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2020 Looks Like the Breakout Year for Building Decarbonization in California

Policymakers are coalescing around electrification as the solution for squeezing carbon out of buildings. Is the market ready?

1 day ago by Justin Gerdes

Senator Reid speaks on this week's episode of Political Climate.

Harry Reid on Abolishing the Filibuster and Why the Green New Deal ‘Won’t Happen’

Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says climate legislation won’t pass without ending the filibuster — and the Green New Deal never will.

1 day ago by Julia Pyper

How Did Eccentric Newcomer Energy Vault Raise So Much Money?

GTM Squared

How Did Eccentric Newcomer Energy Vault Raise So Much Money?

We’ve got fresh details on the biggest stationary storage funding round to date.

2 days ago by Julian Spector

Bernie Sanders Proposes Huge Renewables Build-Out and Publicly Owned Power

The Democratic candidate’s Green New Deal would funnel $2.4 trillion of investment into renewables and storage.

2 days ago by Emma Foehringer Merchant

MISO needs demand response resources to be available outside of summer months and in a shorter timeframe.

Research Spotlight

Demand Response Rules Are Changing. MISO Shows How

The grid operator is in the midst of a transformation and now faces a growing reliance on demand-side resources year-round.

1 day ago by Elta Kolo and Chloe Holden

GTM Squared Insights

US Farmers Look to Harvest Solar Power

5 days ago by Emma Foehringer Merchant

Hybrid Power Plants Are Gaining Momentum. Can We Call It a Trend?

1 week ago by Julian Spector

Hawaiian Electric’s Landmark Integrated Grid Planning at the Crossroads

1 week ago by Jeff St. John

Permits are in place for the proposed 400-megawatt/3,400-megawatt-hour facility. (Credit: Absaroka)

August 13, 2019 Energy Storage

Montana Developer Ready to Build Modern-Day Pumped Hydro Storage

95 by Julian Spector

August 19, 2019 Research & Analysis

The Energy Transition in 4 Charts

13 by Mike Munsell

August 15, 2019

Energy Vault Lands $110M From SoftBank’s Vision Fund for Gravity Storage

33 by Jeff St. John

08.22.19

Bernie Sanders Proposes Huge Renewables Build-Out and Publicly Owned Power

162 by Emma Foehringer Merchant

Offshore wind farms are now generating huge amounts of power of Europe's coasts. (Credit: Orsted)

08.14.19 Wind

6 Offshore Wind Farms the Size of Nuclear Power Plants

126 by Jason Deign

08.13.19 Energy Storage

Montana Developer Ready to Build Modern-Day Pumped Hydro Storage

95 by Julian Spector

08.23.19 Solar 0

Hawaiian Electric is seeking nearly a gigawatt of renewables, energy storage and grid services to help replace two closing fossil fuel power plants.

Hawaiian Electric Seeks Bids for 900MW of ‘Dispatchable Renewables,’ Storage and Grid Services

The next round of RFPs will help meet Hawaii’s goal of 100 percent renewables by 2045 and replace two big power plants closing on Oahu and Maui in the next five years.

by Jeff St. John

08.23.19 Energy Storage 2

The New Normal for the Grid: Batteries

On this week’s Energy Gang podcast: We dig into the latest project activity in energy storage.

by Stephen Lacey

08.22.19 Solar 47

Research Spotlight

Already Cheaper Than Gas, China’s Renewables to Undercut Coal by 2026

Average solar prices in China have fallen below wind for the first time this year, Wood Mackenzie says.

by Angel Hang

08.21.19 0

Guy Sella took SolarEdge public in 2015.

Ailing Health Forces Leave of Absence for SolarEdge CEO Guy Sella

The founder and CEO of the solar power electronics market leader will be replaced on an interim basis by Zvi Lando, VP of global sales.

by Jeff St. John

06.19.19 PODCASTS

Will Geothermal Ever Boom Like Fracking?

On this week’s Energy Gang podcast: We look at a U.S. government plan to reinvigorate geothermal.

by Stephen Lacey

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08.21.19 Grid Edge 4

The proposed set-aside could be voted on by regulators as soon as next month.

California Proposes $100M in Energy Storage Incentives to Boost Wildfire Resiliency

An incentive carve-out for high-fire-risk areas could boost uptake among customers most likely to want solar-storage systems.

by Jeff St. John

08.21.19 Energy Storage 3

Co-located storage has typically made less economic sense with wind than with solar.

GlidePath Took on Storage in Texas. Now It Wants to Add Batteries to Wind

Quinbrook-backed developer will fill batteries with wind power during times of negative pricing in the Southwest Power Pool.

by Julian Spector

08.21.19 Solar 22

Walmart has moved aggressively in deploying both on- and off-site renewables.

Walmart Sues Tesla Over Rooftop Fires It Blames on Faulty Solar Systems

The mega-retailer’s lawsuit comes as Tesla is struggling to reconcile big ambitions for its solar business with rapidly decelerating growth.

by Emma Foehringer Merchant

08.21.19 Wind 7

Green power: giving the people what they want.

Sizing Up the Corporate Renewables Market

Just how big could corporate wind and solar procurement get? A new analysis from WoodMac and the American Wind Energy Association tries to find out.

by Karl-Erik Stromsta

08.20.19 Grid Edge 1

Ameresco’s portfolio includes the Philadelphia Navy Yard's microgrid.

Ameresco Plots Larger Role for On-Site Solar and Storage

The microgrids and energy-efficiency specialist says the number of viable markets for on-site PV and batteries is growing.

by Jeff St. John

08.20.19 Energy 19

Outside looking in: Inslee is below 2 percent in the polls.

‘Climate Candidate’ Inslee Likely to Miss Climate Event He Fought For

Washington Governor Jay Inslee has helped catalyze Democratic discussion on climate change, but he’s struggling in the polls.

by Emma Foehringer Merchant

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08.20.19 Energy Storage 6

Storage systems can help smaller utilities reduce their consumption peaks and transmission costs.

New England’s Municipal Utilities Get a Taste for Battery Storage

NEC Energy Solutions has added six sizable deals with small municipal utilities in the Northeast.

by Julian Spector

08.19.19 Solar 1

Sunnova said it will grow its customer base by around 30 percent in 2019.

Sunnova Logs Q2 Loss but Outlines Big-Time Customer Growth

The newly public residential solar company is growing quickly but has much work ahead to become profitable.

by Emma Foehringer Merchant

08.19.19 Solar 30

Elon Musk’s Latest Plan for the Solar Market: Rentals

Tesla continues to search for a viable solar strategy after logging its lowest-ever quarterly installations in the second quarter.

by Emma Foehringer Merchant

08.19.19 Research & Analysis 40

Research Spotlight

Texas’ Power Price Spike and Designing Markets for a Carbon-Free Grid

The Texas power market is designed to play chicken with blackouts. Is the model sustainable in a high-renewables system?

by Matt DaPrato

08.19.19 Research & Analysis 13

Research Spotlight

The Energy Transition in 4 Charts

A peek at Wood Mackenzie’s latest outlooks for solar, wind energy storage and carbon emissions.

by Mike Munsell

GTM Squared

US Farmers Look to Harvest Solar Power

States such as California increasingly need to balance their agricultural riches with the growth of their solar markets.

by Emma Foehringer Merchant | August 19, 2019

08.16.19 Wind 19

California's untapped offshore wind market holds enormous promise and challenges.

California Community Choice Aggregator Sees Promise in Floating Offshore Wind

Monterey Bay Community Power is exploring the possibility of a huge floating offshore wind project with developers EnBW and Trident Winds.

by Jeff St. John

08.16.19 PV, EV, & Storage 4

How Electric Cars and Renewables Could Beat Oil

This week on The Energy Gang: The economics of oil are beginning to be challenged by EVs paired with wind and solar.

by Stephen Lacey

08.16.19 Policy 2

Scott Kelly shares his perspective on fighting climate change, having seen the challenge from the unique viewpoint of space.

Astronaut Scott Kelly: ‘What Are We Doing to This Planet?’

Political Climate sits down with NASA astronaut Scott Kelly to discuss technology, politics and the unique perspective that traveling to space offers on the climate crisis.

by Julia Pyper

08.16.19 Efficiency 23

Using Artificial Intelligence to Design More Efficient Heat Pumps

A new type of heat pump using micro-turbocompressors could be on the market within five years, researchers say.

by Justin Gerdes

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Hawaiian Electric Seeks Bids for 900MW of 'Dispatchable Renewables,' Storage and Grid Services

Already Cheaper Than Gas, China's Renewables to Undercut Coal by 2026

Walmart Sues Tesla Over Rooftop Fires It Blames on Faulty Solar Systems

Elon Musk at Model Y Reveal: ‘This Is the Year of the Solar Roof and Powerwall’

California Proposes $100M in Energy Storage Incentives to Boost Wildfire Resiliency

Ameresco Plots Larger Role for On-Site Solar and Storage

The New Normal for the Grid: Batteries

GlidePath Took on Storage in Texas. Now It Wants to Add Batteries to Wind

New England's Municipal Utilities Get a Taste for Battery Storage

Sizing Up the Corporate Renewables Market

California Community Choice Aggregator Sees Promise in Floating Offshore Wind

Vestas Profit Falls as Trade Tariffs Bite Wind Supply Chain

Hawaiian Electric Seeks Bids for 900MW of 'Dispatchable Renewables,' Storage and Grid Services

Already Cheaper Than Gas, China's Renewables to Undercut Coal by 2026

Walmart Sues Tesla Over Rooftop Fires It Blames on Faulty Solar Systems

Renewables May Prove Cheaper Than 96% of Coal Plants Worldwide by 2030

The Key to Unlocking ‘Renewables as Baseload’ Is the Control System

A Look at Chevron’s Dip Into Clean Energy Investing

Financing Considerations for Commercial Solar into 2020 and Beyond

Global energy storage markets: Drivers, opportunities and risks

ArcGIS® Anchors Grid Modernization

2020 Looks Like the Breakout Year for Building Decarbonization in California

Harry Reid on Abolishing the Filibuster and Why the Green New Deal ‘Won’t Happen’

How Did Eccentric Newcomer Energy Vault Raise So Much Money?

Bernie Sanders Proposes Huge Renewables Build-Out and Publicly Owned Power

Demand Response Rules Are Changing. MISO Shows How

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California Proposes $100M in Energy Storage Incentives to Boost Wildfire Resiliency

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Ameresco Plots Larger Role for On-Site Solar and Storage

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