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Is Blockchain the Right Tool to Fix a Broken Competitive Retail Electricity Market?

Competitive electricity retail is a mess. Blockchain companies must take this reality into account when offering new transactive energy services.

by Scott Clavenna | May 7, 2018

05.07.18 Blockchain 0

The Sun Exchange acts as a crowdfunding platform for solar projects in developing countries.

The Sun Exchange Uses Blockchain for Solar Project Insurance

The developer aims to set up a solar project insurance fund using tokens.

by Jason Deign

05.07.18 Solar-Plus-Storage 30

The mighty Colorado has become a symbolic border for the cost-effectiveness of solar-plus-storage.

Lightsource: No More Solar Bids Without Energy Storage West of the Colorado

The BP-backed solar developer leads the pack in its public confidence in the solar-plus-storage business case.

by Julian Spector

05.07.18 Regulation & Policy 0

Insight into how recent market events are impacting the future outlook for capacity markets in PJM.

GTM Research Spotlight

What Upcoming PJM Capacity Auctions May Mean for Nukes, Renewables and Demand Response

“These rules could be early signals of a new market design paradigm.”

by Olivia Chen

It's an historic moment for clean energy.

May 9, 2018 Markets & Policy

It’s Official. All New California Homes Must Incorporate Solar

219 by Julia Pyper

Elon Musk says battery projects will soon be developed at the gigawatt-hour scale.

May 11, 2018 Energy Storage

With Focus on the Model 3, What’s Up With Tesla’s Storage and Solar Businesses?

19 by Justin Gerdes

May 7, 2018 Solar-Plus-Storage

Lightsource: No More Solar Bids Without Energy Storage West of the Colorado

30 by Julian Spector

NuScale's technology now has a viable pathway to market.

05.14.18 Fossil Fuels

Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Will Soon Face a Moment of Reckoning

512 by Jason Deign

05.09.18 Markets & Policy

It’s Official. All New California Homes Must Incorporate Solar

219 by Julia Pyper

05.08.18 Green Building

Electrify Everything! A Practical Guide to Ditching Your Gas Meter

96 by Nate Adams

A Customer-Centric Plan for Grid Resilience

GTM Squared

A Customer-Centric Plan for Grid Resilience

A new report upends the debate on grid resilience by putting customer security, distributed energy and local utilities before power plants.

by Jeff St. John | May 4, 2018

05.04.18 Policy 0

Coming to you live from Greentech Media's Solar Summit.

Political Climate Live: ‘The Only Way to Save Ourselves’

We sit down with Terry Tamminen, CEO of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, to discuss why it’s worth the effort to get more Republicans on board with clean energy.

by Julia Pyper

05.04.18 Solar-Plus-Storage 2

Batteries Are Changing Sunrun’s Approach to Solar

In this episode of The Interchange: a conversation with Sunrun Chief Policy Officer Anne Hoskins about using solar for grid services.

by Stephen Lacey

Can You Sell Batteries Without Massive Subsidies?

GTM Squared

Can You Sell Batteries Without Massive Subsidies?

Squared members brought us their most pressing storage industry questions. Time for some answers.

by Julian Spector | May 4, 2018

05.03.18 Policy 42

This marks a shift to the right for an industry long associated with the environmental left.

Solar and Wind Companies Spend More on Republican Candidates Than Democrats

As renewable energy capacity continues to concentrate in red states, industry groups are moving to reflect their constituencies.

by Julia Pyper

05.03.18 Markets & Policy 1

The new amendment comes after a net metering bill failed last month.

Net Metering Gets a Lifeline in South Carolina

Solar advocates are hopeful they’ll get to keep the policy that has enabled South Carolina’s rooftop solar market to grow.

by Julia Pyper

05.03.18 Regulation & Policy 4

California is thinking through the next stage of its customer-centric energy transition.

California Energy Regulators Delve Into Threats and Opportunities of ‘Customer Choice’

The CPUC explores potential pitfalls and solutions to utilities losing customers to distributed energy providers, community choice aggregators.

by Jeff St. John

05.17.18 PODCASTS

Is California’s Solar Rooftop Mandate the Gateway for Electrifying Everything?

This week on The Energy Gang: the pathway to electrifying homes and why the current home efficiency paradigm sucks.

by Stephen Lacey

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05.03.18 Electric Vehicles 2

Elon Musk says Tesla has overcome most of its Model 3 bottlenecks.

Tesla Confident in Model 3 Ramp-Up Target, Expects Profitability in Second Half of 2018

Model 3 production exceeded 2,000 units for three straight weeks in April.

by Justin Gerdes

05.03.18 Energy Storage 3

Ecoult emerges out of the shadows with another grid-scale battery project.

After Long Period of Silence, Ecoult Returns to Multi-Megawatt Battery Market

The low-profile UltraBattery maker confirms a major government project.

by Jason Deign

05.03.18 Energy Jobs 0

Energy Jobs: GE Picks Leader for Reservoir, Brown Back at Avangrid, Plus 5,000 Layoffs at E.ON-RWE

Executive and boardroom moves in cleantech, utilities, energy and venture capital.

by Katherine Tweed

05.02.18 BOS/Inverters 3

Earnings were on the higher end of analyst expectations.

Enphase Reports ‘Decent’ Q1 2018 Earnings as CFO Resigns

Microinverter maker hits high end of guidance with $70 million in revenues, first shipments of IQ 7, and more AC module partners.

by Jeff St. John

05.02.18 Batteries, Storage & Fuel Cells 4

The fuel cell industry is having a good first quarter.

Can Fresh Tax Credits Help High-Temperature Fuel Cells Scale?

Detailing the latest developments in the fuel cell industry, Q1 2018.

by Matthew Klippenstein

05.02.18 Utilities 0

For Taxis, It’s Uber. For Utilities, Could It Be DERs?

Getting ahead of distributed energy means rethinking IT and OT on every level.

by GTM Creative Strategies

05.02.18 Solar 24

After setbacks in 2017, the solar industry must tap new sources of strength to grow in 2018.

2017 Was Weird For Solar. What’s Coming This Year and Beyond?

Several positive trends halted last year, but new sources of strength are appearing.

by Julian Spector

Upcoming Events

05.02.18 Energy Efficiency 25

Recent statements show SoCalGas is taking the threat of electrification seriously.

SoCalGas Slows Efforts to Electrify Buildings, Sparking Claims of Misconduct

Ratepayer advocates at the CPUC uncovered utility efforts to block more stringent efficiency standards.

by Justin Gerdes

05.01.18 Residential Solar 0

Spruce Finance to Exit Solar Loan, PACE Origination Business

It’s back to leases and PPAs for the residential solar player, amidst an increasingly competitive solar loan market.

by Jeff St. John

05.01.18 Residential Solar 9

GTM Research Spotlight

Share of Third-Party-Owned Systems at Record-Low Levels in US Residential Solar

The steady march toward loans continues.

by Mike Munsell

GTM Solar Summit live broadcast from San Diego, California on May 1 and 2, 2018.

GTM Squared

Watch Solar Summit 2018 On-Demand Right Here

We have 11+ hours of panels and presos from our industry-leading solar conference. And you can watch it all by registering here.

by Nicholas Rinaldi | May 1, 2018

05.01.18 Regulation & Policy 1

What good is the next great idea if the market can’t use it?

Industry Perspective

The Power Market Fix We’ve Been Waiting For

Federal regulators have a chance to create a universal data model for all grid resources.

by Mark Ahlstrom

04.30.18 Regulation & Policy 125

The latest in the U.S. nuclear power saga.

PJM Says It Doesn’t Need FirstEnergy’s Nuclear Plants for Grid Reliability

Grid operator says nuke plant closures aren’t a threat to keeping the lights on. But a new fuel security study has some clean energy advocates worried.

by Jeff St. John

04.30.18 Residential Solar 7

Industry Perspective

Lessons From a Solar Bidding Platform: Higher Quality Beats Lowest Price

Homeowners are valuing high-quality products when investing in solar, writes Vikram Aggarwal.

by Vikram Aggarwal

The Challenges for Long-Term Growth in Community Solar

Puerto Rico's Latest Challenge: Utility Curtailment of Wind and Solar Farms

Energy Has a Diversity Problem. We're Calling on the Solar Industry to Fix It

The Challenges for Long-Term Growth in Community Solar

Did Tesla's Big Australian Battery Kill the Business Case for More?

Energy Jobs: Tesla Flattens Exec Roles, Juergen Steps Down at SolarWorld, Plus ComEd, AMS and More

Siemens Gamesa Pursues Hybrid Wind and Solar Projects With Energy Storage

Did Tesla's Big Australian Battery Kill the Business Case for More?

Energy Jobs: Tesla Flattens Exec Roles, Juergen Steps Down at SolarWorld, Plus ComEd, AMS and More

Puerto Rico's Latest Challenge: Utility Curtailment of Wind and Solar Farms

Siemens Gamesa Pursues Hybrid Wind and Solar Projects With Energy Storage

Renewables Tax Equity Market Fares Fine in Q1, Calming Industry Fears

The Challenges for Long-Term Growth in Community Solar

Puerto Rico's Latest Challenge: Utility Curtailment of Wind and Solar Farms

Energy Has a Diversity Problem. We're Calling on the Solar Industry to Fix It

Is Offshore Wind a Better Deal With Batteries?

Lightsource: No More Solar Bids Without Energy Storage West of the Colorado

Valuing Resilience Can Change the Breakeven Point for Solar-Plus-Storage

Faster, Smarter Solar Design Using Aurora & Nearmap

Distributed Energy Grid Modernization – Rapid Pilots to Production: Actual Use Cases

Beyond The Battery: How Austin Energy is Maximizing the Value of Integrated Storage and DERMS

Is Blockchain the Right Tool to Fix a Broken Competitive Retail Electricity Market?

The Sun Exchange Uses Blockchain for Solar Project Insurance

Lightsource: No More Solar Bids Without Energy Storage West of the Colorado

What Upcoming PJM Capacity Auctions May Mean for Nukes, Renewables and Demand Response

It’s Official. All New California Homes Must Incorporate Solar

With Focus on the Model 3, What’s Up With Tesla’s Storage and Solar Businesses?

Lightsource: No More Solar Bids Without Energy Storage West of the Colorado

Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Will Soon Face a Moment of Reckoning

It’s Official. All New California Homes Must Incorporate Solar

Electrify Everything! A Practical Guide to Ditching Your Gas Meter

A Customer-Centric Plan for Grid Resilience

Political Climate Live: ‘The Only Way to Save Ourselves’

Batteries Are Changing Sunrun’s Approach to Solar

Can You Sell Batteries Without Massive Subsidies?

Solar and Wind Companies Spend More on Republican Candidates Than Democrats

Net Metering Gets a Lifeline in South Carolina

California Energy Regulators Delve Into Threats and Opportunities of ‘Customer Choice’

Is California’s Solar Rooftop Mandate the Gateway for Electrifying Everything?

Tesla Confident in Model 3 Ramp-Up Target, Expects Profitability in Second Half of 2018

After Long Period of Silence, Ecoult Returns to Multi-Megawatt Battery Market

Energy Jobs: GE Picks Leader for Reservoir, Brown Back at Avangrid, Plus 5,000 Layoffs at E.ON-RWE

Enphase Reports ‘Decent’ Q1 2018 Earnings as CFO Resigns

Can Fresh Tax Credits Help High-Temperature Fuel Cells Scale?

For Taxis, It’s Uber. For Utilities, Could It Be DERs?

2017 Was Weird For Solar. What’s Coming This Year and Beyond?

SoCalGas Slows Efforts to Electrify Buildings, Sparking Claims of Misconduct

Spruce Finance to Exit Solar Loan, PACE Origination Business

Share of Third-Party-Owned Systems at Record-Low Levels in US Residential Solar

Watch Solar Summit 2018 On-Demand Right Here

The Power Market Fix We’ve Been Waiting For

PJM Says It Doesn’t Need FirstEnergy’s Nuclear Plants for Grid Reliability

Lessons From a Solar Bidding Platform: Higher Quality Beats Lowest Price