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Inslee Releases Clean Energy Jobs Plan with ‘G.I. Bill’ for Fossil Fuel Workers

The presidential candidate wants to show that a clean energy transition can leave workers better off.

Questions About Tesla’s ‘Low-Cost Solar’ Announcement

Tesla’s new solar roof strategy is a bold pivot, but a lack of detail about the equipment used and potential additional installation costs makes it difficult to compare to other offerings.

1 hour ago by Max Aram

Highlights From Greentech Media’s Solar Summit 2019

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Highlights From Greentech Media’s Solar Summit 2019

A sense of calm pervaded this year’s GTM Solar Summit as the industry prepares for the ITC phase-down and stable growth in the years beyond. This is a market approaching maturity more than one in flux.

3 days ago by Emma Foehringer Merchant

Coal plants are retiring in big numbers in PJM, but largely being replaced by gas-fired capacity.

Research Spotlight

As Coal Retires in PJM, Why Aren’t Renewables Filling the Vacuum?

Solar and wind have struggled to compete against a flood of cheap natural gas in the largest U.S. wholesale power market, operated by PJM.

3 hours ago by Chloe Holden

California remains the leading U.S. market for behind-the-meter storage, but opportunities are expanding in the Northeast.

Engie Acquires Genbright to Unlock More Value From Distributed Storage and Solar Portfolio

Genbright’s software matches distributed energy resources with multiple wholesale energy market opportunities. New England is a key growth target, Engie Storage CEO Chris Tilley tells GTM.

2 days ago by Jeff St. John

GTM Squared Insights

Evaluating Solar Investments: Don’t Take Everything at Face Value

1 week ago by Emma Foehringer Merchant

Watch Solar Summit 2019 Right Here on May 14-15

6 days ago by Nicholas Rinaldi

Global Snapshot of Key Energy Storage and Battery Markets

2 weeks ago by Julian Spector

In many regards, batteries are safer to install than rooftop solar, the author says.

May 16, 2019 Grid Edge

10 Mistakes I’ve Made Selling and Installing Battery Storage Systems

12 by Barry Cinnamon

Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser is going big on e-mobility and storage.

May 8, 2019 Wind

Siemens to Spin Off Gas and Power Division, Merge It With Wind Turbine Supplier SGRE

13 by Karl-Erik Stromsta

May 9, 2019 Solar

US Surpasses 2 Million Solar Installations as Industry Looks to ‘Dominate’ the 2020s

9 by Emma Foehringer Merchant

05.13.19 Fossil Fuels

Gas Plant Rejection Brings the Energy Transition Home to Indiana

58 by Julian Spector

05.14.19 Solar

WoodMac: Solar Plants Cheaper Than Natural Gas ‘Just About Everywhere’ by 2023

46 by Karl-Erik Stromsta

05.10.19 Wind

Floating Offshore Wind Holds Promise for Vertical-Axis Turbines

44 by Jason Deign

05.17.19 Policy 1

What does this political play say about the future of climate action in the U.S.?

Republican Carbon-Tax Advocate Carlos Curbelo: ‘Both Parties Are the Problem’

Political Climate speaks with former Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo about House Democrats revoking his invitation to testify on carbon pricing.

by Julia Pyper

05.17.19 Wind 11

The Haliade-X will use 107-meter blades, the longest ever made.

GE’s Record-Breaking 12MW Offshore Wind Turbine Wins Backing of Swedish Utility Vattenfall

One of the world’s leading offshore wind developers plans to deploy the Haliade-X, after spending a year studying GE’s unprecedented turbine.

by Karl-Erik Stromsta

05.17.19 Grid Edge 3

Mini-grids and home solar systems can help transform communities detached from the main grid.

Industry Perspective

How Facebook’s Predictive Grid Map Can Identify African Off-Grid Market Opportunities

To bring electricity to the 600 million Africans without it, we must first know where they are. New tools are emerging that will allow developers to more efficiently target opportunities.

by Lucy Shaw and Jake Cusack

05.16.19 Solar Finance & VC 1

Goldman Sachs Becomes Solar Supplier to California CCAs as Its Acquisition Spree Continues

The purchase of Recurrent Energy’s equity stake in the 100 MW Mustang project adds to Goldman subsidiaries’ growing solar portfolios.

by Jeff St. John

05.06.19 PODCASTS

What the Renewed Debate Over Costs of Renewable Energy Policy Is Missing

On this week’s Energy Gang: We look at a controversial report on renewables targets from the University of Chicago.

by Stephen Lacey

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05.16.19 Grid Edge 12

Industry Perspective

10 Mistakes I’ve Made Selling and Installing Battery Storage Systems

The CEO of Silicon Valley’s Cinnamon Energy Systems boils down his biggest lessons from the residential battery business—from buggy software and interconnection delays to understanding customers’ emotions.

by Barry Cinnamon

05.16.19 Wind 9

Wind has dominated the corporate renewables market in the U.S., but solar is beginning to close the gap.

Research Spotlight

Wind Living in Solar’s World: A Strategy for the US Wind Industry

Solar power represents the biggest threat to the U.S. wind market, writes WoodMac’s Dan Shreve. But the rivalry will be impacted by many complex factors.

by Dan Shreve

Understanding California’s Coming Summer of Fire-Prevention Grid Outages

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Understanding California’s Coming Summer of Fire-Prevention Grid Outages

As wildfire season looms, a look at why it’s so hard to predict the scope and scale of the de-energizations to come, and how California’s utilities are preparing for the possible consequences.

by Jeff St. John | May 16, 2019

05.16.19 Markets & Policy 0

Solar systems are popping up everywhere. What will drive the new era of scale?

Past Is Prologue: Trends That Got America to 2 Million Solar Systems

On this week’s Energy Gang podcast: The forces guiding solar’s new era of scale.

by Stephen Lacey

05.15.19 Solar 6

Tesla has pledged to bring 5,000 jobs to New York state within a decade of the Gigafactory 2's completion.

Tesla’s New York Jobs Target on Track as Buffalo Factory Expands Beyond Solar

In addition to its solar roof, Tesla will begin making equipment for its energy storage and EV chargers in New York, offering clarity about the future of its Gigafactory 2.

by Emma Foehringer Merchant

05.15.19 Grid Edge 0

Tendril Acquires EnergySavvy to Enhance Utility Customer Data Analytics

The home energy data specialist’s second acquisition since December puts it in competition with Oracle’s Opower and Bidgely in the utility customer service field.

by Jeff St. John

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Upcoming Webinar Solar ITC Stepdown Forecast and Strategy: The Path Forward for Supply and Demand

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05.15.19 Mobility 17

More studies show ride-hailing is putting more internal-combustion cars on the road. Can we clean it up fast enough?

Are Uber and Lyft Bad for Energy and Climate?

On this week’s Interchange episode: We debate the positive and negative consequences of ride-hailing.

by Stephen Lacey

05.15.19 Wind 13

Semi-Submersible Technology Set for Commanding Early Lead in Floating Offshore Wind

Principle Power’s semi-submersible platform will play a big role in the early market for floating offshore wind, as a spate of projects gets set to enter the water.

by Jason Deign

05.14.19 Solar 25

2019 is the last year that the solar industry can take advantage of the ITC’s full 30 percent value.

US Solar Industry Braces for ITC Stepdown While Making the Case for Another Extension

“We need to do something about climate change, and the most straightforward thing is to extend the ITC and the PTC,” says SunPower CEO Tom Werner.

by Emma Foehringer Merchant

05.14.19 Solar 46

WoodMac: Solar Plants Cheaper Than Natural Gas ‘Just About Everywhere’ by 2023

The days of new gas-fired plants keeping up with utility solar on a levelized cost basis may soon be over. But the rise of competitive renewables auctions means profits will be hard to come by, even in an expanding market.

by Karl-Erik Stromsta

05.14.19 Smart Homes/Smart Buildings 0

UK Battery Startup Moixa Lands $11M From Honda and Itochu

Startup with megawatts of behind-the-meter batteries under management gets boost from current Japanese virtual power plant partner and soon-to-be European EV integration partner.

by Jeff St. John

GTM Solar Summit live broadcast from Scottsdale, Arizona on May 14 and 15, 2019.

GTM Squared

Watch Solar Summit 2019 Right Here on May 14-15

We have two full days of panels and presentations from our flagship solar conference. And you can participate in it all by registering here.

by Nicholas Rinaldi | May 14, 2019

05.13.19 Solar 14

Chinese Solar Inverters Hit by Latest US Trade Tariffs, but Impact Seen as Muted

The increasingly globalized solar supply chain has been preparing for the possibility of more U.S. tariffs on components made in China. But the cumulative impact of tariffs is building.

by Emma Foehringer Merchant

05.13.19 Fossil Fuels 58

Gas Plant Rejection Brings the Energy Transition Home to Indiana

Vectren South wanted to replace baseload coal capacity with a massive gas plant. Regulators told the Indiana utility to consider more options in a fast-moving energy world.

by Julian Spector

05.13.19 Grid Edge 9

Microgrids face lengthy permitting times and components that remain too expensive.

Lessons Learned From California’s Pioneering Microgrids

Four years ago California funded seven microgrid demonstration projects, from fire stations to a college campus. How have they performed, and what do they say about the future?

by Justin Gerdes

Evaluating Solar Investments: Don’t Take Everything at Face Value

GTM Squared

Evaluating Solar Investments: Don’t Take Everything at Face Value

Investors in U.S. solar projects should be ready to question the assumptions developers have made. They may be too good to be true.

by Emma Foehringer Merchant | May 13, 2019

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Questions About Tesla’s ‘Low-Cost Solar’ Announcement

Tesla's New York Jobs Target on Track as Buffalo Factory Expands Beyond Solar

US Solar Industry Braces for ITC Stepdown While Making the Case for Another Extension

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

How Facebook's Predictive Grid Map Can Identify African Off-Grid Market Opportunities

10 Mistakes I've Made Selling and Installing Battery Storage Systems

APS Stands Behind Storage Expansion Plans in Wake of Battery Facility Fire

New York's Energy Storage Incentive Could Spur Deployment of 1.8GWh

Southern California Edison Picks 195MW Battery Portfolio in Place of Puente Gas Plant

GE's Record-Breaking 12MW Offshore Wind Turbine Wins Backing of Swedish Utility Vattenfall

Wind Living in Solar's World: A Strategy for the US Wind Industry

Semi-Submersible Technology Set for Commanding Early Lead in Floating Offshore Wind

Questions About Tesla’s ‘Low-Cost Solar’ Announcement

Tesla's New York Jobs Target on Track as Buffalo Factory Expands Beyond Solar

US Solar Industry Braces for ITC Stepdown While Making the Case for Another Extension

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

Beyond the PPA: A Company’s Guide to Renewable Energy Procurement

How Corporations Can Embrace Distributed Energy Like Never Before

2019 State of Demand-Side Energy Management in North America

Inslee Releases Clean Energy Jobs Plan with ‘G.I. Bill’ for Fossil Fuel Workers

Questions About Tesla’s ‘Low-Cost Solar’ Announcement

Highlights From Greentech Media’s Solar Summit 2019

As Coal Retires in PJM, Why Aren’t Renewables Filling the Vacuum?

Engie Acquires Genbright to Unlock More Value From Distributed Storage and Solar Portfolio

Editors' Picks

Republican Carbon-Tax Advocate Carlos Curbelo: ‘Both Parties Are the Problem’

GE’s Record-Breaking 12MW Offshore Wind Turbine Wins Backing of Swedish Utility Vattenfall

How Facebook’s Predictive Grid Map Can Identify African Off-Grid Market Opportunities

Goldman Sachs Becomes Solar Supplier to California CCAs as Its Acquisition Spree Continues

10 Mistakes I’ve Made Selling and Installing Battery Storage Systems

Wind Living in Solar’s World: A Strategy for the US Wind Industry

Understanding California’s Coming Summer of Fire-Prevention Grid Outages

Past Is Prologue: Trends That Got America to 2 Million Solar Systems

Tesla’s New York Jobs Target on Track as Buffalo Factory Expands Beyond Solar

Tendril Acquires EnergySavvy to Enhance Utility Customer Data Analytics

Are Uber and Lyft Bad for Energy and Climate?

Semi-Submersible Technology Set for Commanding Early Lead in Floating Offshore Wind

US Solar Industry Braces for ITC Stepdown While Making the Case for Another Extension

WoodMac: Solar Plants Cheaper Than Natural Gas ‘Just About Everywhere’ by 2023

UK Battery Startup Moixa Lands $11M From Honda and Itochu

Watch Solar Summit 2019 Right Here on May 14-15

Chinese Solar Inverters Hit by Latest US Trade Tariffs, but Impact Seen as Muted

Gas Plant Rejection Brings the Energy Transition Home to Indiana

Lessons Learned From California’s Pioneering Microgrids

Evaluating Solar Investments: Don’t Take Everything at Face Value