
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.
Federal Data Reveals a Surprising Drop in Renewable Power in 2023, as Slow Winds and Drought Took a Toll
By Dan Gearino
A Progress Report on the IRA Shows Electric Vehicle Adoption Is Going Well. Renewable Energy Deployment, Not So Much
By Dan Gearino
A Battery Company CEO on the ‘Massive’ Effect of the Inflation Reduction Act
By Dan Gearino

U.S. Electric Vehicles Sales Are Poised to Rise a Lot in 2024, Despite What You May Have Heard
By Dan Gearino

A Boutique Hotel Helps Explain the Benefits of Businesses and Government Teaming Up to Conserve Energy
By Dan Gearino

Electrified Transport Investment Soared Globally in ’23, Passing Renewable Energy
By Dan Gearino

Who Pays for Cleanup When a Solar Project Reaches the End of Its Life?
By Dan Gearino

What If the Clean Energy Transition Costs Much Less Than We’ve Been Told?
By Dan Gearino
