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Illinois has spent the last few years training hundreds of people for clean energy jobs. Now, it’s upgrading its keystone program to better respond to new workforce realities. In 2023, Illinois rolled out about a dozen state-funded hubs that paid individuals to learn basic job-hunting skills and clean energy trades,…
Californians could soon find it easier and cheaper to install rooftop solar, home batteries, and energy-saving heat pumps and heat-pump water heaters. Late last month, the state Legislature passed two first-in-the-nation bills that would streamline permitting and inspections for these clean energy home projects.…
Gavin Newsom’s eight-year run as California’s Democratic governor — and as self-styled U.S. climate change warrior — comes to an end in January. At this pivotal moment for the state’s clean energy transition, it’s worth reflecting on how he’s lived up to his clean energy commitments and what kind of climate legacy he…
This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. Summer is only just coming to a close, but this year’s top clean energy trendsetter is already clear. At the start of 2026, you may never have even heard of balcony solar. The panels have long been staples…
See more from Canary Media’s “Chart of the Week” column . Batteries are taking center stage in the energy world. Battery deployment, both to power electric vehicles and to store electricity for the grid, has skyrocketed in recent years. Last year, more than 1.5 terawatt-hours of batteries were placed into service…
Dig Energy , a startup on a quest to vastly improve geothermal drilling, has completed its first commercial project, digging seven boreholes for a geothermal heating and cooling system at the headquarters of Boston general contracting firm Suffolk Construction. Dig first stepped into the public eye almost exactly a…
Clean energy scored a rare win in Ohio last month when state regulators unanimously approved a permit for 149 megawatts of solar and 149 MW of battery storage at the Hamden Energy site in Vinton County, located in the southeast quadrant of the state. In contrast to most of the state’s solar permitting cases, no…
This is California Wire , a weekly newsletter from Jeff St. John on the state’s clean energy transition. Subscribe to get it every Wednesday via Substack . I’m launching this newsletter at an intriguing moment in California politics. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom — who everyone knows is eyeing a run for the White…
Twenty years ago, a group of Northeastern states signed on to a plan to reduce the greenhouse gases spewing from power plants by making generators pay for the carbon they release. Since then, the region’s power sector emissions have dropped by half, and states have reaped more than $10 billion in revenue to invest in…
Making the cement that holds together our buildings and streets is a highly carbon-intensive process — one that involves burning lots of fossil fuels to blast materials with searing heat. But startups are developing technologies that could use clean electricity to produce cement instead, and a Boston-based firm is…
This article was copublished with The Daily Yonder , a newsroom covering rural America. POCATELLO, Idaho — Jeff Hough did not pull any punches. What his fellow Republican county commissioners were about to do, he said to the packed courthouse, would violate America’s founding ideals. He quoted the Declaration of…
Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI has built what may be the biggest battery in the U.S. at its controversial Memphis AI computing hub. The exact size of the battery is unclear. Canary Media counted 720 Tesla Megapack battery containers visible on the grounds of the Colossus 2 data center in satellite imagery dated July 11. That…
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