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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.

1 hour ago by Emma Foehringer Merchant

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.

1 hour ago by Julian Spector

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.

7 hours ago by Karl-Erik Stromsta

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.

22 hours ago by Jeff St. John

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.

1 day ago by Julian Spector

GTM Squared Insights

Tri-State Generation, an Energy Transition Skeptic, Finally Gets With the Times

3 weeks ago by Emma Foehringer Merchant

Private Equity Wants In on Energy Storage Revenues

3 weeks ago by Julian Spector

Hawaii’s Plan to Use Dispatchable Renewables and Batteries to Replace Dirty Power Plants

3 weeks 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

88 by Julian Spector

August 15, 2019

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

30 by Jeff St. John

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

August 14, 2019 Wind

6 Offshore Wind Farms the Size of Nuclear Power Plants

93 by Jason Deign

08.14.19 Wind

6 Offshore Wind Farms the Size of Nuclear Power Plants

93 by Jason Deign

08.13.19 Energy Storage

Montana Developer Ready to Build Modern-Day Pumped Hydro Storage

88 by Julian Spector

08.07.19 Energy

Trump Administration Moves to Finalize Weakening of Car Efficiency Standards

49 by Emma Foehringer Merchant

08.20.19 Energy 5

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

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 27

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 31

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

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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08.19.19 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’s Landmark Integrated Grid Planning at the Crossroads

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Hawaiian Electric’s Landmark Integrated Grid Planning at the Crossroads

A flashpoint emerges in Hawaii’s ambitious efforts to incorporate distributed energy resources into its grid planning.

by Jeff St. John | August 16, 2019

08.15.19 Solar 5

California is poised for big residential solar growth.

Sunnova Partners With California Roofer Ahead of Solar Mandate

California’s residential solar law goes into effect in 2020, and providers are moving to capitalize on it.

by Emma Foehringer Merchant

08.15.19 Solar 2

Canadian Solar shares rose more than 10 percent on Wednesday after Q2 earnings were released.

Canadian Solar Boosts Annual Module Guidance, Shares Jump

The company is in “the most competitive position” in its history, says Canadian Solar CEO Shawn Qu.

by Emma Foehringer Merchant

08.15.19 30

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

The investment is large by the standards of most startups, but it’s in keeping with the capital costs Energy Vault will face in scaling up its technology.

by Jeff St. John

08.15.19 Wind 0

Vestas is among the largest U.S. wind manufacturers, with several factories in Colorado.

Vestas Profit Falls as Trade Tariffs Bite Wind Supply Chain

Intense competition across the global wind industry is weighing on equipment suppliers and spurring consolidation.

by Karl-Erik Stromsta

08.15.19 Solar 9

Echoes of a bubble: Spain's renewables market took years to recover from its feed-in tariff fiasco.

Spain Moves to Prevent a Second Solar Bubble

Grid-connection applications for solar projects are rising by 15 gigawatts a month in a country with 40 gigawatts of total peak power demand.

by Jason Deign

08.14.19 0

A state grant will jump-start an EV charging program for Bay Area community choice aggregators, with other CCAs to follow.

California’s Community Choice Aggregators are Filling the Gaps in EV Charger Investment

CCAs haven’t invested as much as utilities in EV charging infrastructure. New state grants for Silicon Valley CCAs, munis will help close the gaps.

by Jeff St. John

08.14.19 Grid Edge 1

Faraday's technology was described as an internet router for a renewables-centric grid.

Faraday Grid, the Transformer Technology Startup, Goes Bust

The much-hyped transformer technology developer is under the control of insolvency specialists in the U.K., a sharp turn from its recent shopping and hiring spree.

by Jason Deign

08.14.19 Solar 12

Challenging climate: The solar industry is preparing for the first step-down of its main subsidy.

US Solar Executives Break Down the Odds of an ITC Extension

The chances of an ITC extension have improved, though it still looks like an uphill battle, solar executives say.

by Emma Foehringer Merchant

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

GTM Squared

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

Serious developers are packaging multiple renewable resources together with storage as the glue. There’s good reason to believe more will follow.

by Julian Spector | August 14, 2019

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