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BOS/Inverters 35
Enphase’s Survival Will Rely on Microinverter Cost Cuts and Growth in Energy Storage

Enphase’s Survival Will Rely on Microinverter Cost Cuts and Growth in Energy Storage

Quarterly results add to the suspense at the troubled firm.

by Eric Wesoff
Wind Projects 0
Australia’s Support of Hybrid Renewables-Plus-Storage Projects Is Attracting Foreign Players

Australia’s Support of Hybrid Renewables-Plus-Storage Projects Is Attracting Foreign Players

A Japanese developer looks to Australia for experience in integrating wind, solar and batteries.

by Jason Deign
Finance & VC 23
Some of the World’s Top Oil Companies Are Banding Together to Invest in Renewables

Some of the World’s Top Oil Companies Are Banding Together to Invest in Renewables

Here are some of the stories we’re reading this morning.

by GTM Editors
Solar Finance & VC 5
Tesla and SolarCity’s Latest Public Relations Push Offers Lots of Handwaving, Few Details

Tesla and SolarCity’s Latest Public Relations Push Offers Lots of Handwaving, Few Details

Tesla says SolarCity would add $1 billion in 2017 revenue. But little else new was revealed in a Q&A with management today.

by Stephen Lacey
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Markets & Policy 13
SolarCity Has a Plan to Unlock Tomorrow’s Electric Grid

SolarCity Has a Plan to Unlock Tomorrow’s Electric Grid

“I don’t think we’re a solar company; I think we’re a platform company.”

by Julia Pyper
Markets & Policy 4
Continued Uncertainty as Arizona’s Value-of-Solar Proceeding Nears an End

Continued Uncertainty as Arizona’s Value-of-Solar Proceeding Nears an End

A highly anticipated order recommends ditching net metering, and the alternatives create questions.

by Julia Pyper
Utilities 37
Elon Musk’s Clean Energy Vision Includes a Strong Role for Utilities

Elon Musk’s Clean Energy Vision Includes a Strong Role for Utilities

Recent comments show the Tesla CEO is not pursuing decentralization at all costs.

by Julian Spector
Grid Edge 2
Energy Jobs: Green Charge, PG&E, Edison International, Greenworks, Vivint Solar, SolarCity, UBS
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Energy Jobs: Green Charge, PG&E, Edison International, Greenworks, Vivint Solar, SolarCity, UBS

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

by Eric Wesoff
Other Energy 1
Lockheed Martin Looks to Apply Outer-Space Engineering to Ocean Energy

Lockheed Martin Looks to Apply Outer-Space Engineering to Ocean Energy

Here are some of the stories we’re reading this morning.

by GTM Editors
Microgrids 3
Tangent and Cummins Launch a Joint Venture for Grid Edge-Enabled Generators

Tangent and Cummins Launch a Joint Venture for Grid Edge-Enabled Generators

A big generator player taps a startup’s software to turn backup power units into distributed-energy-as-a-service.

by Jeff St. John
Fossil Fuels 476
US Nuclear Retirements Largely Replaced by Fossil Fuels

US Nuclear Retirements Largely Replaced by Fossil Fuels

Renewables and natural gas may be putting some nuclear out of business, but it is mostly the natural gas that is taking its place.

by Katherine Tweed
Finance & VC 10
Making Stuff Is Hard: Lessons From Cleantech Hardware Startups

Making Stuff Is Hard: Lessons From Cleantech Hardware Startups

On this week’s Energy Gang podcast, we talk to the CEO of Greentown Labs about what it takes to support and finance the next generation of hardware companies in energy.

by Stephen Lacey
Residential Solar 426
Elon Musk Unveiled a Solar Roof and Didn’t Address Any Pressing Questions

Elon Musk Unveiled a Solar Roof and Didn’t Address Any Pressing Questions

But look, pretty shingles!

by Julian Spector
Regulation & Policy 1
New York Resets Distributed Energy Rates, Maintains Residential Net Metering

New York Resets Distributed Energy Rates, Maintains Residential Net Metering

The staff’s report on the value of distributed energy is out. And it’s complex.

by Katherine Tweed
A Conversation With Travis Kavulla on the Tough Decisions Utility Regulators Are Facing
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A Conversation With Travis Kavulla on the Tough Decisions Utility Regulators Are Facing

A wide-ranging discussion on the future of ratemaking for distributed energy

by Stephen Lacey |
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Uber Hasn’t Fully Figured Out Autonomous Vehicles Yet. But It’s Already Thinking About Flying Cars

Uber Hasn’t Fully Figured Out Autonomous Vehicles Yet. But It’s Already Thinking About Flying Cars

Here are some of the stories we’re reading this morning.

by GTM Editors
GTM Statcast: The Week in Energy in Less Than 60 Seconds
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GTM Statcast: The Week in Energy in Less Than 60 Seconds

Set your dial to GTM Squared every Friday to get our review of the week that was in energy.

by Nicolas Rinaldi |
Utilities 5
Customers Spend 8 Minutes per Year Interacting Online With Their Utility

Customers Spend 8 Minutes per Year Interacting Online With Their Utility

That’s 40 seconds per month.

by Katherine Tweed
Electric Vehicles 24
Wireless Charging: Coming Soon to an Electric Vehicle Near You

Wireless Charging: Coming Soon to an Electric Vehicle Near You

Mercedes is bringing Qualcomm wireless charging technology to market with the S550e. Other models and automakers soon to follow.

by Julia Pyper
Why Energy Storage Matters So Much for Japan
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Why Energy Storage Matters So Much for Japan

With more solar than the grid can handle and a stable full of incumbent manufacturers, the world’s third-largest economy wants to dominate global storage production.

by Julian Spector |
Wind Finance & VC 1
Dong Energy May Divest From Oil and Gas in Favor of Wind

Dong Energy May Divest From Oil and Gas in Favor of Wind

Here are some of the stories we’re reading this morning.

by Stephen Lacey
Networking/AMI 8
US Smart Meter Deployments to Hit 70M in 2016, 90M in 2020

US Smart Meter Deployments to Hit 70M in 2016, 90M in 2020

More than half the country now has two-way digital electric meters. What are utilities doing with them?

by Jeff St. John
Grid Edge 0
GTM Research Launches Grid Edge Data Hub, an Online Data Service
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GTM Research Launches Grid Edge Data Hub, an Online Data Service

Find data-driven insights on grid edge markets and technologies at a glance

by Olivia Chen
Energy 141
Have We Already Won the Renewables Revolution?
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Have We Already Won the Renewables Revolution?

Tam Hunt looks at the clear—and not-so-clear—trajectories for renewables, efficiency and electric vehicles.

by Tam Hunt
Regulation & Policy 15
One of America’s Top Utility Regulatory Figures Argues the Republican Case for Distributed Energy

One of America’s Top Utility Regulatory Figures Argues the Republican Case for Distributed Energy

“The Republican message, from a utility regulatory standpoint, has become confused about its core principles.”

by Stephen Lacey