

A view of a large array of solar panels, located one hour north of Los Angeles in Kern County near Mojave, Calif. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

How Do Neighbors of Solar Farms Really Feel? A New Survey Has Answers

By Dan Gearino

A view of Cleveland-Cliffs’ facility at the Ford River Rouge Complex in River Rouge, Mich. The massive steel company will get up to $500 million to implement a hydrogen direct-reduced iron plant in Ohio. Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Industrious Labs via Getty Images

As Biden Pushes For Clean Factories, a New ‘How-To’ Guide Offers a Path Forward

By Dan Gearino

Construction on the Cardinal-Hickory Creek transmission line is nearly complete, but a legal challenge has stopped work on the final two two miles in Iowa. Pictured is a different portion of the line when it was still being built. Credit: American Transmission Co.

A Power Line Debate Pits Environmental Allies Against Each Other in the Upper Midwest

By Dan Gearino

Amin H. Nasser, president and CEO of Saudi Aramco, speaks during the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston, Texas on March 18. Credit: Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images

An Oil Company Executive Said the Energy Transition Has Failed. What’s Really Happening?

By Dan Gearino

Terry Berg, who has been selling cars at Cornerstone Ford since 1987, leads a customer through the showroom at the Elk River dealership. He drives an EV and likes selling them, but finds a lot of his clients are reluctant to make the leap. Credit: Dan Gearino/Inside Climate News

How Two Top Car Salesmen Pitch EVs, One in Trump Country and One on Biden’s Turf

By Dan Gearino

This sensor, made by Heimdall Power, helps the operator of a power line know how much more power can be sent through the line. The eight-pound ball is photographed in Norway. Credit: Heimdall Power

Grid-Enhancing ‘Magic Balls’ to Get a Major Test in Minnesota

By Dan Gearino

A worker is seen inside Dry Fork Station, a coal-fired power plant in Gillette, Wyo. Credit: Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Coal Power Plunged Again in 2023 and Is Fading Away in the U.S. So What Replaces It?

By Dan Gearino

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