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.
In Northeast Ohio, Hello to Solar and Storage; Goodbye to Coal
By Dan Gearino
Rooftop Solar Was Having a Moment in Texas Before Beryl. What Happens Now?
By Dan Gearino
Making Sense of the Year So Far in EV Sales
By Dan Gearino
Batteries and Rooftop Solar Can Lead to Huge Savings for the Entire Grid. A New Study Shows How—and How Much
By Dan Gearino
How Can Solar Farms Defend Against Biblical-Level Hailstorms?
By Dan Gearino
Solar Panel Prices Are Low Again. Here’s Who’s Winning and Losing
By Dan Gearino
Renewable Energy Wins for Now in Michigan as Local Control Measure Fails to Make Ballot
By Dan Gearino
Want to See Community Solar Done Right? A Project in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Can Serve as a Model
By Dan Gearino
Ohio Solar Mounts a Comeback in the Face of a Campaign Whose Alleged Villains Include China and Bill Gates
By Dan Gearino
This Week’s Landmark Transmission Rule Forces Utilities to Take the Long View
By Dan Gearino
If the EV Market Has Slowed, Nobody Bothered to Tell Ford
By Dan Gearino
A Major Technology for Long-Duration Energy Storage Is Approaching Its Moment of Truth
By Dan Gearino
Will There Be Less Wind to Fuel Wind Energy?
By Brett Chase, Dan Gearino
Tesla Fell Behind, Then Leapt Ahead of ExxonMobil in Market Value This Week
By Dan Gearino
IRA’s Solar for All Program Will Install Nearly 1 Million Systems in US
By Dan Gearino
Is it Time to Retire the Term ‘Clean Energy’?
By Dan Gearino
