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Unlocking Home Electrification With Heat Pumps

Unlocking Home Electrification With Heat Pumps

This week on The Energy Gang: the fastest and cheapest way to electrify our homes.

by Stephen Lacey
Energy 1
The Magnitude of 24/7 Zero-Carbon Energy

The Magnitude of 24/7 Zero-Carbon Energy

This week on The Interchange: the details of Google’s ambitions to transform energy and data centers.

by Stephen Lacey
Energy 1
Can California Move Fast Without Breaking Things?

Can California Move Fast Without Breaking Things?

This week on The Energy Gang: California’s rapid path toward decarbonization.

by Stephen Lacey
Energy 0
Why We Underestimate Clean Energy Cost Declines

Why We Underestimate Clean Energy Cost Declines

This week on The Interchange: will we get surprised again?

by Stephen Lacey
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What Does a ‘Climate Resilience Director’ Do?

What Does a ‘Climate Resilience Director’ Do?

This week on The Interchange: the person trying to make PG&E more resilient.

by Stephen Lacey
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Greentech Media Chronicled Clean Energy Before It Was Cool

Greentech Media Chronicled Clean Energy Before It Was Cool

The infancy of clean energy is over, and with it ends GTM. A new chapter beckons.

by Julian Spector
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Greentech Media in action at the 2019 Solar Summit, one of our last live events before the pandemic put us all behind screens.

Greentech Media Bids Farewell

A 14-year run covering an energy industry transformed — and just getting started.

by Jeff St. John
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Shell hopes the battery-led ultra-fast charging pilot will lead to a wider rollout. The company wants to install 500,000 charging points by 2025. (Credit: Shell)

Shell Bets on Batteries for Ultra-Fast EV Charging

Shell and grid-equipment maker Alfen bet that VPP-connected batteries will be cheaper than grid reinforcements.

by John Parnell
Grid Edge 4
California's demand response industry isn't happy with state regulators' latest move to tap flexible loads to prevent future grid emergencies.

California’s Latest Demand-Side Emergency Plan Draws Criticism From Providers

Critics say the minor changes aren’t enough to help, and the expanded capacity rules could boost natural gas plants.

by Jeff St. John
Energy 2
Spain's prime minister and king join Volkswagen's chairman at the Seat factory targeted for a multibillion-euro government investment into electric vehicles and batteries. (Credit: Seat)

Spain Puts European Recovery Funds Into Electric Car Push

Battery manufacturing will be the first target for a post-COVID cash injection.

by Jason Deign
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Decade-old startup Mainspring Energy is moving into commercial deployment via a $150 million deal with NextEra Energy Solutions. (Credit: Mainspring Energy)

Mainspring Energy Lands $150M Deal To Deploy Its Linear Generators With NextEra

The startup’s fuel-flexible systems offer the low emissions of fuel cells with the affordability and flexibility of engines and microturbines.

by Jeff St. John
Energy 21
Jigar Shah sees a role for DOE to bring new clean technologies to bankability through the $40 billion loan programs office.

Jigar Shah’s Plan to Manage DOE’s $40B Loan Program

The solar PPA pioneer and “infrastructure-as-a-service” investor has been selected to revive the program that boosted Tesla and utility-scale renewables.

by Jeff St. John
Manufacturing 1
US Electric Component Manufacturing on the Rise
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US Electric Component Manufacturing on the Rise

Manufacturing of clean energy equipment – and electric components generally – is gaining traction in the U.S.

by GTM Creative Strategies
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Duke Energy's plan to build natural gas plants is being challenged by groups accusing the utility of misrepresenting data to undermine cleaner alternatives.

Duke Energy Faces Challenges to Its Push for New Natural Gas Plants

Critics cite flaws in the utility’s analysis of winter peaks and offer up solar, battery and efficiency alternatives.

by Jeff St. John
Energy Storage 3
This FlexGen storage system in Indiana provides blackstart capabilities for a utility. (Image credit: FlexGen)

Storage Integrator FlexGen Gains New Leadership at Crucial Time

The hardware and software specialist cracked the tricky Texas market and aims to expand.

by Julian Spector
Grid Edge 16
East Bay Community Energy is tapping OhmConnect's residential virtual power plant as a hedge against energy costs during the state's summer peaks.

Energy Hedging: A New Way to Make Demand Response Pay in California?

OhmConnect and East Bay Community Energy take a novel approach to capturing value from home energy flexibility.

by Jeff St. John
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From Brooklyn to the South Pacific, One Platform Finds Distributed Energy Opportunity Everywhere
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From Brooklyn to the South Pacific, One Platform Finds Distributed Energy Opportunity Everywhere

One platform is creating gigawatt-scale opportunities for DER growth and investment.

by GTM Creative Strategies
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Huge solar and wind growth is on the way. The grid operator is hoping not to hinder progress toward the 2060 net-zero target.

New Plans Reveal How China’s Grid Is Prepping for Net-Zero Carbon

Terawatts of renewables and the world’s largest EV charging network will play a role as China eyes peak carbon emissions by 2030.

by John Parnell
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Jigar Shah’s Final Episode of The Energy Gang

Jigar Shah’s Final Episode of The Energy Gang

This week on The Energy Gang, we bid Jigar farewell after more than seven years on the podcast.

by Stephen Lacey
Energy 12
Texas is facing a cascading financial fallout from a week of sky-high electricity and natural-gas prices amid blackouts.

Texas Crisis Drives First Nonprofit Utility Bankruptcy, With More Fallout Expected

A co-op seeks shelter from $2 billion in electricity costs, the state sues a shut-down Griddy, and a San Antonio utility may pull back on its clean energy goals.

by Jeff St. John
Grid Edge 16
Siemens Energy's Silyzer electrolyzer is part of a green hydrogen technology line the company is hoping will gain market share in the nascent U.S. market. (Credit: Siemens)

How Siemens Energy Is Targeting the US Green Hydrogen Opportunity

The latest test at the Utah mega-project marks the third U.S. entry into electrolysis, storage and the use of carbon-free fuel.

by Jeff St. John
Energy 20
Calculating the value of renewable resources may require doing away with the concept of energy return on investment, experts say.

Examining the Limits of ‘Energy Return on Investment’

Experts say a key energy metric doesn’t work for renewables.

by Jason Deign
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As Texas lawmakers seek source of blame for last week's energy crisis, experts point to interconnected failures in natural gas, power grid and market constructs.

Texas Blackout Hearings Highlight Intertwined Risks of Natural Gas, Power Grid and Deregulated Market

Winter storms have revealed the threat of cascading system breakdowns, while the financial fallout looms ahead.

by Jeff St. John
Energy 16
Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm officially joins the Biden cabinet.

Senate Confirms Granholm to Head US Energy Department

The Biden administration can now get started on delivering the clean energy jobs it promised.

by Emma Foehringer Merchant
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Highland Electric Transportation's all-inclusive service model for electric school buses has landed a big VC investment and a major U.S. contract.

Highland Electric Raises $235M, Lands Biggest Electric School Bus Contract in the US

Maryland county taps startup’s all-inclusive EV fleet leasing model to break upfront cost barriers to electrification.

by Jeff St. John