Industry Perspectives

08.18.17 PV Modules 6

Industry Perspective

The Threat of Tariffs Is Already Reshaping the US Solar Market

Barry Cinnamon looks at the looming solar eclipse. No, not that eclipse.

by Barry Cinnamon

08.15.17 135

Industry Perspective

Are Court Victories for Nuclear Credits a Win for Renewables? Maybe Not

NRG’s Abe Silverman argues that zero-emissions credits for nuclear power plants are bad public policy and need to go.

by Abe Silverman

08.14.17 Utility-Scale Solar 1

Industry Perspective

Rural Co-Ops and Public Utilities Have Voluntarily Built Nearly 100MW of Community Solar. Here’s Why

Three successful models are driving community solar projects around America.

by Thomas Gulley

08.14.17 Manufacturing 4

Solar panels, solar manufacturing and solar trade case.

Industry Perspective

Business Strategies for Managing the Section 201 Solar Trade Battle

Former SEIA President Rhone Resch advises on how to cope with possible outcomes of the Suniva/SolarWorld trade case.

by Rhone Resch

August 10, 2017

An Illustrated Guide to the Growing Size of Wind Turbines

58 by Jason Deign

August 10, 2017

How Two Bankrupt Companies Are Threatening Tens of Thousands of American Solar Jobs

7 by Abby Hopper

Punkin Center APS energy storage project with AES

August 9, 2017 Energy Storage

APS Buys Energy Storage From AES for Less Than Half the Cost of a Transmission Upgrade

6 by Julian Spector

08.10.17

The Nuclear (Power) War Isn’t Over Yet

546 by Emma Foehringer Merchant

08.09.17 Nuclear

Can We Make Nuclear Power Great Again?

488 by Stephen Lacey

08.15.17

Are Court Victories for Nuclear Credits a Win for Renewables? Maybe Not

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08.10.17 7

Industry Perspective

How Two Bankrupt Companies Are Threatening Tens of Thousands of American Solar Jobs

SEIA’s Abby Hopper: “If we can’t stop this case, we may see a lot of solar workers, including many in manufacturing, in unemployment lines.”

by Abby Hopper

08.01.17 Energy 87

Industry Perspective

The Death of ‘Alternative Energy’

The definition of what’s “alternative” has changed dramatically in the last decade, writes Andrew Beebe.

by Andrew Beebe

08.01.17 Nuclear 109

Industry Perspective

Advanced Nuclear Is a Winning Issue in a Tri-Partisan Washington

Advanced nuclear offers a lot of reasons to be excited, argues Third Way’s Josh Freed.

by Josh Freed

07.31.17 Utilities 1

Industry Perspective

3 Steps to Making Utilities Formidable Energy Providers in the On-Demand Era

How utilities can take targeted, no-regrets steps to thrive in a fast-changing energy marketplace.

by Adrian Tuck

07.25.17 Energy Efficiency 7

Industry Perspective

Energy Efficiency’s Existential Crisis Is Also an Opportunity

The case for creating portfolios of energy efficiency projects to deliver demand reductions where and when utilities need them.

by Matt Golden

08.17.17 PODCASTS

Does Steve Bannon’s China Tirade Tell Us Anything About the Solar Trade Case Outcome?

In this week’s episode of The Energy Gang, the latest on World Solar War II.

by Stephen Lacey

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07.20.17 35

Industry Perspective

Former US Chief Sustainability Officer: The Military Is Leading the March Toward Energy Independence

But we need greater levels of investment to build on that success, says Jon Powers.

by Jon Powers

07.17.17 Solar Finance & VC 22

Industry Perspective

First Solar and SunPower May Sell Their YieldCo, 8point3. How Much Is It Worth?

In pursuit of the YieldCo’s real value.

by Tom Konrad Ph.D., CFA

07.14.17 Residential Solar 11

Industry Perspective

The New Normal for Rooftop Solar in Hawaii?

As the state’s solar market contracts painfully, business leaders are wondering how they’ll survive.

by Marco Mangelsdorf

07.13.17 Software & Analytics 1

Industry Perspective

Eight Is Enough: How Customer Engagement Can Happen in Minutes

FirstFuel’s Brian Bowen argues customer engagement is not about measuring minutes of thought or effort. It’s about achieving outcomes.

by Brian Bowen

07.06.17 Regulation & Policy 70

Industry Perspective

Expediting a Renewable Energy Future With High-Voltage DC Transmission

GE’s Patrick Plas makes the case for advancing HVDC systems to support wind and solar.

by Patrick Plas

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06.29.17 Solar Projects 5

Industry Perspective

A Warm and Wet First Quarter Negatively Impacted Solar Performance in the US

A review of how weather influenced solar performance in Q1 2017.

by Gwendalyn Bender and Louise Leahy, Ph.D.

06.27.17 Fossil Fuels 33

Industry Perspective

Apollo’s Shield: Clean Energy Is the ‘Ultimate Weapon’ Against Russian Security Threats

Jonathan Morgenstein, a Marine Corps veteran and solar executive, lays out how renewables can render Putin powerless.

by Jonathan Morgenstein

06.22.17 Regulation & Policy 0

Industry Perspective

How Calculating FERC’s 1-Mile Rule Could Affect Renewable Energy Projects

Energy experts at Bracewell LLP explain how a pending wind farm application could influence how renewable projects are developed under PURPA.

by Seth Lucia and David Poe

06.22.17 Energy Storage 40

Industry Perspective

Mind the Storage Gap: How Much Flexibility Do We Need for a High-Renewables Grid?

The Climate Policy Initiative quantifies the flexibility needs and costs in 80- to 100-percent-renewables scenarios.

by Brendan Pierpont

Solar

Solar Summit 2017: GTM Research Keynote “The Next Stage of Solar”

06.21.17 Policy 77

Industry Perspective

No, Cities Are Not Actually Leading on Climate. Enough With the Mindless Cheerleading

Sam Brooks, a former director for the D.C. government’s energy division, examines the “cities are leading on climate” myth.

by Sam Brooks

06.16.17 Residential Solar 28

Industry Perspective

Residential Solar Installers Can’t—And Shouldn’t—Scale Nationally

It’s a dangerous game that only a select few have played unscathed.

by Nicole Litvak

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Tuesday September 5, 2017 2:00 PM ET

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06.16.17 Electric Vehicles 409

Industry Perspective

No, Tesla Batteries Are Not a Global-Warming Disaster

But we should probably think about the global supply chain for battery storage and electric vehicles.

by Ben Gaddy

06.14.17 USSMI 1

Industry Perspective

A Handy List of Energy-Related Bills Advancing in California

Tracking action on rooftop solar, peak load, green jobs, land use, microgrids, renewable energy targets and more.

by Brian Nese, Parissa Florez, Kimberly Hellwig

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06.14.17 17

Industry Perspective

Product Review: Enphase Battery Storage System

Barry Cinnamon and his team document real-world experience with behind-the-meter storage systems. In this edition: Enphase.

by Barry Cinnamon

06.12.17 Regulation & Policy 0

Industry Perspective

At What Price? How to Improve Interconnection Cost Certainty and Predictability

In Part 5 of our interconnection series with IREC, Erica McConnell and Cathy Malina examine the best ways to cut the cost of connecting distributed resources to the grid.

by Erica McConnell and Cathy Malina

06.09.17 Smart Homes/Smart Buildings 1

Industry Perspective

Smart Building Metrics: Measuring the Opaque, Misunderstood and Poorly Defined

The methods we use to measure smart building performance are still immature and fragmented, writes Joseph Aamidor.

by Joseph Aamidor

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