Electricity

Are Solar Companies Prepared to Enter a Post-Subsidy World?

Are Solar Companies Prepared to Enter a Post-Subsidy World?

Stephen Lacey: April 25, 2013

Not without a fight. Watch the video.

How Do We Reverse the Drop in Combined Heat and Power Use?

How Do We Reverse the Drop in Combined Heat and Power Use?

Adam James: April 15, 2013

Making sure the lowest-hanging efficiency fruit doesn’t die on the vine

Growth in China’s Wind Sector Eclipses Growth in Coal

Growth in China’s Wind Sector Eclipses Growth in Coal

Herman K. Trabish: March 22, 2013

Meanwhile, calls to cap coal production are growing as citizens deal with worsening pollution.

LightSail Gets $5.5M From Total, Thiel, Khosla, Gates for Compressed Air Energy Storage

LightSail Gets $5.5M From Total, Thiel, Khosla, Gates for Compressed Air Energy Storage

Eric Wesoff, Herman Trabish: February 19, 2013

Can LightSail get to the right efficiency, cost, and scale?

Guest Post: Getting Resilient Infrastructure Right for Electric Utilities

Guest Post: Getting Resilient Infrastructure Right for Electric Utilities

Dan Mullen: February 8, 2013

The epic snowstorm hitting the East Coast reminds us of the need for a more responsive, adaptable grid.

Big Funders Bought Wind in 2012: Report

Big Funders Bought Wind in 2012: Report

Herman K. Trabish: January 23, 2013

A 36 percent jump in fundings says the market wanted wind.

LightSail Gets $37.5M From Thiel, Khosla, and Gates for Compressed Air Grid-Scale Storage

LightSail Gets $37.5M From Thiel, Khosla, and Gates for Compressed Air Grid-Scale Storage

Eric Wesoff, Herman Trabish: November 14, 2012

A goal of being as efficient as pumped hydro, but without the geographic restrictions

Report Snapshot: Communication Networks for Distribution Automation

Report Snapshot: Communication Networks for Distribution Automation

GTM Staff: November 8, 2012

GTM Research believes that DA represents the greatest opportunity to reap the benefits of the smart grid.

LightSail Gets $37.5M From Thiel, Khosla, and Gates for Compressed Air Grid-Scale Storage

LightSail Gets $37.5M From Thiel, Khosla, and Gates for Compressed Air Grid-Scale Storage

Eric Wesoff, Herman Trabish: November 5, 2012

A goal of being as efficient as pumped hydro, but without the geographic restrictions

Utility-Scale PV Developers Confront Future of Solar Project Business

Utility-Scale PV Developers Confront Future of Solar Project Business

Herman K. Trabish: November 1, 2012

They want the “doable renewables.”

Winning Solar Strategies, Part 1: SunPower

Winning Solar Strategies, Part 1: SunPower

Herman K. Trabish: September 17, 2012

How to sell an expensive product and succeed

SPI 2012: Solar Celebrates, Then Readies for an Attack From Consumer Reports

SPI 2012: Solar Celebrates, Then Readies for an Attack From Consumer Reports

Herman K. Trabish: September 11, 2012

PV’s biggest quarterly numbers come just ahead of accusations.

Talking Solar Securitization With Centrosolar

Talking Solar Securitization With Centrosolar

Herman K. Trabish: September 11, 2012

Are solar-backed securities the next step for financing or the seeds of a crisis?

Can Silevo Compete in the High Performance Solar Panel Race?

Can Silevo Compete in the High Performance Solar Panel Race?

Herman K. Trabish: September 5, 2012

Will 18+ percent module efficiency and 98 cents per watt costs allow the startup to survive in today’s brutal solar market?

Solar Inverter Maker AE Wins With Service and O&M

Solar Inverter Maker AE Wins With Service and O&M

Herman K. Trabish: September 4, 2012

Advanced Energy’s answer to intensifying competition is to guarantee its technology.