State policy roundup: Clean energy updates in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois, and more
Quitting Carbon checks in on policy developments you might have missed with a roundup of state-level climate action.
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What I’m reading: Energy innovation Down Under, offshore wind updates, find an electrification contractor, 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, with a focus this time on Australia. Enjoy the weekend. And thanks, as ever, for
Portland brings zero-emission delivery to its downtown
A six-month pilot project completed earlier this year showcased the potential of zero-emission, last-mile delivery in a 16-block area of downtown Portland, Oregon.
What I’m reading: California is electrifying its fleets, rural counties benefit from renewables, good offshore wind news, 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. Thanks, as ever, for reading and enjoy the weekend. Fleets increasingly opting for electric trucks
California’s energy investments create EPIC opportunity for startups amid Trump's renewables rollbacks
Startups nurtured by California's flagship energy innovation R&D program were featured at the 11th annual EPIC Symposium this week in Sacramento.
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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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What I’m reading: California's cleaner grid, UK and Poland energy transitions, research roundup, and more
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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.
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What I’m reading: Trump targets DOE's national labs, heat pumps can replace your AC, LNG exports and your utility bill, 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. For those of you who recently subscribed, welcome! I use these bi-weekly roundups to highlight important energy transition updates and trends you might have missed. If you like
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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.
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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.
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What I’m reading: SoCal regulators vote on landmark zero-emission appliance rules, renewable energy is a competitive advantage, offshore wind's added value, and more
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Trump’s war on universities could set back U.S. energy innovation for decades
The Trump administration’s all-out assault on U.S. universities and research institutions is a warning for the world’s top scientists: You’re not welcome here.
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What I’m reading: Gas stoves increase cancer risk, California new construction going all-electric, balcony solar coming to the U.S., 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. Ahead of the long Memorial Day weekend, here is another roundup of highlights from what I've been reading. Thanks, as ever, for reading and subscribing. Gas