Chart of the week

Clean energy

Chart: Clean energy installations slowed way down in Q3

On the bright side, energy storage had its best quarter ever, and analysts expect solar and wind to bounce back soon thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act.

By Maria Virginia Olano . 7 November 2022
Fossil fuels

Charts: Winter heating bills to rise thanks to high natural-gas prices

Increasing U.S. exports of LNG are helping to drive up natural-gas prices, which means more Americans will struggle to pay for heating this winter.

By Canary Staff . 28 October 2022
Utilities

Charts: Utilities sticking with fossil fuels despite climate pledges

A new Sierra Club report highlights the major U.S. utilities that plan to burn coal and build new fossil-gas infrastructure through at least 2030.

By Maria Gallucci, Maria Virginia Olano . 21 October 2022
Clean energy

How does your state rank on fostering community-led clean energy?

Policies can help or hinder communities that want to take charge of their own energy future. Canary's chart of the week shows how U.S. states stack up.

By Maria Virginia Olano . 14 October 2022
Wind

Oil, gas or wind: What produces more energy per offshore acre?

Canary's chart of the week highlights some drastic differences in the amount of energy produced from a single leased offshore acre.

By Maria Virginia Olano . 7 October 2022
Clean energy

Chart: Clean energy jobs still lag dirty ones, but they're growing fast

The U.S. had more than 600,000 jobs in carbon-free electricity and fuels in 2021. Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, it’s poised to add millions more.

By Shel Evergreen . 30 September 2022
Emissions reduction

Chart: Net-zero targets have gone global — but how meaningful are they?

National pledges to cut emissions to zero now cover 91% of the global economy, but many of them are too vague and reliant on offsets and carbon removal.

By Maria Virginia Olano . 23 September 2022
Wind

Chart: California's big bet on offshore wind

The state has a goal to build 25 GW of offshore wind by 2045, most of it floating turbines — enough to provide 25% of its electricity.

By Maria Virginia Olano . 16 September 2022
Workforce diversity

Chart: Women hold less than a third of jobs in wind and solar power

A staggering 70% of the U.S. workforce for wind and solar electricity generation is male — even worse than the gender gap in coal and gas power generation.

By Maria Virginia Olano . 9 September 2022
Electric vehicles

Chart: Which countries buy the most EVs?

The top spots are dominated by Nordic nations — while the U.S. barely makes the top 20.

By Maria Virginia Olano . 2 September 2022

Chart of the week

Chart: Clean energy installations slowed way down in Q3

Charts: Winter heating bills to rise thanks to high natural-gas prices

Charts: Utilities sticking with fossil fuels despite climate pledges

How does your state rank on fostering community-led clean energy?

Oil, gas or wind: What produces more energy per offshore acre?

Chart: Clean energy jobs still lag dirty ones, but they're growing fast

Chart: Net-zero targets have gone global — but how meaningful are they?

Chart: California's big bet on offshore wind

Chart: Women hold less than a third of jobs in wind and solar power

Chart: Which countries buy the most EVs?