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WEBAbout. Canary Media is an independent, nonprofit newsroom covering the transition to clean energy and solutions to the climate crisis. We report on how the world is decarbonizing — in electricity, transportation, buildings, and industry — with a critical focus on finding out what works and what doesn’t. Through uncompromising reporting ...
Chart: Almost all new power plants being built in the
WEBNov 5, 2021 · In fact, the chart on the right likely undersells the current dominance of solar and wind. The U.S. Energy Information Administration dataset we used covers large-scale power plants, so there’s a chunk of small-scale, and largely rooftop, solar that is not counted here. And the purple sliver of nuclear won’t actually come online this year; it represents the perpetually delayed Vogtle plant ...
New policy proposal dims hopes of reviving community… | Canary …
WEBMar 6, 2024 · New policy proposal dims hopes of reviving community solar in California. State regulators and utilities could kill off a community-solar plan backed by lawmakers, pro-solar groups, environmental-justice advocates, unions and homebuilders. A three-year effort to revamp California’s moribund community-solar market, spurred by state law and ...
EV battery recycling is costly. These 5 startups could ... - Canary …
WEBJun 13, 2022 · Solarcycle is proud to support Canary Media’s Recycling Renewables series. Solarcycle offers solar asset owners a low-cost, eco-friendly, comprehensive process for retiring solar systems. We pull out valuable metals such as silver, silicon and aluminum and have the technology to recycle 95% of panels currently in use.
A $7B power line from Kansas to Indiana moves closer to reality
WEBOct 20, 2023 · The project is the Grain Belt Express — a $ 7 billion undertaking aiming to carry 5, 000 megawatts of power more than 800 miles, from the windswept and sun-soaked western Kansas plains to hungry power grids in Missouri, Illinois and across the mid-Atlantic region. The key go-ahead came from the Missouri Public Service Commission, which last ...
To decarbonize cement, the industry needs a full… | Canary Media
WEBOct 24, 2023 · In the U.S., which produces just a fraction of the world’s cement, the industry will need to invest up to a cumulative $ 20 billion by 2030, and a total of somewhere between $ 60 billion and $ 120 billion by midcentury, according to DOE estimates. That’s a lot for an industry that made just under $ 15 billion in sales last year, and the ...
The humble trash truck is ready for an all-electric upgrade
WEBNov 14, 2023 · Portland’s shiny, new electric truck — a Peterbilt Model 520 EV — cost around $ 665, 800. COR Disposal and Recycling bought the vehicle with support from Portland General Electric’s Drive Change Fund, which awards grants to electrify transportation using dollars from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s Clean Fuels Program.The utility also installed a DC fast-charging ...
Sense raises $105M to bring real-time home energy data
WEBMay 3, 2022 · Sense’s energy-disaggregation technology is currently available in these devices that are connected to home wiring. The tech will soon come embedded in smart meters and electrical panels. (Sense) Sense, the energy-disaggregation startup that raised $ 105 million last week, got its start selling what CEO Mike Phillips calls its “ fancy ...
The first all-electric tugboat in the US is about to launch - Canary …
WEBApr 9, 2024 · Last year, the regulatory agency adopted a rule mandating cleaner engine upgrades for tugboats and workboats in California; it also requires that all short-run ferries in the state be zero-emission by 2026.However, the state agency can’t legally enforce the rule until it’s approved by the EPA.Pacific Environment and Democratic state lawmakers are urging the Biden administration to ...