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03.05.18 Smart Homes/Smart Buildings 5

Meet Inspire: A Shell-Backed Company With a Unique Smart Energy Subscription

Inspire aims to create the world’s first comprehensive “smart energy” experience for the home.

by Julia Pyper

02.14.18 Regulation & Policy 7

A new RMI report shows how smart distributed energy resources can benefit the grid.

How ‘Demand Flexibility’ Could Boost Renewables and Save Texas Billions

Rocky Mountain Institute models how a stack of distributed energy resources can solve the duck curve and curtailment challenges—without using natural gas.

by Jeff St. John

02.08.18 Regulation & Policy 26

Well-designed demand charges are viewed as a way to boost grid reliability.

What’s the Role for Demand Charges in Modern Rate Design?

The Alliance to Save Energy calls for the use of demand charges as an option for utilities facing the rise of solar and other forms of distributed energy.

by Jeff St. John

02.07.18 Smart Homes/Smart Buildings 3

Nest will join with Google's hardware division.

Google Reshuffles to Bring Nest In-House

The smart thermostat company will no longer exist as a separate unit under Alphabet’s “other bets” group.

by Emma Foehringer Merchant

01.17.18 Smart Grid 64

What will it take to electrify everything across the U.S. economy?

What Does the ‘Electrification of Everything’ Look Like in America? NREL Plans to Find Out

Over the next two years, NREL and its research partners will study electrification in buildings, transportation and industry.

by Justin Gerdes

01.16.18 Software & Analytics 0

Bidgely Raises $27 Million to Scale Energy Disaggregation for Utilities

Bidgely lands major utility contracts and analyzes loads for 10 million homes.

by Jeff St. John

01.16.18 Finance & VC 5

China More Than Doubles America’s 2017 Investments in Clean Energy, in a ‘Runaway’ Year

The market in China continues to expand, accounting for half the globe’s 2017 investments in solar.

by Emma Foehringer Merchant

GTM Squared

12 Charts That Shook the Earth in 2017

Hand-picked graphs that illustrate the latest trends in the global energy transformation.

by Emma Foehringer Merchant | January 9, 2018

12.28.17 Finance & VC 1

Was 2017 the Year Global Energy Giants Went All-In on the Distributed Energy Revolution?

The year in cleantech, energy storage and grid edge M&A.

by Jeff St. John

12.22.17 Demand Response 4

NRG Energy and Cummins’ New Business: Backup Generators as Grid Assets

How aggregating backup power for demand response and other grid services could unlock a big new C&I distributed energy market.

by Jeff St. John

12.13.17 Solar 1

Plant and portfolio size drive O&M consolidation.

Research Spotlight

Solar PV O&M Landscapes Consolidate Globally

A new GTM Research report finds solar PV operations and maintenance markets are consolidating in key markets—but not at the same pace.

by Cedric Brehaut

Live broadcast of U.S. Energy Storage Summit 2017

GTM Squared

Watch the Live Broadcast From US Energy Storage Summit 2017

GTM Squared live-streamed more than 9 hours of panels from the event in San Francisco on December 12 and 13.

by Nicholas Rinaldi | December 12, 2017

12.04.17 Utilities 0

Big changes are coming for demand-side management.

Utilities Have the Tools to Unleash the Power of Customers

Here’s what a modernized demand-side management program actually looks like.

by Chris Warren

PJM’s New Battle Over Coal and Nuclear Power

GTM Squared

PJM’s New Battle Over Coal and Nuclear Power

PJM’s market plan draws fire, DOE backs buildings research, Oracle’s Opower goes big in Japan, and other grid edge news.

by Jeff St. John | November 17, 2017

11.09.17 Software & Analytics 2

Millennials are twice as likely to use digital channels to interact with utilities.

Industry Perspective

How Utilities Can Meet Millennials’ Needs in a Data-Sharing Economy

From social media to shopping and now electricity, data sharing is a trend energy providers can’t afford to ignore.

by Brian Bowen

11.09.17 Software & Analytics 2

The Digitalization of Energy: A $500B Opportunity in EVs and Demand Response

IEA’s latest dive into digital technology’s value for distributed energy, demand-side flexibility and plug-in vehicles.

by Jeff St. John

11.08.17 Software & Analytics 0

Analytics can leverage internet-of-things technologies to drive a competitive advantage.

Research Spotlight

US Utilities to Spend $20 Billion on Customer Analytics Through 2021

Analytics capabilities are entering a third evolutionary stage at utilities, forming ecosystems of customer insights and engagement.

by Olivia Chen

Live broadcast of U.S. Power & Renewables Summit 2017

GTM Squared

Watch the Live Broadcast From US Power & Renewables Summit 2017

GTM Squared will live-stream more than 9 hours of panels from the event in Austin on November 7 and 8.

by Nicolas Rinaldi | November 3, 2017

11.01.17 Microgrids 6

The potential for blockchain in energy has garnered a lot of attention from industry.

Can LO3 Energy Cut Through the Hype on Blockchain?

The startup prefers to call itself a “transactive energy” company: “We very much think of ourselves as an energy company that happens to use blockchain.”

by Emma Foehringer Merchant

10.19.17 Energy 10

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

10.17.17 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

10.13.17 Grid Edge 0