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Smart Wire Grid Wins First Customer for Its Power Flow Control

Smart Wire Grid Wins First Customer for Its Power Flow Control

Katherine Tweed: March 12, 2013

TVA has a large pilot, while Southern Company chooses the smart grid startup for power control.

A New Type of Venture Capital in Cleantech

A New Type of Venture Capital in Cleantech

Alain S. Harrus: March 12, 2013

Applying patient corporate capital to cure hardware investment malaise.

How Much Renewable Energy Can the Grid Handle?

How Much Renewable Energy Can the Grid Handle?

Jeff St. John: March 4, 2013

Experts at the ARPA-E conference weigh in on how much solar and wind power is, or isn’t, too much for the grid.

How ARPA-E Is Working to Create the 21st Century Smart Grid

How ARPA-E Is Working to Create the 21st Century Smart Grid

Jeff St. John: March 1, 2013

A roundup of the innovative grid-focused technologies funded by the Energy Department’s blue-sky research program.

ARPA-E Director Worries the Agency Could ‘Get Lost’ in Fiscal Talks

ARPA-E Director Worries the Agency Could ‘Get Lost’ in Fiscal Talks

Stephen Lacey: March 1, 2013

The leader of America’s energy innovation agency talks about successes, hopes and concerns.

How Crowdsourcing Could Save the Department of Energy

How Crowdsourcing Could Save the Department of Energy

Stephen Lacey: February 27, 2013

Are DOE’s most effective problem-solvers outside the department itself?

A Long List of ARPA-E’s Money-Winning Projects

A Long List of ARPA-E’s Money-Winning Projects

Jeff St. John: February 26, 2013

ARPA-E cites $450 million in private capital raised by companies it has backed, as it faces its own funding uncertainty.

Does Google Know About Green Button?

Does Google Know About Green Button?

Katherine Tweed: February 26, 2013

Why Google’s PowerMeter may never reappear

ARPA-E Deputy Director: Energy Innovators Are America’s Modern Explorers

ARPA-E Deputy Director: Energy Innovators Are America’s Modern Explorers

Stephen Lacey: February 26, 2013

“Explorers changed our understanding of what was possible. We take the same approach.”

AutoGrid, Austin Energy and the ARPA-E Home Energy Challenge

AutoGrid, Austin Energy and the ARPA-E Home Energy Challenge

Jeff St. John: February 26, 2013

The ARPA-E-backed startup wants to connect multiple residential energy technologies, business models to meet real-time grid needs.

Quote of the Day: Shell Seeks Game-Changing Energy Technology

Quote of the Day: Shell Seeks Game-Changing Energy Technology

Katherine Tweed: February 26, 2013

“We like the wacky stuff, as long as it obeys the rules of thermodynamics.”

ARPA-E Livestream: GE, Siemens, Lynntech and Lockheed on Making Strategic Partnerships Work

ARPA-E Livestream: GE, Siemens, Lynntech and Lockheed on Making Strategic Partnerships Work

Staff: February 21, 2013

Tune in Monday at 2:25 p.m. EST to watch live from the 2013 ARPA-E Innovation Summit.

Green Executive Moves: ARPA-E’s Arun Majumdar to Google, Plus NuScale, REC, Lighting Science

Green Executive Moves: ARPA-E’s Arun Majumdar to Google, Plus NuScale, REC, Lighting Science

Eric Wesoff: December 18, 2012

Canadian Solar and Cool Planet Energy, too

ARPA-E Award: Caltech’s Harry Atwater Aims for 50% Solar Efficiency

ARPA-E Award: Caltech’s Harry Atwater Aims for 50% Solar Efficiency

Eric Wesoff: December 6, 2012

Heroic aspirations for CPV technology funded by ARPA-E

Bidgely, Home Energy Disaggregator, Lands $3M

Bidgely, Home Energy Disaggregator, Lands $3M

Jeff St. John: October 22, 2012

Khosla Ventures invests in a startup with technology to measure discrete building power loads, all without expensive sensors.