GE Is Watching Your Wind Turbine

GE Is Watching Your Wind Turbine

Eric Wesoff: April 30, 2012

Somewhere in Schenectady, N.Y., a team of technicians is monitoring every aspect of 6,000 wind turbines.

Unfortunate Solar Installation of the Month: Utility-Scale Edition

Unfortunate Solar Installation of the Month: Utility-Scale Edition

Eric Wesoff: April 30, 2012

Adventures in lousy O&M. Or a mid-development bankruptcy. This month’s winner is a seemingly neglected utility-scale solar farm in Germany.

What Do First Solar’s Plant Closures Say About Thin Film’s Competitiveness?

What Do First Solar’s Plant Closures Say About Thin Film’s Competitiveness?

MJ Shiao: April 30, 2012

The Chinese commodity crystalline pain train continues to wreak havoc on even industry-leading differentiated PV products.

Green Jobs: Cleantech VC Marc Van Den Berg Moves From VantagePoint to Technology Partners

Green Jobs: Cleantech VC Marc Van Den Berg Moves From VantagePoint to Technology Partners

Eric Wesoff: April 30, 2012

Another VantagePoint Cleantech Partner becomes an ex-partner.

Heliatek’s Organic Solar Cells Join PV Firms Setting Records in Efficiency

Heliatek’s Organic Solar Cells Join PV Firms Setting Records in Efficiency

Eric Wesoff: April 27, 2012

Despite dark times, we’re seeing record-setting PV performance across all materials systems, from Organic Solar Cells to CdTe to c-Si to CPV to CIGS to CIS to GaAs.

China Grid Slowdown Hurts Siemens, ABB

China Grid Slowdown Hurts Siemens, ABB

Jeff St. John: April 27, 2012

Is the world’s biggest future smart grid market faltering?

Slide Show: Is Thin-Film Solar Dead?

Slide Show: Is Thin-Film Solar Dead?

Eric Wesoff, MJ Shiao: April 27, 2012

Well, not dead, but in dire need of a transfusion, as per the GTM Research thin film report. Plus, a few words on First Solar.

Update: April Greentech IPOs Disappoint; Only Enphase Makes It Through

Update: April Greentech IPOs Disappoint; Only Enphase Makes It Through

Eric Wesoff: April 27, 2012

Enerkem joins Luca and BrightSource in pulling its IPO.

Adura Raises $8.5M for Networked Lighting

Adura Raises $8.5M for Networked Lighting

Jeff St. John: April 26, 2012

The San Francisco-based startup also lands a new garage smart-lighting project and looks for more office space.

Viridity Captures Train Braking Power, Sells It to the Grid

Viridity Captures Train Braking Power, Sells It to the Grid

Jeff St. John: April 26, 2012

The startup captures Philadelphia train braking energy, stores it in a Saft battery, and plays it into lucrative energy markets.

The Biggest Little Town in Solar

The Biggest Little Town in Solar

Herman K. Trabish: April 26, 2012

It takes a village to cut through the red tape and streamline solar permitting.

Largest Solar PV Plant in North America Comes On-Line

Largest Solar PV Plant in North America Comes On-Line

Eric Wesoff: April 26, 2012

Agua Caliente is now the biggest PV plant around. And there’s more to come. Utility-scale solar will rule in 2012.

US Grid Has $107B in Investment “Gaps” by 2020

US Grid Has $107B in Investment “Gaps” by 2020

Jeff St. John: April 26, 2012

The American Society of Civil Engineers finds that failing to spend on grid upgrades will end up costing U.S. homes and businesses nearly $200 billion by 2020.

Utility Deals Down (Slightly) in 2012

Utility Deals Down (Slightly) in 2012

Katherine Tweed: April 26, 2012

It won’t last, and mega-mergers could be a win for renewables.

Tendril Takes “Apps Store for Energy” Concept to the Netherlands

Tendril Takes “Apps Store for Energy” Concept to the Netherlands

Jeff St. John: April 25, 2012

Tendril and Dutch retail utility Essent open APIs and smart meter data to apps developers and hackathons.