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First Solar is scaling back its business outside of manufacturing.

First Solar Sells Off Majority of Development Pipeline

Texas-based Leeward Renewable Energy will obtain about 10 gigawatts’ worth of solar projects from the sale.

Corporate giants are seeking federal policies to expand wholesale energy markets and harmonize decarbonization policies nationwide. (Credit: Google)

What the Biggest Corporate Energy Buyers Want From Federal Clean Energy Policy

Companies including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, Walmart, Disney and Mcdonald’s lay out their policy priorities.

11 hours ago by Jeff St. John

Seeking a Better Way to Pinpoint the Value of Demand Response in California

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Seeking a Better Way to Pinpoint the Value of Demand Response in California

State agencies say data from August grid emergencies points to a performance failure. Demand response providers say the state’s market structures undercount their value.

12 hours ago by Jeff St. John

EVgo is seeking public markets to finance the growth of its existing network of EV fast-charging stations across the United States. (Credit: EVgo)

EVgo Seeks $2.6B Public Market Valuation in SPAC Reverse Merger

The LS Power subsidiary is the second major EV charger company in the U.S. seeking public capital to meet rocketing demand.

3 days ago by Jeff St. John

GTM’s Guide to the 2020 Election

This election will have major consequences for the clean energy industry and the pace of the overall energy transition. Dive into the state and federal impacts that Greentech Media is covering.

6 days ago by GTM Staff

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New Year, Same Solar Net Metering Battles

1 week ago by Emma Foehringer Merchant

How to Ensure the Next Generation of Smart Meters Is Smart Enough for the Grid Edge

2 weeks ago by Jeff St. John

5 Predictions for the Surging Storage Market in 2021

2 weeks ago by Julian Spector

Read Verisk's statement on racial equity and diversity

01.25.21 Wind 3

SkySails Power's latest project in Mauritius seeks to rejuvenate support for the technically challenging airborne wind power sector. (Credit: SkySails Power)

Will Airborne Wind Power Finally Fly in 2021?

Significant progress will need to be made for the concept to escape Makani’s shadow.

by Jason Deign

01.22.21 Grid Edge 8

Booming rooftop solar installations are pushing utilities and solar inverter makers to integrate flexible export controls into grid operations.

Australia Looks to Smart Inverters to Cram More PV Into World’s Top Solar Market

South Australia tests a flexible-exports scheme this year in a bid to add rooftop solar to the grid.

by Jason Deign

01.22.21 Solar 4

Scotland has proven that tighter carbon regulations are not an obstacle to homebuilding. (Credit: Forster Group)

How New Building Rules Can Revitalize Residential Solar in England

Tighter rules on new-build homes’ carbon footprints set to spark a solar boom in England.

by John Parnell

01.22.21 7

Why Local Solar + Storage Is a Pillar of the Net-Zero Grid

This week on The Energy Gang, we dig into an analysis showing how local distributed resources are a cheaper way to build out the future grid.

by Stephen Lacey

11.20.20 PODCASTS

What If Automakers Had Acted on Their Own Climate Science From 50 Years Ago?

This week on the Energy Gang: Ford and GM knew, too.

by Stephen Lacey

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01.21.21 Energy 13

New FERC chair Richard Glick, pictured with fellow FERC Commissioner Neil Chatterjee, will bring Democratic leadership to a federal agency core to President Biden's clean energy agenda. (Credit: FERC)

President Biden Names Richard Glick as FERC Chair

A new leadership role for a key Democratic opponent to Republican-supported policies at a vital federal agency.

by Jeff St. John

01.21.21 Energy 25

Shell sees hydrogen emerging as the best route for heavy road transport's long-term, low-carbon future.

Shell Says Hydrogen Is Heavy Transport’s Future. What Now for Biofuels?

A Deloitte report commissioned by Shell finds that the heavy-freight sector is increasingly planning for a switch to hydrogen.

by John Parnell

01.20.21 Energy 7

President Joe Biden has moved quickly on the earliest steps of his climate and energy plans in his first day in office.

Inauguration of President Biden Kicks Energy and Climate Agenda Into Action

Hours after being sworn in, Joe Biden resubmits U.S. to Paris Agreement and lays the groundwork for a major climate-change mitigation push.

by Jeff St. John, Julian Spector, Emma Foehringer Merchant

01.20.21 Fossil Fuels 10

The Indian government is angling to boost domestic coal mining with a series of commercial auctions.

How Long Will Coal Remain King in India?

India isn’t ditching coal. But its use could plateau and even decline with the right blend of policies and technologies.

by Julia Pyper

01.20.21 Perspectives 0

Industry Perspective

Solar100’s Jon Powers: The Chief Sustainability Officer of Solar

In this special edition of #Solar100, founder and CEO of kWh Analytics Richard Matsui speaks with Jon Powers, co-founder of CleanCapital.

by Richard Matsui

01.19.21 7

The ACE rule regulated coal plant emissions on an individual facility basis.

Trump’s Affordable Clean Energy Rule Is Out

A court vacated a Trump administration rule on power plants, right before Biden’s inauguration.

by Emma Foehringer Merchant

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01.19.21 Grid Edge 5

California agencies face a tight deadline to take steps to prevent more rolling blackouts this summer.

Final Analysis of California’s August Blackouts Yields Few Surprises and a Tight Deadline for Solutions

Quick supply and demand-side actions could forestall future rolling blackouts, but how to get there is open to debate.

by Jeff St. John

01.19.21 Wind 1

Mainstream has worked on a number of offshore wind projects, including the 3 GW Hornsea project in the U.K., later sold to Ørsted. (Credit: Ørsted)

Aker Horizons Buys Up Mainstream Renewable Power

The Norwegian firm acquires a 75 percent stake in Mainstream Renewable Power, an Irish developer.

by Jason Deign

01.19.21 4

A new report links several polysilicon companies to programs associated with forced labor.

Solar Industry Pushed To Examine Supply Chain After Reports of Forced Labor in China

A forthcoming report ties several large Chinese polysilicon companies to “indicators of forced labor.”

by Emma Foehringer Merchant

01.19.21 Energy Storage 5

Spain's Ebro river, the source of a reservoir that's the target of two competing pumped-hydro storage project proposals.

The Stretch of River Holding Spain’s Pumped Hydro Future

Two projects are vying to make Spain a European pumped hydro leader by 2030.

by Jason Deign

01.18.21 1

Adani won a huge 8 GW tender in India last June. (Credit: Adani Renewables)

Total Buys Stake in Adani Green Energy, World’s Biggest Solar Developer

Total has acquired a combination of solar, wind and storage projects at an average rate of 1 GW per month since January last year.

by John Parnell

01.18.21 Energy Storage 5

Swell will link batteries in 6,000 different homes to create a decentralized power plant for the local utility.

Hawaii Will Power Its Clean Grid With 6,000 Home Batteries Installed by Swell Energy

Swell’s largest contract yet comes after lining up $450 million to aggregate residential solar-battery systems to help the grid.

by Julian Spector

01.15.21 Grid Edge 5

California regulators are directing $200 million in utility funding to build microgrids that can power communities during fire-prevention blackouts.

California Sets $200M Budget for ‘Complex, Multi-Property Microgrid’ Projects

Utility funding for community resilience against fire-prevention outages doesn’t go far enough, microgrid groups argue.

by Jeff St. John

01.15.21 Grid Edge 2

Rise Light & Power plans to bury transmission lines under the Hudson River to bring renewable power to New York City with minimal disruption to the landscape.

New York City’s Biggest Power Producer Aims to Import Renewable Energy From Upstate

The Ravenswood plant owners look farther afield to supply clean electricity to the metropolis.

by Julian Spector

01.14.21 Green Building 1

Watt It Takes: BlocPower CEO Donnel Baird Wants to Electrify Buildings for Everyone

This week on Watt It Takes: Donnel Baird talks harnessing his anger over racial inequities and using it to build a clean-energy business model.

by Stephen Lacey

01.14.21 Energy 8

Massachusetts is banking on offshore wind to help meet climate goals.

Massachusetts Gov. Vetoes Bill Calling for Net-Zero Emissions by Midcentury

The legislation also would have raised the state’s renewable portfolio standard to 40 percent by 2030.

by Emma Foehringer Merchant