This Week in Cleantech (5/31/24) — How Texas topped California for utility-scale solar

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This week’s episode features Stephen Robert Miller, who wrote for Yale E360 about an effort to convert existing oil wells for long-duration storage of solar energy.

This Week in Cleantech — May 31, 2024 

This week's "Cleantecher of the Week" is Gregg Patterson, CEO of Origami Solar!

1. The U.S. just took its biggest step yet to end coal mining — The Washington Post
2. Opinion | Can Biden Win America’s Green Tech Trade War With China? — The New York Times
3. How red Texas became a model for green energy — The Financial Times
4. Biden’s Long Game on Climate — Heatmap News
5. Can a California Oilfield Be Retrofitted to Store Solar Energy? — Yale Environment 360

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