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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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Employees of Sunrun, nation's largest rooftop solar installer, carry panels into position in North Las Vegas, Nevada.

Some Rare, Real Talk From a Utility About Competition With Rooftop Solar

By Dan Gearino

An offshore wind turbine.

Offshore Wind’s Rough Summer, Explained

By Dan Gearino

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks with employee Bashir Abdi as she tours the facility of bus manufacturer New Flyer in Saint Cloud, Minnesota on February 9, 2023, after a State of the Union address by President Joe Biden touting his administration's investments in electric vehicles.

New Rules Help to Answer Whether Clean Energy Jobs Will Also Be Good Jobs

By Dan Gearino

Wildflowers spread over hills as wind turbines create electricity on April 16, 2023 near Cameron, California. Spectacular wildflower blooms, referred to by some as a "superbloom", is occurring across much of California following a historically wet season that drove 31 atmospheric river storms thorough the region, resulting in widespread flooding and record snow depths in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Onshore Wind Is Poised to Grow, and Move Away from Boom and Bust Cycles

By Dan Gearino

Bicycle lanes on Kottbusser Damm in Berlin.

On the Streets of Berlin, Bicycles Have Enriched City Life — and Stoked Backlash

By Dan Gearino

President Joe Biden shakes hands with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) (L) after signing the Inflation Reduction Act on Aug. 16, 2022, with Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) in the State Dining Room of the White House. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images.

Behind the Scenes in the Senate, This Scientist Never Gave Up on Passing the Inflation Reduction Act. Now He’s Come Home to Minnesota

By Dan Gearino

President Joe Biden speaks on renewable energy at the Philadelphia Shipyard in July. Biden attended a ribbon cutting at the shipyard for a new offshore wind vessel called the Acadia which will be employed in the building of offshore wind farms. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images.

Labor and Environmental Groups Have Learned to Get Along. Here’s the Organization in the Middle

By Dan Gearino

Volkswagen ID.3 electric cars in a storage tower.

EV Sales Continue to Soar, But a Surge in Production Could Lead to a Glut for Some Models

By Dan Gearino

Traders on the floor at the opening bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on March 18, 2020 in New York.

The Financial Sector Is Failing to Estimate Climate Risk, Say Two Groups in the UK

By Dan Gearino

Jack Doherty, photovoltaic project manager for Revision Energy, carries a solar panel to the roof ridge of a home in OceanView at Falmouth. The company, which employs almost 200 people, has installed panels on about 50 roofs in the development. Credit: Ben McCanna/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

The Solar Industry Gained Jobs Last Year. But Are Those Good Jobs, and Could They Be Better?

By Dan Gearino

Lawrence Jackson of San Francisco is pictured with the rooftop solar system he had installed by GRID Alternatives.

New Research Rooted in Behavioral Science Shows How to Dramatically Increase Reach of Low-Income Solar Programs

By Dan Gearino

Downtown Oberlin, 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

Milton R. Young Power Plant, located near Center, North Dakota, which is the site of Project Tundra, a plan to retrofit the plant with a carbon capture system. Credit: Minnkota Power

Carbon Capture Faces a Major Test in North Dakota

By Dan Gearino

The sign of the manufacturer of solar batteries, Sonnen GmbH, in the Bavarian village Wildpoldsried, southern Germany, is pictured on July 5, 2016. Credit: Christof Stache/AFP via Getty Images

Virtual Power Plants Are Coming to Save the Grid, Sooner Than You Might Think

By Dan Gearino

An aerial view of solar panels installed on the roof of buildings at a machinery equipment manufacturing industrial park in Yongzhou, Hunan Province of China, on June 7, 2023. Credit: VCG via Getty Images

Inexpensive Solar Panels Are Essential for the Energy Transition. Here’s What’s Happening With Prices Right Now

By Dan Gearino

Electric vehicles (EV) line up outside a Tesla dealership in Melbourne on April 19, 2023. Credit: William West/AFP via Getty Images

It’s the Features, Stupid: EV Market Share Is Growing Because the Vehicles Keep Getting Better

By Dan Gearino

Rowan Atkinson attends the UK Premiere of "Man Vs Bee" at Everyman Borough Yards on June 19, 2022 in London, England. Credit: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images

Regardless of What Mr. Bean Says, EVs Are Much Better for the Environment than Gasoline Vehicles

By Dan Gearino

The Milwaukee skyline with Lake Michigan in the background is seen at night on Jan. 6, 2020 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Credit: Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images

Cities Stand to Win Big With the Inflation Reduction Act. How Do They Turn This Opportunity Into Results?

By Dan Gearino

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