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SolarCity Shifts Its Home Efficiency Strategy

SolarCity Shifts Its Home Efficiency Strategy

Eric Wesoff: May 16, 2013

How does SolarCity scale its energy efficiency business? Don’t do the work in-house.

Stat of the Day: Fuel Cell Costs From Bloom and UTC

Stat of the Day: Fuel Cell Costs From Bloom and UTC

Eric Wesoff: May 15, 2013

What’s the maintenance cost of a Bloom Box? How much did ClearEdge pay for UTC’s fuel cell business?

Report: $2B in US Smart Water Meters by 2020

Report: $2B in US Smart Water Meters by 2020

Jeff St. John: May 14, 2013

BNEF sees slow growth through 2015, then an upsurge in smart water meters as prices, replacement cycles spur market.

Ambient: Q1 Losses Mount, Layoffs Loom

Ambient: Q1 Losses Mount, Layoffs Loom

Jeff St. John: May 14, 2013

Revenues shrink as a big Duke Energy smart grid project nears completion. What’s going to replace it?

Bloom Energy Loses VTA Fuel Cell Project

Bloom Energy Loses VTA Fuel Cell Project

Eric Wesoff: May 13, 2013

A proposed Bloom Box fuel cell project falls apart because of financing.

Bloom Energy Raises $130M More for Fuel Cell Future

Bloom Energy Raises $130M More for Fuel Cell Future

Eric Wesoff: May 10, 2013

The firm has raised more than $1.1 billion since its founding. Bloom Energy is threatening profitability and an IPO in 2013.

Toshiba, Landis+Gyr Land Tokyo Smart Meter Comms, MDM Contract

Toshiba, Landis+Gyr Land Tokyo Smart Meter Comms, MDM Contract

Jeff St. John: May 10, 2013

Toshiba gets its Landis+Gyr communications and data software in Japan’s biggest AMI deployment.

Tesla Shares Jump 12% After Q1 Earnings Report

Tesla Shares Jump 12% After Q1 Earnings Report

Eric Wesoff: May 8, 2013

A profitable quarter on record revenues. Guidance raised to shipping 21,000 cars in 2013.

The 2013 US Utility Outlook on Renewables, Smart Grid

The 2013 US Utility Outlook on Renewables, Smart Grid

Jeff St. John: May 8, 2013

Some key findings and surprising outcomes from Black & Veatch’s annual utility survey—with charts.

Tesla Will Show Q1 Profitability Courtesy of Emissions Credits

Tesla Will Show Q1 Profitability Courtesy of Emissions Credits

Eric Wesoff: May 7, 2013

Tesla’s success comes from vision and superb execution—intertwined with DOE loan guarantees, cheap factory space and $250 million in zero-emission car credits.

A123’s Grid-Scale Storage Business Lives On

A123’s Grid-Scale Storage Business Lives On

Jeff St. John: May 6, 2013

Lithium-ion grid batteries, under new ownership

Eos Puts Its Zinc-Air Grid Batteries to the Test With ConEd

Eos Puts Its Zinc-Air Grid Batteries to the Test With ConEd

Jeff St. John: May 2, 2013

A grid battery at $160 per kilowatt-hour? Startup Eos Energy Storage lands a utility partner to test it out.

Solar Deal Maker and Lead Generator Pure Energies Wins $6M in VC

Solar Deal Maker and Lead Generator Pure Energies Wins $6M in VC

Eric Wesoff: May 2, 2013

Toronto-based Pure Energies Group looks to lower the costs of winning solar customers.

Silver Spring Reports Q1 Loss, Beats Analyst Estimates

Silver Spring Reports Q1 Loss, Beats Analyst Estimates

Jeff St. John: May 1, 2013

The first post-IPO earnings call for Silver Spring. Plus, details on its U.K. plans.

Verizon’s $100M Fuel Cell and Solar Power Play

Verizon’s $100M Fuel Cell and Solar Power Play

Jeff St. John: April 30, 2013

PV from SunPower and fuel cells from ClearEdge’s UTC, with reliability, ROI as key metrics