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3 weeks ago | 
canarymedia.com | Dan McCarthy |Dan Mccarthy
Join D.C. energy players for an evening of expert insights, networking, drinks, and hors d'oeuvres.
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Dec 26, 2024 | 
canarymedia.com | Dan McCarthy |Dan Mccarthy
It’s the holiday season, a time for joy, relaxation — and testing yourself on how well you remember the biggest clean energy developments of the year. Naturally. So take our handy quiz below to find out what you do and don’t recall from a year chock full of news.
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
canarymedia.com | Dan McCarthy |Dan Mccarthy
Batteries got 20% cheaper this year, a continuation of the steady cost declines that have enabled battery adoption to take off in recent years. Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. Canary thanks Clean Energy Counsel for its support of the column. Nothing is certain except death, taxes — and the steady decline in the cost of clean energy technologies. That includes batteries.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
finance.yahoo.com | Dan McCarthy |Dan Mccarthy
The early reviews for Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent from Wall Street are in — and they're positive. But now the hard part begins. Bessent now faces significant trip wires in the months ahead due to his challenging job to both calm markets while also selling Trump's unorthodox plans.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
canarymedia.com | Dan McCarthy |Dan Mccarthy
At COP28, more than 100 countries pledged to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030. That goal could still be within reach. Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. Canary thanks Clean Energy Counsel for its support of the column. Last year’s COP28 meeting produced an ambitious goal: More than 100 countries pledged to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030. Nearly one year later, the world is not on track to hit this target.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
canarymedia.com | Dan McCarthy |Dan Mccarthy
The uptick in home battery installations is yet another sign that the era of battery storage has arrived in the U.S.Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. Canary thanks Clean Energy Counsel for its support of the column. Batteries are all the rage — especially among homeowners who are going solar.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
canarymedia.com | Dan McCarthy |Dan Mccarthy
The U.S. is pretty much only building clean energy these days, and mostly solar and batteries. That’s good news — but the pace still needs to pick up. Zero-carbon energy is just about the only form of energy the U.S. is building anymore. In the first half of this year, developers and power plant owners built 20.2 gigawatts (GW) of electricity generation capacity, per the U.S. Energy Information Administration, a 21 percent increase from the first half of last year.
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
canarymedia.com | Dan McCarthy |Dan Mccarthy
Overall storage installations — meaning utility-scale, home, and commercial projects — grew 84 percent in Q1. Grid battery installations grew even faster. The U.S. battery boom is showing no signs of slowing down. In fact, the sector is off to its best-ever start to a year.
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Jan 29, 2024 | 
news.yahoo.com | Dan McCarthy |Dan Mccarthy
The world is betting big on hydrogen, which might just be the best way to eliminate fossil fuels from essential industries like aviation and steelmaking. But for hydrogen to actually decarbonize anything, it needs to be more or less emissions-free — “clean,” if you like. Its availability also needs to dramatically increase. Today, clean hydrogen barely exists. To be clear, the world does make a fair amount of hydrogen today. It’s just overwhelmingly dirty hydrogen, made using fossil fuels.
