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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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A cluster of wind turbines near Wilton, N.D. Credit: Dan Koeck/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Understanding the Weather Behind a Down Year for Wind Energy

By Dan Gearino

Wind turbines are seen at sunset in Williamsburg, Iowa on Aug. 14, 2023. Slow wind speeds in the Midwest during warmer months contributed to the decrease in electricity generated from wind farms. Credit: Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Federal Data Reveals a Surprising Drop in Renewable Power in 2023, as Slow Winds and Drought Took a Toll

By Dan Gearino

Tesla electric cars recharge at a Tesla Supercharger station on Jan. 16 in Burbank, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

A Progress Report on the IRA Shows Electric Vehicle Adoption Is Going Well. Renewable Energy Deployment, Not So Much

By Dan Gearino

Workers view an assembly process at Freyr Battery's technology and development center in Mo i Rana, Norway. Credit: Phillip Navin/Freyr Battery

A Battery Company CEO on the ‘Massive’ Effect of the Inflation Reduction Act

By Dan Gearino

Electric cars recharge at a Tesla Supercharger station on Jan. 16 in Burbank, Calif. Tesla is the only major maker of EVs that has succeeded in building a large charging network. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

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

By Dan Gearino

Hotel Verdant in downtown Racine, Wisconsin. Credit: Hotel Verdant/Charlestowne Hotels

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

By Dan Gearino

An electric vehicle charging station in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China. Credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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

By Dan Gearino

Workers push damaged solar panels into a machine to be recycled at the We Recycle Solar plant in Yuma, Ariz. on Dec. 6, 2023. Credit: Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images

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

By Dan Gearino

A solar farm in Zhangye, China. Credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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

By Dan Gearino

The Glen Canyon Dam, photographed in August 2021. Credit: Bureau of Reclamation

Lake Powell Is Still in Trouble. Here’s What’s Good and What’s Alarming About the Current Water Level

By Dan Gearino

New eligibility requirements for the federal tax credit eliminates dozens of previously qualifying EV models—the Nissan Leaf is one of them. Credit: Peerapon Boonyakiat/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

The (Pretty Short) List of EVs That Qualify for a $7,500 Tax Credit in 2024

By Dan Gearino

The small town of Rio Vista, located along the Sacramento River and Highway 12, is viewed from the air on May 22. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

Do Wind Farms Really Affect Property Values? A New Study Provides the Most Substantial Answer to Date.

By Dan Gearino

A bicycle parking area at the Nørreport transit station in Copenhagen, an unusually bike-friendly city. Credit: Dan Gearino/Inside Climate News

What I Learned About Clean Energy in Denmark

By Dan Gearino

The charging equipment at the Pilot Travel Center near London, Ohio is part of a partnership between General Motors, Pilot Company and EVgo. Credit: Dan Gearino/Inside Climate News

We Went to the First EV Charging Station Funded by the Federal Infrastructure Law

By Dan Gearino

The statue of the author Hans Christian Anderson at City Hall Square in Copenhagen, photographed in August. The city is known for being bike-friendly and this street, Hans Christian Anderson Boulevard, sometimes feels like highway for bicycles. Credit: Dan Gearino/Inside Climate News

Denmark, a Global Climate Policy Leader, Strains to Live Up to High Ambitions

By Dan Gearino

Demonstrators from Extinction Rebellion gather to call on Massachusetts Governor Maura Healy to put a ban on new fossil fuel infrastructure, at the Massachusetts State House in Boston on Sept. 18, 2023. Credit: Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images

Massachusetts Just Took a Big Step Away from Natural Gas. Which States Might Follow?

By Dan Gearino

Porsche plans to use CO2-reduced steel in its sports cars from 2026. Credit: Courtesy of Porsche AG

The Race Is On to Make Low-Emissions Steel. Meet One of the Companies Vying for the Lead.

By Dan Gearino

Ohio Sen. Jerry Cirino speaks at a news conference in March 2023 about his bill that would regulate higher education. Credit: The Ohio Senate

Ohio Fails to Pass Restrictions on College Teaching About Climate Policies

By Dan Gearino

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