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State Bulletin: This Week’s Must-Read Clean Energy Policy News
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State Bulletin: This Week’s Must-Read Clean Energy Policy News

New York moves to save it’s nukes, Georgia Power plans to add 1,600 megawatts of renewables, Nevada and Massachusetts look at energy storage, and more.

by Julia Pyper |
Demand Response 17
Con Edison Unveils Auction Numbers for Its Pioneering Demand Management Program in New York

Con Edison Unveils Auction Numbers for Its Pioneering Demand Management Program in New York

The payments are an order of magnitude higher than other Con Edison demand response programs.

by Katherine Tweed
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

Helping you navigate GTM’s news one stat at a time.

by Nicolas Rinaldi |
People 28
As Elon Musk Goes Into ‘Ludicrous Mode’, We Debate His Ambitious Plans

As Elon Musk Goes Into ‘Ludicrous Mode’, We Debate His Ambitious Plans

We’ve been talking about Tesla a lot these days. Listen to our three recent debates on the Model 3, the SolarCity acquisition, and Musk’s grand plans for reinventing energy and mobility.

by Stephen Lacey
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Solar Finance & VC 12
First Solar Beats Revenue, Tunes Guidance and Nears 17% Module Efficiency on Its Lead Line

First Solar Beats Revenue, Tunes Guidance and Nears 17% Module Efficiency on Its Lead Line

First Solar’s lead-line module efficiency exited the quarter at over 16.6 percent.

by Eric Wesoff
BOS/Inverters 23
Enphase at a Crossroads With Its Microinverters and Batteries

Enphase at a Crossroads With Its Microinverters and Batteries

No surprises during the earnings call—but the company could use some good news.

by Eric Wesoff
Grid Optimization 0
California’s DRAM Auction Contracts for 82MW of Distributed Energy as Grid Resource

California’s DRAM Auction Contracts for 82MW of Distributed Energy as Grid Resource

EnerNOC, Chai Energy, OhmConnect, WeatherBug, AMS win bids in second round of country’s biggest DERs-as-capacity experiment.

by Jeff St. John
Next Generation Utility 2
More Utilities Are Offering Services That Allow Customers to Self-Consume Their Solar Power
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More Utilities Are Offering Services That Allow Customers to Self-Consume Their Solar Power

Leading utilities are looking at how to make money from self-consumption service offerings, not just the sale of more electrons.

by Andy Stone
Energy Storage 0
Developers See Large Opportunity in Germany’s Commercial Storage Market, Both With and Without Solar

Developers See Large Opportunity in Germany’s Commercial Storage Market, Both With and Without Solar

Policy changes in Germany have brought a wave of market changes that have helped boost distributed storage.

by Jason Deign
Markets & Policy 5
42 States Took Policy Action on Distributed Solar in Q2 2016

42 States Took Policy Action on Distributed Solar in Q2 2016

Fixed-charge increases were the most common, while demand-charge proposals were surprisingly rare.

by Julia Pyper
Regulation & Policy 23
An Energy Storage Mandate Could Be Coming Soon to Massachusetts

An Energy Storage Mandate Could Be Coming Soon to Massachusetts

If a recently passed bill becomes law, Massachusetts will be the third state to enact such a policy.

by Julian Spector
Energy Storage 2
Axiom Exergy Raises $2.5M for Thermal Energy Storage

Axiom Exergy Raises $2.5M for Thermal Energy Storage

A niche application for supermarket energy savings gains commercial footing.

by Katherine Tweed
Energy Management 2
BuildingIQ’s Cloud Takes an ‘All of the Above’ Approach to Energy Management

BuildingIQ’s Cloud Takes an ‘All of the Above’ Approach to Energy Management

New platform and new acquisitions expand the building energy management market for this HVAC optimization specialist.

by Jeff St. John
Energy Storage 0
The Future of Solar-Plus-Storage in Germany
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The Future of Solar-Plus-Storage in Germany

“The future of Germany’s energy storage market is bright, and the solar market will surely benefit as storage prices decline.”

by Mohit Anand and Brett Simon
Energy Storage 3
Sonnen and Greensmith Enter the Commercial Energy Storage Fray

Sonnen and Greensmith Enter the Commercial Energy Storage Fray

As the small C&I market booms, companies in the residential and utility-scale sectors want a piece of the action.

by Julian Spector
Policy 0
New York Approves 50% Renewable Energy Target—and It Will Depend on Nuclear to Get There

New York Approves 50% Renewable Energy Target—and It Will Depend on Nuclear to Get There

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

by Stephen Lacey
Corporate Sustainability 0
Schneider Electric Launches a Corporate Clean Energy Research Network

Schneider Electric Launches a Corporate Clean Energy Research Network

The online platform helps commercial and industrial customers accelerate the adoption of renewables in the U.S. and abroad.

by Julia Pyper
Cleantech Venture Capital Is Dead! Long Live Cleantech Venture Capital!
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Cleantech Venture Capital Is Dead! Long Live Cleantech Venture Capital!

Debating the role of venture capital in transforming the energy sector.

by Stephen Lacey |
Solar Finance & VC 20
Tesla and SolarCity Agree to Combine Forces—Even as SolarCity Struggles to Meet Targets

Tesla and SolarCity Agree to Combine Forces—Even as SolarCity Struggles to Meet Targets

Tesla takes another step closer to acquiring America’s top residential solar installer.

by Katherine Tweed
Energy Storage 0
An Alliance Between Samsung SDI and Sungrow Could Mark a Trend in Energy Storage

An Alliance Between Samsung SDI and Sungrow Could Mark a Trend in Energy Storage

But will these partnerships bring results?

by Jason Deign
Fossil Fuels 8
Trump Says He Supports Local Fracking Bans: ‘If the Voters Are Voting for It, That’s Up to Them’

Trump Says He Supports Local Fracking Bans: ‘If the Voters Are Voting for It, That’s Up to Them’

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

by Stephen Lacey
Markets & Policy 29
How Regulators Are Thinking About Distributed Energy Resources

How Regulators Are Thinking About Distributed Energy Resources

Highlights from NARUC’s draft manual on DER compensation.

by Julia Pyper
Utilities 1
NextEra Will Go Deeper Into Texas and Buy Oncor for $18B

NextEra Will Go Deeper Into Texas and Buy Oncor for $18B

The deal comes after both companies had other deals sour this year.

by Katherine Tweed
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

A look back on the week in energy.

by Nicolas Rinaldi |
Energy Storage 100
Flow Battery Aspirant Imergy Has Let Go Its Staff and Is Selling Its Assets

Flow Battery Aspirant Imergy Has Let Go Its Staff and Is Selling Its Assets

VC-funded storage startups repeating VC-funded solar startup history? Herman, the GTM skull, has returned.

by Eric Wesoff