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Fossil Fuels 12
Rockefeller Fund Divests From Fossil-Fuel Business It Helped Build, Invests in Renewables

Rockefeller Fund Divests From Fossil-Fuel Business It Helped Build, Invests in Renewables

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

by Eric Wesoff
Grid Edge 1
PJM’s Transition to Capacity Performance is Changing the Approach to Procuring DERs
Research Spotlight

PJM’s Transition to Capacity Performance is Changing the Approach to Procuring DERs

Does lower capacity indicate resources in transition—or in decline?

by Elta Kolo
Networking/AMI 8
National Grid Picks Itron for Plan to Deploy Up to 1.3M Smart Meters in Massachusetts

National Grid Picks Itron for Plan to Deploy Up to 1.3M Smart Meters in Massachusetts

Another big U.S. utility seeks regulator approval to go way beyond automated meter reading.

by Jeff St. John
Markets & Policy 2
NV Energy Seeks to Grandfather Net Metering Customers

NV Energy Seeks to Grandfather Net Metering Customers

The writing was on the wall for the Nevada utility.

by Katherine Tweed
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Energy Storage 12
German Energy Storage Market to Reach $1B by 2021
Research Spotlight

German Energy Storage Market to Reach $1B by 2021

GTM Research’s latest report provides a roadmap for one of the world’s most successful storage markets.

by Mike Munsell
Finance & VC 13
Software Ate Cleantech: Now What?
Industry Perspective

Software Ate Cleantech: Now What?

Why didn’t venture capital work for cleantech? Because there were better places to invest. Ben Gaddy looks at what comes next.

by Ben Gaddy
Energy Storage 19
Tesla’s Gigafactory Is Open—and Still Expanding at a Rapid Pace

Tesla’s Gigafactory Is Open—and Still Expanding at a Rapid Pace

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

by Stephen Lacey
Mobility 57
Dissecting Elon Musk’s Master Plan for Tesla

Dissecting Elon Musk’s Master Plan for Tesla

The Energy Gang asks: Is Musk’s latest plan “idiocy cubed”? Or the right amount of ambition at just the right time?

by Stephen Lacey
Utilities 3
Constellation Acquires ConEdison Solutions’ Retail Business

Constellation Acquires ConEdison Solutions’ Retail Business

Exelon continues its buying spree.

by Katherine Tweed
Water 4
The DOE’s Path to an American Hydropower Renaissance

The DOE’s Path to an American Hydropower Renaissance

After years of treading water, the U.S. could add 49 gigawatts of new hydropower capacity.

by Julian Spector
Energy Storage 5
Interview: Does Commercial Energy Storage Make Financial Sense Today?
Research Spotlight

Interview: Does Commercial Energy Storage Make Financial Sense Today?

An interview with Ravi Manghani, GTM Research’s Director of Energy Storage.

by Mike Munsell
Finance & VC 0
Funding Roundup: Protean Electric, Urjanet, Energyworx, PosiGen, Black Bear Energy

Funding Roundup: Protean Electric, Urjanet, Energyworx, PosiGen, Black Bear Energy

Big money for in-wheel electric motors, startup cash for software and solar-storage development.

by Jeff St. John
Next Generation Utility 12
Denmark May Hold the Key to Integrating Large Amounts of Intermittent Renewables
Next Generation Utility

Denmark May Hold the Key to Integrating Large Amounts of Intermittent Renewables

How DERs and grid flexibility empower Denmark to lead the world in wind.

by Silvio Marcacci
Are We Ready to Make Electric Cars Into Power Plants?
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Are We Ready to Make Electric Cars Into Power Plants?

On this week’s Interchange, we talk to RMI’s Chris Nelder about all the ways EVs could benefit—and strain—the electricity system.

by Stephen Lacey |
PV, EV, & Storage 8
ABB Sells First Order for 15-Second Bus Charging

ABB Sells First Order for 15-Second Bus Charging

Supercapacitors make it all possible.

by Katherine Tweed
Electric Vehicles 16
PG&E’s EV Charging Plan Still Angers Industry Players—and Here’s Their Alternative

PG&E’s EV Charging Plan Still Angers Industry Players—and Here’s Their Alternative

A counter-proposal seeks to scale back scope and open up third-party competition.

by Jeff St. John
Grid Edge 0
$10B Projected to Be Spent in Metering Infrastructure Analytics and Integration Through 2021
Research Spotlight

$10B Projected to Be Spent in Metering Infrastructure Analytics and Integration Through 2021

Analytics penetration set to increase as utilities seize new opportunities to optimize efficiency and develop new capabilities.

by Olivia Chen
Software & Apps 2
After Leaving Nest, Tony Fadell Talks Apple, Steve Jobs, Tesla, and Making Smart Home Devices

After Leaving Nest, Tony Fadell Talks Apple, Steve Jobs, Tesla, and Making Smart Home Devices

Fadell on the Ventured podcast: “There’s only a few companies in the U.S. who really understand this stuff.”

by Stephen Lacey
Energy Storage 0
One Simple Measure That Could Cut UK Storage Costs

One Simple Measure That Could Cut UK Storage Costs

Storage could be “pounds, not pence” cheaper with longer contracts.

by Jason Deign
Energy Storage 16
An Accounting of the Embodied Energy in Tesla’s Gigafactory—Can It Be Truly Green?

An Accounting of the Embodied Energy in Tesla’s Gigafactory—Can It Be Truly Green?

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

by Stephen Lacey
Mobility 4
The White House Offers $4.5 Billion in Loan Guarantees for EV Charging Innovation

The White House Offers $4.5 Billion in Loan Guarantees for EV Charging Innovation

The Obama administration gets serious about electric car infrastructure.

by Katherine Tweed
Energy Storage 5
The Top 3 Energy Storage Deals So Far This Year

The Top 3 Energy Storage Deals So Far This Year

And the biggest one of the year may still be on the way.

by Jason Deign
Markets & Policy 1
New Survey Shows How Utilities Are Dealing With Increasingly Complex Markets

New Survey Shows How Utilities Are Dealing With Increasingly Complex Markets

Three takeaways from SEPA’s annual Solar Market Snapshot.

by Julia Pyper
Policy 73
Hillary Clinton Chooses Tim Kaine as Her Running Mate—Here’s His Energy Record

Hillary Clinton Chooses Tim Kaine as Her Running Mate—Here’s His Energy Record

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

by Stephen Lacey
Lighting 9
Off-Grid LED Lighting Could Create 2 Million Jobs

Off-Grid LED Lighting Could Create 2 Million Jobs

Even more local job potential as off-grid solar systems come on-line across the globe.

by Katherine Tweed