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• CCanary Media2026-10-15✓ Read

  What’s up with Pennsylvania’s hydrogen hubs?

  This article was originally published by Inside Climate News , a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. Sign up for its newsletter. Three years ago, hydrogen seemed poised for a long-awaited breakthrough. The Biden administration announced $7 billion in federal

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• CCanary Media2026-10-15✓ Read

  A new class of batteries helps data centers play nicely with the grid

  Lithium-ion batteries could do so much for AI data centers and the power grid. They’re cheaper than the fossil-gas turbines that tech giants are building at gigawatt scale for their “AI factories.” They can cushion the cost of building out grid infrastructure and power plants just to serve data centers’ peak energy

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• CCanary Media2026-10-09✓ Read

  Heat pumps have so far withstood the death of federal tax credits

  See more from Canary Media’s ​“Chart of the Week” column . America’s demand for heat pumps isn’t going away just because federal incentives did. Shipments of heat pumps stayed strong in the first half of 2026, and the tech is on track to match or exceed its best year, according to a recent report from the Building

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• CCanary Media2026-10-06✓ Read

  Tesla is now making more EVs that can double as a home battery

  Households and the power grid run on alternating current. Batteries — including those in electric vehicles — run on direct current. That AC-DC divide has complicated the prospect of EVs as home backup batteries. Today, almost every commercially available vehicle-to-home (V2H) backup power system in the U.S. requires

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• CCanary Media2026-10-02✓ Read

  Diesel prices are rising worldwide. So are electric truck sales

  See more from Canary Media’s ​“Chart of the Week” column . The market for battery-powered trucks may be slowing in the U.S. — but globally it’s a very different story. Worldwide, sales of medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks hit a record high in the first half of this year, according to research firm

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• CCanary Media2026-10-02✓ Read

  Where does balcony solar stand in your state?

  This article was originally published on April 6, 2026, and last updated on Oct. 2, 2026. Balcony solar is one of the hottest ideas in renewable energy right now. Boosters say the systems — DIY kits that can be plugged right into a standard outlet — save users money without any need for subsidies, government

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• CCanary Media2026-10-01✓ Read

  Despite big Texas solar purchase agreement, Meta still uses lots of…

  This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News , a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter. Apex Clean Energy and Meta have entered into a power purchase agreement that allows the technology company to financially benefit from

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• CCanary Media2026-09-28✓ Read

  In global first, a next-gen geothermal plant goes live at utility…

  The geothermal startup Fervo Energy is now selling power to the grid from its Cape Station project in Utah — marking the first time a utility-scale, next-generation geothermal facility has achieved such a feat worldwide. The Houston-based firm turned on an initial 33-megawatt unit late last week and has been testing

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• CCanary Media2026-09-28✓ Read

  The Senate wants to pass a permitting reform bill. So what’s the…

  ​This story was originally published by Grist . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter. Senators are looking toward the Capitol doors as they prepare to head home and campaign for the midterms. Meanwhile, a group of them has been scrambling to reach a deal that some analysts believe is critical to meet the

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• CCanary Media2026-09-25✓ Read

  How dirty is the power generated in your state?

  See more from Canary Media’s ​“Chart of the Week” column . Have you ever gazed up at power lines and wondered how clean the electrons passing along them are? The answer is very different depending on where you are. Just look at the spectrum of blues in the map above. It charts the carbon intensity of power

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