Archive for December 2023
UK’s Octopus Energy raises $800M to expand global clean energy push
Octopus Energy, the many-tentacled British clean energy juggernaut, just raised an additional $800 million to fund its next phase of expansion. Octopus started as a retailer in the U.K.’s competitive power markets, but it promised to source clean energy for its customers. It also built a modern software stack to run…
Read MoreShipwrecks teem with underwater life, from microbes to sharks
When ships sink, they add artificial structures to the seafloor that can quickly become diverse, ecologically important underwater communities.
Read MoreWild ‘super pigs’ from Canada could become a new front in the war on feral hogs
Feral hogs are one of the most destructive invasive species in North America, harming land, crops and wildlife.
Read MoreOne cool way to help speed up heat-pump adoption
Dear Canary Media readers, I love making the clean energy transition something everyone can embrace in their own homes and lives. And I couldn’t ask for a better time to be doing this work. The Inflation Reduction Act unleashed a bonanza of incentives to help us get off fossil fuels and switch to electric machines…
Read MoreThis welding supply company is venturing into the EV charging business
This story was first published by ENN . A 128-year-old Cleveland-area industrial equipment manufacturer is among the newest makers of fast chargers for the growing electric vehicle market. Lincoln Electric’s new Velion DC fast charger adapts and adds to technology the company has used for its welding machines and…
Read MoreEV school bus rollout off to slow start despite billion-dollar subsidies
Back in October 2022, the Biden administration announced the first investment from its historic program aimed at addressing the climate and health impacts of the nation’s nearly 500,000 diesel-burning school buses. The initial award of nearly $1 billion in rebates was enough to order around 2,300 electric school…
Read MoreAfter a Decade of Planning, New York City Is Raising Its Shoreline
Inspired by the Dutch model of living with water, New York’s coastal defenses are on the rise. The city — like others around the country — is combining infrastructure like floodwalls with nature-based features, as it moves ahead with the largest resiliency project in the U.S.
Read MoreCanada to End Sales of Gas-Powered Cars by 2035
Canada is reportedly planning to phase out the sale of gas-powered cars by 2035.
Read MoreOnly 2% of US electricians are women. Tonya Hicks wants to change that
As a child, Tonya Hicks was fascinated by car engines. She spent her summers in her grandparents’ garage with her uncle, an industrial mechanic, who taught her how to build a motor from scrap by the time she was 8. She constantly got in trouble with her mother and grandmother for her grease-stained sundresses and…
Read MoreThe clean energy backlog barely budged this year. What’s the way forward?
When it comes to the existentially important process of connecting new clean energy to the grid, 2023 is ending much as it began: in a literal gridlock. Despite getting a ton of attention from policymakers — and a major push from federal regulators demanding interconnection reform at the country’s utilities and grid…
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