Huge Win for California Solar: CPUC Keeps Net Energy Metering Alive

Huge Win for California Solar: CPUC Keeps Net Energy Metering Alive

Herman K. Trabish: May 24, 2012

“This is a big, big win.”  Net Energy Metering gets a new lease on life and a well-defined cap.

MiaSolé Sets Efficiency Record for Solar on Flexible Substrate, Plus Recent PV Highs

MiaSolé Sets Efficiency Record for Solar on Flexible Substrate, Plus Recent PV Highs

Eric Wesoff: May 24, 2012

Despite difficult times, we’re seeing record-setting PV performance across all materials systems, from CIGS to organic solar cells to CdTe to c-Si to CPV to CIS to GaAs.

BrightSource: The Rumors of Concentrating Solar Power’s Demise Are Wrong

BrightSource: The Rumors of Concentrating Solar Power’s Demise Are Wrong

Herman K. Trabish: May 24, 2012

But are the promises of cost reduction as real as the promises of jobs?

Sadoway’s MIT Liquid Metal Battery Startup Adds $15M and Khosla Ventures as Investor

Sadoway’s MIT Liquid Metal Battery Startup Adds $15M and Khosla Ventures as Investor

Eric Wesoff: May 24, 2012

$15 million for the startup looking to use earth-abundant elements to get beyond lithium-ion batteries

Building the Smart Grid Network That Grows

Building the Smart Grid Network That Grows

Jeff St. John: May 24, 2012

Trees grow, and wireless networks suffer. Proximetry and EDX Wireless say they can fix the problem.

What to Make of Geothermal’s Numbers

What to Make of Geothermal’s Numbers

Herman K. Trabish: May 24, 2012

Is the potential of geothermal energy starting to turn into growth?

Smart Grid Market in China, Japan and South Korea to Hit $19 Billion by 2016

Smart Grid Market in China, Japan and South Korea to Hit $19 Billion by 2016

STAFF: May 23, 2012

New report from GTM Research pinpoints the strategies for engaging Asia’s top smart grid markets.

SunRun’s $60M Round Leads a Small Streak of Solar VC Funding

SunRun’s $60M Round Leads a Small Streak of Solar VC Funding

Eric Wesoff: May 23, 2012

Solar firms SoloPower, SunRun, Solantro, SolFocus, and Gen 110 win funding from the VC community.

Is Net Energy Metering for Solar Power a Subsidy?

Is Net Energy Metering for Solar Power a Subsidy?

Herman K. Trabish: May 23, 2012

The true costs and benefits of “the civil rights legislation for solar”

The Bad News in CPV: Amonix Layoffs and Soitec Losses

The Bad News in CPV: Amonix Layoffs and Soitec Losses

Eric Wesoff: May 23, 2012

Can CPV survive in the face of this solar economy?

Thin Film Manufacturing in the Sub-Dollar-Per-Watt Market: Part II

Thin Film Manufacturing in the Sub-Dollar-Per-Watt Market: Part II

MJ Shiao: May 23, 2012

What happened to the promise of thin-film PV?

Enter the Dragon: China and the World’s Greatest Smart Grid Opportunity

Enter the Dragon: China and the World’s Greatest Smart Grid Opportunity

Kamil Bojanczyk: May 23, 2012

China goes big in grid, and it’s all about transmission, distribution automation and smart meters.

How Companies Are Learning to Utilize Data

Video: How Companies Are Learning to Utilize Data

Staff: May 23, 2012

"Data science -- that's now a field that's exponentially increased. [...] We're in this learning mode." What does the data science field mean for utilities and vendors? According to Domenic Armano from Johnson Controls, we're soon going to find out.

SoloPower Raises More Funding for Flexible CIGS Solar Panels

SoloPower Raises More Funding for Flexible CIGS Solar Panels

Eric Wesoff: May 23, 2012

A modest $7.1 million round for the DOE loan guarantee recipient

Leafully Wins Green Button Apps Contest

Leafully Wins Green Button Apps Contest

Katherine Tweed: May 22, 2012

Forgoing kilowatt-hours for trees gets top honors for a Green Button apps contest.