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How to Decarbonize Your Home With the Inflation Reduction Act
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How to Decarbonize Your Home With the Inflation Reduction Act

A practical guide to using the climate law to get cheaper solar panels, heat pumps, and more.

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A Car Buyer’s Guide to the 2024 EV Tax Credit

The new rules are complicated. Here’s how to make sense of them if you’re shopping for an electric vehicle.

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Climate 101

Welcome to Climate 101

Your guide to the key technologies of the energy transition.

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What Goes on Inside a Solar Panel?

What Goes on Inside a Solar Panel?

The basics on the world’s fastest-growing source of renewable energy.

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The Ins and Outs of Wind Energy

The Ins and Outs of Wind Energy

The country’s largest source of renewable energy has a long history.

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Climate 101

How Do Batteries Work on the Grid?

The same technology that powers your cell phone also helps expand the reach of renewable energy.

How Do Batteries Work on the Grid?
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Batteries are the silent workhorses of our technological lives, powering our phones, computers, tablets, and remotes. But their impact goes far beyond our daily screentime — they’re also transforming the electricity grid itself. Grid-scale batteries store excess renewable energy and release it as needed, compensating for the fact that solar and wind resources aren’t always available on demand.

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Climate 101

What Is Geothermal Power and How Does It Work?

Where there’s heat — like, say, the molten core of the Earth — there’s energy.

What Is Geothermal Power and How Does It Work?
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Could the answer to our energy demand conundrums lie beneath our feet? And no, I’m not talking about oil, coal, or natural gas. I’m referring to the fundamental stuff of energy itself: heat. Geothermal power is having something of a moment as a non-carbon-emitting source of electricity that everyone seems to like — including climate activists, the oil and gas industry, technology companies, and even the Trump White House and Republican-controlled Congress.

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