Julian Spector

1 week ago | canarymedia.com | Julian Spector

Utility Southern Co. will install Inlyte’s iron-salt long-duration battery, tech the startup has updated for the era of renewables and data center demand. Antonio Baclig spent eight years as a researcher at Stanford University scouring as many battery designs as he could find in search of something cheap enough to transform the grid.

3 weeks ago | canarymedia.com | Julian Spector

Tennessee-based Silicon Ranch pulled in a $500 million equity investment this month, betting on its ability to build solar farms despite political headwinds. The clean energy industry has had plenty to contend with since President Donald Trump resumed office: rapidly fluctuating tariffs, financial market chaos, and both rhetorical and practical attacks on Joe Biden’s policies to support decarbonization efforts.

3 weeks ago | canarymedia.com | Julian Spector

The startup is tapping a new state funding pool to help low-income families access the benefits of clean energy and battery backup for their residences. Californians face steep up-front costs if they want to install solar panels to produce clean power and batteries to back up their homes in outages.

1 month ago | canarymedia.com | Julian Spector

California, for all its talk of clean energy and climate leadership, has long depended on fossil gas to keep its lights on. A decade ago, gas provided around 60% of the state’s electricity production. But this long-running dominance may be coming to an end. California’s solar systems, from rooftop panels to massive desert installations, generated nearly as much electricity as its gas plants last year, according to data pulled from think tank Ember’s U.S. Electricity Data Explorer.

1 month ago | canarymedia.com | Julian Spector

The Texas startup wants to become the fastest battery installer in ERCOT by this summer. It will use the new funds to build a factory and expand into other states, too. Base Power, the Texas startup designing and installing very large home batteries for close to free, just pulled in an additional $200 million to fund its growth. Silicon Valley heavyweight Andreessen Horowitz co-led the Series B with Addition, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Valor Equity Partners.