Mary Catherine O'Connor
Mary Catherine O'Connor

Mary Catherine O'Connor

Mary Catherine O’Connor is a reporter, editor, and producer whose beats include climate change, energy, extraction, waste, technology, and recreation. She is a climate reporter for KALW Public Media in San Francisco and is a producer for Latitude Studios. She has reported for leading publications including Outside, The Guardian, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, Al Jazeera America, Pacific Standard, and Wired.

Mary Catherine O'Connor is a contributing writer to Latitude Media.
Analysis
Sponsored
Grid edge
U.S. market
How NOAA is helping utilities face increasingly intense climate threats

The National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration is supporting improved forecasting and climate resiliency efforts.

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Jul 9, 2024
Interview
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Hydrogen
U.S. market
Why a rural electric co-op in New Mexico wants green hydrogen

The Kit Carson Electric Cooperative pushes hard toward 100% zero-carbon, supplemented with hydrogen produced at a Superfund site.

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Mary Catherine O'Connor
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Jun 25, 2024
Interview
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Emerging tech
Corporates
How to get innovators to “fail fast” in the utility industry

Kim Getgen founded InnovationForce as a safe place for engineers to develop ideas in the energy startup space.

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May 29, 2024
Analysis
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Grid edge
STORAGE
How PG&E got creative in overcoming capacity limits

In 2023, the utility turned to batteries as an alternative to reconductoring, a move that saved money and time.

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Apr 30, 2024
Interview
Sponsored
Grid edge
U.S. market
Why utilities were unprepared for the new wave of power demand

The forecast calls for an overtaxed grid.

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Apr 16, 2024
Feature
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STORAGE
Global markets
What’s so hard about building a circular battery economy?

From design to disassembly, lithium-ion batteries pose unique challenges to setting up a successful battery recycling system.

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Mar 27, 2024
Solar installers in Boulder, Colorado
Interview
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Grid edge
Policy
Could utilities become the 'FedEx of electricity’?

Holy Cross CEO Bryan Hannegan says a contentious net metering plan in Colorado is paving the way for a new utility business model.

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Mar 19, 2024
Feature
Sponsored
STORAGE
Global markets
The mining conundrum for critical minerals

The battery economy is still an extraction economy. Can we build it differently?

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Mar 6, 2024