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Bankrupt Beacon Finds Buyer for Flywheel Energy Storage

Bankrupt Beacon Finds Buyer for Flywheel Energy Storage

Jeff St. John: February 7, 2012

Can the private equity firm that’s buying Beacon’s assets revive its flywheel energy storage dreams?

GM Releases Smart Grid APIs for Chevy Volt, via OnStar

GM Releases Smart Grid APIs for Chevy Volt, via OnStar

Jeff St. John: February 2, 2012

General Motors wants developers to program plug-in Volts for the smart grid.

Rubenius, 1 GW of Energy Storage, Revisited

Rubenius, 1 GW of Energy Storage, Revisited

Eric Wesoff: February 2, 2012

Layoffs and deployment delays at the ambitious and mysterious Dubai firm, plus a trail of unpaid and unhappy contractors

Balancing Hawaiian Wind Power With Demand Response

Balancing Hawaiian Wind Power With Demand Response

Jeff St. John: February 2, 2012

Honeywell and Hawaiian Electric plan out fast demand response program to balance wind power ups and downs.

DistribuTECH Smart Grid Show Wrap-Up

DistribuTECH Smart Grid Show Wrap-Up

Eric Wesoff: January 26, 2012

A roundup of this week’s reporting from the big San Antonio smart grid event

Finding Work for Used Electric Vehicle Batteries

Finding Work for Used Electric Vehicle Batteries

Herman K. Trabish: January 20, 2012

ABB and Nissan to test old batteries for renewable energy storage

EV Maker Coda Launches Energy Storage Business

EV Maker Coda Launches Energy Storage Business

Jeff St. John: January 20, 2012

Can the electric car maker find a smart grid market for its energy storage solutions?

Varentec Gets $7.7M for the Digital Smart Grid

Varentec Gets $7.7M for the Digital Smart Grid

Jeff St. John: January 19, 2012

Khosla Ventures leads a $7.7 million A round into the startup developing “power routers” for the grid.

ABB, Nissan to Test Leaf Batteries for Community Storage

ABB, Nissan to Test Leaf Batteries for Community Storage

Katherine Tweed: January 18, 2012

ABB continues partnering to find a second life for EV batteries.

2011 Saw Greentech M&A Double, IPOs Dry Up

2011 Saw Greentech M&A Double, IPOs Dry Up

Jeff St. John: January 5, 2012

Will 2012 be the breakout year for green technology IPOs? 2011 sure wasn’t.

Cost of Big PV to the Grid: $3 to $8 per Megawatt-Hour

Cost of Big PV to the Grid: $3 to $8 per Megawatt-Hour

Jeff St. John: January 5, 2012

A new study shows adding hundreds of megawatts of solar could cost Nevada utility NVEnergy millions of dollars in fossil fuel-fired backup.

Getting Renewables on the Grid, Part 4: Why PV and the Grid Need CSP

Getting Renewables on the Grid, Part 4: Why PV and the Grid Need CSP

Herman K. Trabish: January 3, 2012

Falling panel costs make PV appealing, mandates demand solar on the grid—CSP can make both easier.

The Top 5 Smart Grid Disappointments of 2011

The Top 5 Smart Grid Disappointments of 2011

Jeff St. John: December 27, 2011

What didn’t happen in the smart grid this year?

A123 Lands Grid Batteries in Maui and Massachusetts (Updated)

A123 Lands Grid Batteries in Maui and Massachusetts (Updated)

Jeff St. John: December 22, 2011

UPDATE: A123 lands 11-megawatt lithium-ion wind power energy storage project on the island of Maui