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The plan mixes clean energy with natural gas.

Final IRP Proposal for Puerto Rico Calls for ‘Mini-Grids’ and Rapid Solar and Storage Deployment

The plan also includes the buildout of natural gas capacity and infrastructure.

1 day ago by Emma Foehringer Merchant

The Acquisitions and Business Opportunities Reshaping Distributed Storage

The Acquisitions and Business Opportunities Reshaping Distributed Storage

The business landscape has shifted immensely in just the past month.

1 day ago by Julian Spector

McKinsey presents a more aggressive rollout of renewables in the global power sector.

BP and McKinsey Agree Renewables to Be the Dominant Power Source by 2040, Diverge on Numbers

How much of the global power mix will come from renewables in future? Opinions differ.

1 day ago by Emma Foehringer Merchant

There is growing consensus that building electrification is the most viable path to zero-emission buildings.

California Regulators Get Serious About Building Decarbonization

The California Public Utilities Commission moves to implement legislation authorizing $200 million for low-carbon heating technologies.

1 day ago by Justin Gerdes

Transportation experts lay out their priorities for possible Green New Deal policies.

A Look at the Green New Deal’s Clean Transportation Goals and How to Achieve Them

The goals are ambitious, and the possible solutions are many.

1 day ago by Emma Foehringer Merchant

Editors' Picks

Breaking Down PG&E’s Plan to Use Power Outages to Prevent Wildfires

How SDG&E Plans to Quit the Electricity Procurement Business

Cypress Creek Issues Layoffs in Pivot to Growth Markets

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Is the Utility-Scale Solar Industry in a Finance Bubble?

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DistribuTech Notebook: Grid Edge Digitalization, Predictive Analytics and Energy Disaggregation

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In Australia’s Volatile Grid, Batteries Counteract Price Spikes for States and Homes

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Blockchain Q&A With Itron Idea Labs

2 days ago by Scott Clavenna

Simplified products will be key to engage the long tail of customers that want to take part in the distributed energy transition.

February 4, 2019 Commercial & Industrial Energy

More Than 50% of Businesses Say They’re ‘Least Advanced’ When It Comes to Energy

1 by GTM Creative Strategies

SDG&E moves to become a poles-and-wires company.

February 4, 2019 Regulation & Policy

How SDG&E Plans to Quit the Electricity Procurement Business

9 by Justin Gerdes

Fleets of aggregated home batteries and solar will provide capacity for New England's regional grid.

February 7, 2019 Solar-Plus-Storage

Sunrun Wins Big in New England Capacity Auction With Home Solar and Batteries

15 by Julian Spector

“I think, as a city, this is an unparalleled opportunity to move to energy independence.

02.08.19 Regulation & Policy

San Francisco Explores Taking Over PG&E’s Local Electricity Assets

79 by Kevin Stark

On Thursday lawmakers released more details on what the Green New Deal will look like.

02.07.19 Policy

Green New Deal Resolution Calls for 100% ‘Clean, Renewable and Zero-Emission Energy Sources’

47 by Emma Foehringer Merchant

Germany Has Agreed to Phase Out Coal by 2038. What Happens Next?

02.08.19 Fossil Fuels

Germany Has Agreed to Phase Out Coal by 2038. What Happens Next?

39 by Jason Deign

02.04.19 Commercial & Industrial Energy 1

Simplified products will be key to engage the long tail of customers that want to take part in the distributed energy transition.

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More Than 50% of Businesses Say They’re ‘Least Advanced’ When It Comes to Energy

Better, cheaper technology and novel financing schemes could help far more organizations take part in the energy transition.

by GTM Creative Strategies

02.15.19 Blockchain 4

SMA Offers SolarCoin Crypto Cash to 260,000 PV Owners

The inverter company’s customers can get one SolarCoin for each megawatt-hour.

02.15.19 Energy Storage 2

Shell's cleantech investment marathon brought sonnen into the fold, promising funds and assistance to scale home batteries worldwide.

Oil Supermajor Shell Acquires Sonnen for Home Battery Expansion

The German startup has already reached thousands of homes. With Shell’s capital, it could reach a whole lot more.

by Julian Spector

02.14.19 Policy 17

TVA staff laid out evidence that the Paradise plant is costing ratepayers far more than it's worth.

TVA Votes to Close Coal Plant Despite Objections From Trump, Republicans

Federal power authority is closing uneconomic coal plants and seeking cleaner alternatives—though environmental groups want more.

by Jeff St. John

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06.28.18 PODCASTS

Are Fugitive Methane Emissions Offsetting the CO2 Benefit of Natural Gas?

This week’s Energy Gang podcast is all about gas.

by Stephen Lacey

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02.14.19 Policy 6

How will the Green New Deal shake up the climate conversation?

Parsing the Green New Deal

This week on The Energy Gang podcast: Deal or no deal?

by Stephen Lacey

02.14.19 Regulation & Policy 3

The utility has laid out a raft of proposals to mitigate fire risk.

Breaking Down PG&E’s Plan to Use Power Outages to Prevent Wildfires

PG&E could cut power to millions this summer in an effort to prevent wildfires, and wants to deploy better sensors and distributed energy resources to avoid the worst impacts.

by Jeff St. John

Blockchain Q&A With Itron Idea Labs

Blockchain Q&A With Itron Idea Labs

Our co-founder and chairman continues on the path toward blockchain enlightenment.

by Scott Clavenna | February 14, 2019

02.14.19 Electric Vehicles 7

This is the state's first vehicle-to-grid research and testing center.

Vehicle-to-Grid Testing Comes to Texas

Pecan Street and Austin Energy have teamed up to determine if EV batteries can provide grid services.

by Justin Gerdes

02.14.19 Research & Analysis 0

O&M vendors are seek relief from price pressure by cutting costs and offering more services.

Research Spotlight

Price Pressure Weighs on Solar O&M Vendors

O&M vendors seek relief from price pressure by cutting costs and offering more services. At the same time, consolidation in the market has stalled.

by Lindsay Cherry

02.13.19 Finance & VC 3

Makani will take its kite-based wind power technology offshore with help from Shell.

Alphabet’s Cleantech ‘Moonshots’ Attract Big-Name Investors

Makani won Shell’s support for kite-based wind, and Dandelion nabbed $16 million in venture funding.

by Julian Spector

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Bottlenecks Building as US Wind Demand Peaks

While the US wind energy installation outlook looks bright – more than 23GW in new capacity forecast over the next two years – looming unforeseen supply chain bottlenecks could lead to project cancellations and postponements, putting as much as $2.1 billion of revenue at risk.

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Planning for a Distributed Energy Future

In the few short years since West Monroe’s last survey, Keeping the Lights On, there has been an increase in the types of DERs connected to the grid across utilities of all sizes and geographic locations in North America. In this research report, we take a comprehensive and linear look at how customers, utilities, and regulators are approaching this transformation in 2018.