Q&As
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.
Justin Gerdes
What I'm reading
What I’m reading: Explaining Trump's war on wind and solar, electric aviation milestone, all-electric buildings update, and more
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Commentary
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.
Reporting
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.
Commentary
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
What I’m reading: Scotland approves massive offshore wind farm, U.S. offshore wind under assault, wave energy in Spain, and more
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Reporting
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
What I’m reading: California's cleaner grid, UK and Poland energy transitions, research roundup, and more
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Q&As
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.
What I'm reading
What I’m reading: Trump targets DOE's national labs, heat pumps can replace your AC, LNG exports and your utility bill, and more
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Q&As
Here's how to accelerate U.S. heat pump sales
In a conversation with Quitting Carbon, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships’ Dave Lis describes what it will take to get heat pumps into the millions of U.S. buildings that need them.
Reporting
A glimpse of the future of aviation
On the sidelines of the Biggest Little Air Show in San Carlos, California, Quitting Carbon got an up-close look at the B23 Energic all-electric plane.