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Electric Vehicles 12
PG&E rolls out its program for 7,500 EV chargers across Northern and Central California.

PG&E Launches Country’s Largest Utility-Sponsored EV Charging Program

The pilot program will introduce 7,500 electric car chargers in California. More utility electrification initiatives to come.

by Emma Foehringer Merchant
A Quest to Define and Value Grid Resilience
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A Quest to Define and Value Grid Resilience

What’s coming from FERC’s new resilience docket—and how it could play into larger debates on how to design the grid for clean and reliable energy.

by Jeff St. John |
Regulation & Policy 18
America is grappling with how to promote and define resiliency on the electric grid.

Bomb Cyclone and NOPR Redux: What the Grid Really Needs

On this week’s episode of The Interchange: the next step in the evolving conversation about grid resiliency, reliability and flexibility.

by Stephen Lacey
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
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Software & Analytics 0
Bidgely Raises $27 Million to Scale Energy Disaggregation for Utilities

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
Finance & VC 5
China sees an

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
Smart Grid 4
The ‘Spectre’ and ‘Meltdown’ Chip Vulnerabilities Could Affect Grid Hardware

The ‘Spectre’ and ‘Meltdown’ Chip Vulnerabilities Could Affect Grid Hardware

“Anyone operating infrastructure should assume they are vulnerable.”

by Jason Deign
Energy Storage 42
Lithium-ion batteries may not be the dominant storage technology for too much longer.

The Promise and Challenge of Scaling Lithium Metal Batteries

While breakthroughs could be a decade away, the lithium metal battery could offer a major leap in capability for electric vehicles and the grid.

by Katie Fehrenbacher
Regulation & Policy 15
The decision will test how energy storage competes with existing gas plant economics.

PG&E Must Solicit Energy Storage and DERs to Replace 3 Existing Gas Plants

Regulators rejected an effort to secure lucrative payments for the uneconomical Calpine gas plants.

by Julian Spector
Regulation & Policy 0
Dispute resolution is essential for the smooth interconnection of distributed energy resources.
Industry Perspective

Bringing It All Together: The Importance of Dispute Resolution in the Interconnection Process

The 9th and final post in IREC’s interconnection series addresses a widespread issue: dispute resolution.

by Erica McConnell and Laura Beaton
Electric Vehicles 8
Nissan's latest battery investment could lead to the

Nissan-Renault Insists It’s ‘Not Going to Relinquish’ Leadership on Electric Mobility

The Alliance just launched a $1 billion fund for next-gen automotive technology. Will it be enough to stay ahead of the curve?

by Julia Pyper
Within months of the record-setting solar-plus-storage PPA in Arizona, Colorado took things to a new low.
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How Did Xcel’s Colorado Bids for Solar and Wind With Batteries Get So Darn Low?

The combination of storage and renewables has never looked this competitive.

by Julian Spector |
Regulation & Policy 84
Regulators did not rule in line with a stakeholder settlement.

Diablo Canyon to Close Without Clean Energy Guarantees

The plan for closing California’s last nuclear plant slashes a proposed budget for worker retraining—and has “no explicit provision” for zero-carbon replacements.

by Jeff St. John
Energy Storage 23
Experts weigh in on the top themes in energy storage.
Research Spotlight

The Next 5 Years in Energy Storage, According to 500 Energy Professionals

Live attendee poll results from Greentech Media’s 2017 Energy Storage Summit crowdsourced insights panel.

by Dan Finn-Foley
The energy storage market has a bright future.
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All the Ups and Downs From the Year in Energy Storage

Transcript: Stephen and Shayle recap the energy storage market’s big year. Then Stephen sits down with GMP’s Mary Powell to talk about the utility of the future.

by Stephen Lacey |
Grid Edge 9
One FERC commissioner called Perry's proposal a

Why Rick Perry’s Coal-Friendly Market Intervention Was Legally Doomed

DOE never met the basic legal requirements for enacting a major market change. But it did launch a valuable debate on the meaning of “resilience.”

by Jeff St. John
Energy Storage 1
Fluence offers the utility-scale Advancion platform, as well as the C&I Siestorage and a solar-storage hybrid system.

AES and Siemens Kick Off Fluence With Dedicated Financing, Massive Supply Contract

The newly formed venture is poised to snatch away Tesla’s biggest-battery trophy.

by Julian Spector
Policy 0
The state of play for energy policy and politics under Trump.

Energy Policy in Trump’s Washington: Year One

In this week’s Energy Gang podcast, a discussion of where things stand under the Trump administration.

by Stephen Lacey
Energy Storage 3
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo kicked off 2018 with game-changing news for his state's storage industry.

The Best News Yet for Energy Storage in New York

The governor’s pledge to build 1,500 megawatts of storage by 2025 opens a new chapter in New York’s clean energy history book.

by Julian Spector
Markets & Policy 7
Solar forecasting technologies are an increasingly valuable tool in optimizing the operation of the grid.

DOE Invests $12 Million to Improve Solar Forecasting

The funding round aims to improve grid operators’ ability to predict solar power production and make better use of existing grid infrastructure.

by Justin Gerdes
Manufacturing 19

Panasonic Ramps Up Solar Cell Production as Tesla Starts Making Solar Roofs at Gigafactory 2

Tesla confirms solar tile production began at the Buffalo Gigafactory in December, and the first Solar Roofs are now reaching non-employee homeowners.

by Julia Pyper
12 Charts That Shook the Earth in 2017
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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 |
Policy 69
Federal regulators rejected Rick Perry's plan to support nuclear and coal plants in the name of resiliency.

FERC Rejects Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s Coal and Nuclear Energy Market Bailout Plan

A setback for the Trump administration’s efforts to bail out the coal industry, and a victory for common sense in the power grid.

by Jeff St. John
Electric Vehicles 2
Byton’s long-range electric SUV is jam-packed with the technology CES dreams are made of.

Byton’s New SUV Is the Smart, Electric, Autonomous Vehicle We Want to Believe In

“Next-generation” electric vehicle launches have become standard at CES. Can this Chinese-based startup actually deliver?

by Julia Pyper
Solar-Plus-Storage 42
Xcel Energy brings in the lowest-known bids for solar-plus-storage in the U.S.

Xcel Attracts ‘Unprecedented’ Low Prices for Solar and Wind Paired With Storage

Bid attracts median PV-plus-battery price of $36 per megawatt-hour. Median wind-plus-storage bids came in even lower, at $21 per megawatt-hour.

by Jason Deign