Canary Media | Covering the clean energy transition
WEBCanary Media and ENN team up to supercharge clean energy coverage. Canary is joining forces with the Energy News Network so we can increase our state and regional coverage and more comprehensively report on the energy transition. By Eric Wesoff, Lisa Hymas, Nicholas Rinaldi. Clean energy.
11 winners from the US’ $7B investment in 'clean… | Canary Media
WEBOct 18, 2023 · The Department of Energy laid down its bets Friday in the first phase of its effort to instigate an American clean-hydrogen economy. The agency selected seven regional winners of a collective $ 7 billion in funding allocated by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to get a series of “ hydrogen hubs” up and running. Now negotiations will begin to finalize the proposals.
A beginner’s guide to the different types of heat pumps
WEBSep 19, 2023 · Heat-pump types are divided by their thermal-energy source. If they absorb heat from the ambient air, they’re called “ air-source heat pumps.”. If they suck thermal energy from a pond or stream, they’re “ water-source” heat pumps. If they draw heat from the ground or groundwater, you guessed it, they’re “ ground-source” or ...
Top home solar lender GoodLeap scores mammoth - Canary Media
WEBBy Jeff St. John. 13 October 2021. GoodLeap’s latest $800M investment will help it expand from home solar loans into the $430B-per-year home sustainability market. (GoodLeap) GoodLeap, the country’s top residential solar lender, has raised more than $ 800 million to boost its expansion into what it estimates is a $ 430 -billion-per-year ...
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 ...
A small modular nuclear reactor just got - Canary Media
WEBJan 23, 2023 · NuScale Power, a pioneer in small nuclear reactors, cleared the ultimate U.S. regulatory hurdle in civilian advanced nuclear last week — and in doing so provided some hope for the long-heralded nuclear renaissance.. In a historic ruling, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission certified the design of NuScale’s 50-megawatt power module, the first small modular reactor and just the seventh reactor ...
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.
Ammonia: The beer of decarbonization - Canary Media
WEBJan 5, 2023 · Description. The Haber-Bosch process converts nitrogen and hydrogen into ammonia, which is an essential ingredient in fertilizers and explosives. However, this process is responsible for up to 2 percent of global emissions. Ammonia could become an essential fuel in a low-carbon future because it emits no carbon when combusted.
Chart: Lithium prices are through the roof this year
WEBMay 6, 2022 · Prices for 2010–2021 are annual averages from the U.S. Geological Survey. Price for 2022 is from S&P Global Commodity Insights on May 4, 2022. Chart: Canary Media Source: U.S. Geological Survey Download image. The key thing to remember is that prices reflect current supply and demand, not the actual supply of lithium in the world.
Chart: Almost all new power plants being built in the
WEBNov 5, 2021 · Solar and wind together make up 70 percent of expected new capacity in 2021 (per a January projection), after years of cost declines made them extremely cheap to build. Gas comes in a distant third for new construction, with only 17 percent market share. In fact, the chart on the right likely undersells the current dominance of solar and wind.