U.S. Power & Renewables Summit 2017

U.S. Power & Renewables Summit 2017 Join GTM and industry experts for two days in November when we meet in Austin, Texas to define what the future of power and renewables will look like. Click here to learn more.

10.19.17 Regulation & Policy

FERC Faces Barrage of Comments on DOE’s Coal, Nuclear Cost-Recovery Rule

by Jeff St. John

10.17.17 PV Modules

SunPower Founder Dick Swanson’s Guide to Launching a Cleantech Startup

3 by Julian Spector

SolarWorld Americas US solar manufacturing facility.

10.17.17 Markets & Policy

The Potential Impact of Solar Tariffs in 12 Charts

10 by Shayle Kann and MJ Shiao

10.19.17 Energy 2

Electric distribution and transmission lines at sunset.

Renewables May Become the Netflix of the Energy Sector

A new Wood Mackenzie paper looks at six energy market disruptions that are “rewriting the whole economy.”

by Emma Foehringer Merchant

10.19.17 Solar-Plus-Storage 0

Advanced Microgrid Solutions Tesla battery installation.

AMS Beefs Up Leadership Team With SolarCity’s Grid Services Guru

Ryan Hanley will spearhead the commercial storage company’s product development, as it ramps up for a major utility contract.

by Julian Spector

10.19.17 Energy Storage 10

Switching From Lithium-Ion Could Be Harder Than You Think

Electricity storage based on cheaper materials faces an uphill struggle.

by Jason Deign

10.19.17 Other Energy 4

Stanford Startx accelerator for energy innovation.

Industry Perspective

How America Should Promote Energy Innovation in the Face of Extreme Weather

Former Obama energy experts make the case for boosting America’s entrepreneurial efforts in cleantech.

by Kenneth Alston and Yuvaraj Sivalingam

October 9, 2017 Electric Vehicles

New Amazon Drones Will Charge Your Car While You Drive

17 by Emma Foehringer Merchant

October 17, 2017 Markets & Policy

The Potential Impact of Solar Tariffs in 12 Charts

10 by Shayle Kann and MJ Shiao

Thin film solar manufacturing and solar trade case

October 11, 2017 Manufacturing

First Solar Comes Out in Favor of a Section 201 Trade Case Remedy

19 by Julia Pyper

10.06.17 Energy

Work in Clean Energy? We Want Your Thoughts

158 by Emma Foehringer Merchant

10.13.17 Regulation & Policy

Two Coal Plants Close in Texas, as Trump Admin Pushes Pro-Coal Agenda

86 by Jeff St. John

10.11.17 Policy

Clean Power Plan Critics Cheer Repeal, Say It Won’t Stop Energy Transition

74 by Emma Foehringer Merchant

10.19.17 Solar Finance & VC 0

Solar Securitizations Expected to Pass $1 Billion in 2017

Solar financiers are receiving record market interest this year, freeing up capital for more lending.

by Julian Spector

10.18.17 Regulation & Policy 5

Pile of coal to represent FERC decision on grid resilience.

What FERC Commissioners Are Saying About the DOE NOPR

With the 60-day deadline approaching, LaFleur, Chatterjee and Powelson seem divided over Perry’s controversial proposal.

by Emma Foehringer Merchant

New York City Director of Sustainability Joins The Energy Gang

GTM Squared

How Are Mega-Cities Like New York Implementing Sustainability?

Another edition of The Energy Gang, transcription-style.

by Stephen Lacey | October 18, 2017

10.18.17 Electric Vehicles 11

Volkswagen E-Golt plug-in electric vehicle with lithium ion battery.

The Truth About the Cobalt Crisis: It’s Not a Crisis, Yet

Cobalt supplies will not be a showstopper for electric vehicles, an expert says.

by Jason Deign

Solar

Early look at what will be the world’s largest solar park in Dubai

10.18.17 Off Grid/Energy Access 7

U.S. Virgin Islands electrical wires after Hurricane Maria.

Industry Perspective

What It Will Take to Rebuild the Caribbean With Clean Energy

When it comes to energy infrastructure, the Caribbean sits at an intersection of need and opportunity. And now is the time to act.

by Bruce Levy

10.18.17 Wind Markets & Policy 11

Offshore wind under construction in the US.

Delaware Wants In on the US Offshore Wind Market

A new working group will deliver recommendations on how to jump-start offshore wind in Delaware by December 15.

by Justin Gerdes

Upcoming Webinar

Upcoming Webinar Virtual Power Plants & the Road to DERMS: It’s a Distributed Energy World

Tuesday October 24, 2017 2:00 PM ET

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Featured White Paper

PJM Capacity Performance Is Here. Don’t Believe The Myths.

In the foreseeable future, Capacity Performance will be PJM’s only game in town for forward capacity Demand Response.

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10.17.17 Demand Response 0

Evolutions in Demand Response: Tapping Locational Value With Pinpoint DR

Central Hudson’s non-wires alternatives program is brand-new. Gulf Power’s is 20 years old. Both can serve locational grid needs today, if technology and policy align.

by Jeff St. John

10.17.17 Electric Vehicles 2

Public transit agencies got federal funds to electrify bus fleets.

Industry Perspective

How Federal Grants Are Accelerating the Adoption of Electrified Mass Transit

Black & Veatch’s Paul Stith explains why the migration toward electric buses is picking up speed.

by Paul Stith

Looking Beyond DOE’s NOPR, a Case for Grid Flexibility Alongside Reliability

GTM Squared

Looking Beyond DOE’s NOPR, a Case for Grid Flexibility Alongside Reliability

Energy Innovation has some ideas for the grid beyond cost recovery for coal piles. Plus, FERC Acting Chairman Neil Chatterjee speaks, and the California SGIP targets low-income communities.

by Jeff St. John | October 17, 2017

10.17.17 Manufacturing 8

Stion discontinues operations despite solar trade case.

American Solar Manufacturer Stion to ‘Discontinue Operations’

Restructuring and job cuts come despite the fact that Stion’s “Made in the USA” panels stand to benefit from new solar tariffs.

by Julia Pyper

Featured White Paper

Making Utility-Integrated Energy Storage A Used, Useful & Universal Resource

The use of distributed resources such as PVs and EVs are expanding at a rapid pace, creating technical challenges for the distribution system that will require energy storage and a new generation of software to address.

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Upcoming Webinar

Upcoming Webinar Designing for Maximum Energy Production with Solar Trackers

Thursday October 26, 2017 2:00 PM ET

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10.16.17 Finance & VC 1

Startup LevelTen Energy Wants Companies to Buy Renewables Like Mutual Funds

LevelTen Energy just raised $6.8 million to show renewable energy purchases are no longer just for tech giants.

by Katie Fehrenbacher

10.16.17 Wind 11

This Controversial Law Could Stifle the US Offshore Wind Market

The Jones Act means red tape for the industry—and it’s costing offshore wind developers.

by Emma Foehringer Merchant

Upcoming Events

10.16.17 Markets & Policy 46

How to Solve Hawaii’s Solar Problem: Smart Imports

Creating a “smart imports” program could make excess solar a solution instead of an issue.

by Tam Hunt

10.16.17 Solar Finance & VC 8

Commercial and industrial rooftop solar.

Industry Perspective

How SEIA’s New Model PPA Will Enable Wide-Scale C&I Solar Deployment

The PPA could unlock the enormous potential of C&I solar by dramatically lowering legal and other due diligence costs.

by Mike Mendelsohn

10.16.17 Other Energy 66

NREL bioreactor at power to gas pilot facility.

Novel Power-to-Gas Tech Begins Testing in the US

A new pilot combines hydrogen, microbes and biogas to perform energy storage.

by Katie Fehrenbacher

Julian Spector explores the latest must-hear news from the energy storage industry.

GTM Squared

What Financiers Want to See From Energy Storage

Plus: Seeing storage in the ashes of California’s wildfire, a virtual power plant that really earns its name, and a stunning storage denouement.

by Julian Spector | October 13, 2017

Upcoming Webinar

Upcoming Webinar U.S. Solar Outlook under Section 201: What Happens Next?

Thursday November 2, 2017 2:00 PM ET

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Upcoming Webinar

Upcoming Webinar PJM: State of the Market

Tuesday November 14, 2017 2:00 PM ET

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10.13.17 Regulation & Policy 86

Two Coal Plants Close in Texas, as Trump Admin Pushes Pro-Coal Agenda

More than half the nation’s coal plants have now closed since 2010. It’s unclear if a controversial effort to support coal can reverse that trend.

by Jeff St. John

10.13.17 Grid Edge 0

Watch Itron Utility Week 2017 Live From Houston

by Ashley Fallon

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10.13.17 Electric Vehicles 1

A Shell gas station in Bethel, Connecticut.

Shell Buys Slice of the Electric Vehicle Market With Purchase of NewMotion

Oil and gas majors continue exploring new markets in electrification.

by Emma Foehringer Merchant

10.13.17 Utilities 4

Electric distribution systems power cables and transformers in Salem, Massachusetts

Industry Perspective

The 4 Main Pillars of Enhancing Utility Grid Resilience

ICF presents several ways to protect the grid from extreme weather events—and a framework for paying for them.

by Philip Mihlmester, Anne Choate

Featured White Paper

How String Inverters Are Changing Solar Management on the Grid

Learn how string inverters are creating a new paradigm for how solar power plants can interact with, and support, power grids across the globe.

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Featured White Paper

The Financial Impact of Net Energy Metering 2.0 Policy

Net Energy Metering (NEM) 2.0 is now the official utility rate policy for solar customers in California – but few people truly understand what it means for the returns of residential solar installations.

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10.13.17 Grid Optimization 49

Intermittent Renewables Are Up. So Where Is All of the Gas?

Europe’s wind leaders have different ways of dodging power-balance issues besides just firing up more gas turbines.

by Jason Deign

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