The projects, people, and policies advancing the energy transition.

What I’m reading: Offshore wind proves its worth, the global solar boom, New York fast-tracks renewables, and more

Quitting Carbon is a 100% subscriber-funded publication. To support my work, please consider becoming a paid subscriber or making a one-time donation. Welcome back to another recap of highlights from what I’ve been reading. Have a great weekend. And thanks, as ever, for reading. The U.S.’ first offshore

Trump claims offshore wind is worthless. This project proves the opposite is true.

South Fork Wind, the U.S.’ first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, is demonstrating the folly of the Trump’s administration’s misguided war on offshore wind.

What I’m reading: Oil majors and the EV supply chain, managed decline of gas grids, research roundup, and more

Quitting Carbon is a 100% subscriber-funded publication. To support my work, please consider becoming a paid subscriber or making a one-time donation. Welcome back to another recap of highlights from what I’ve been reading. In the final section, I include a roundup of important recent reports and studies that

How solar repowering can reach its potential

Quitting Carbon checked in with two researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory who are investigating the potential of the solar repowering market in the U.S.

What I’m reading: Explaining Trump's war on wind and solar, electric aviation milestone, all-electric buildings update, and more

Quitting Carbon is a 100% subscriber-funded publication. To support my work, please consider becoming a paid subscriber or making a one-time donation. With this What I’m Reading newsletter, we’re back to its regular schedule. I aim to publish these roundups every other Friday. With my recent travels, I

Trump has declared war on wind and solar power. It’s time for the industries to fight back.

Wind and solar are the cheapest power sources being added to the grid. But now under attack during Trump 2.0, the industries must build political power to preserve their future.

Oregon testing facility aims to jumpstart the U.S. wave energy industry

Wave energy is perpetually "20 years behind wind energy." Quitting Carbon recently toured Oregon's PacWave South, a grid-connected testing facility that aims to close that gap.

Postcard from the future: Sacramento’s Rancho Seco clean energy park

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District has remade the site of a shuttered nuclear reactor into a clean energy park. With power demand growing, the model could be replicated at retired or underutilized thermal power plants across the U.S.

What I’m reading: Scotland approves massive offshore wind farm, U.S. offshore wind under assault, wave energy in Spain, and more

Quitting Carbon is a 100% subscriber-funded publication. To support my work, please consider becoming a paid subscriber or making a one-time donation. In case you missed it, on Monday I published a story on my journey to get off fossil fuels in my home in Northern California. I heard from

I now live in an all-electric home. You can, too.

With the installation of an induction cooktop, I was able to shut off the fossil gas supplied to my 17-year-old home in Northern California. Here's how I did it.

What I’m reading: California's cleaner grid, UK and Poland energy transitions, research roundup, and more

Quitting Carbon is a 100% subscriber-funded publication. To support my work, please consider becoming a paid subscriber or making a one-time donation. It’s wonderful to have so many new readers subscribe to Quitting Carbon since my last roundup. For those of you who are receiving this newsletter for the

Bringing small modular solar to the masses

In a conversation with Quitting Carbon, Meghan Wood, co-founder of startup Raya Power, says modular solar power systems will revolutionize energy access.