Grid Edge

Energy Storage 3
EU Research Project Identifies How to Make Battery Storage Systems Last Longer

EU Research Project Identifies How to Make Battery Storage Systems Last Longer

Three years of testing pay off.

by Jason Deign
Energy Storage 10
Financing Energy Storage: Taking Cues From the Success of PV

Financing Energy Storage: Taking Cues From the Success of PV

“My job at SunEdison is to get the YieldCo comfortable with energy storage. When we do, it will be groundbreaking.”

by Eric Wesoff
Technology 2
SMA Targets the Hybrid Solar-Diesel Market With a New Test Center in Germany

SMA Targets the Hybrid Solar-Diesel Market With a New Test Center in Germany

The Niestetal facility is focused on PV and diesel, but will also cover batteries.

by Jason Deign
Other Energy 0
Energy Jobs: First Solar, Intel Capital, Alevo, GameChange Racking, SunPower

Energy Jobs: First Solar, Intel Capital, Alevo, GameChange Racking, SunPower

Executive and boardroom moves in cleantech, utilities, energy generation, finance and VC

by Eric Wesoff
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Policy 39
Breaking: California Reaches Compromise on Utility Residential Rate Reform

Breaking: California Reaches Compromise on Utility Residential Rate Reform

Two tiers, but a “super-user” charge for energy hogs; plus, no fixed charges, and TOU plans required

by Jeff St. John
Utilities 0
New York Utilities Announce Projects Aiming to Commercialize the Grid Edge

New York Utilities Announce Projects Aiming to Commercialize the Grid Edge

“Instead of fighting change, we’re embracing it.”

by Katherine Tweed
Utilities 4
Inside SoCal Edison’s Plan to Open Its Grid to Distributed Energy

Inside SoCal Edison’s Plan to Open Its Grid to Distributed Energy

A groundbreaking, just-filed blueprint to bring distributed solar, batteries, EVs and more into billion-dollar grid investment plans

by Jeff St. John
Utilities 4
How Germany’s Second-Biggest Utility Is Adapting to a Distributed Energy World

How Germany’s Second-Biggest Utility Is Adapting to a Distributed Energy World

RWE is building distributed energy tech at home and looking to Silicon Valley for new ideas.

by Jeff St. John
Mobility 0
Proterra Raises $55 Million for Electric Buses

Proterra Raises $55 Million for Electric Buses

The company expects the latest round to take it to profitability.

by Katherine Tweed
Energy Storage 4
Sony Launches Joint Venture With Canadian Utility to Test Grid-Scale Storage Systems

Sony Launches Joint Venture With Canadian Utility to Test Grid-Scale Storage Systems

A leading Japanese company teams up with a leading Canadian utility for some R&D work on batteries.

by Mike Stone
Energy Storage 33
The Geopolitics of Lithium Production
Industry Perspective

The Geopolitics of Lithium Production

With EVs ascendant, Tam Hunt ponders whether the world will realign around lithium production as it has around oil.

by Tam Hunt
Utilities 2
Supreme Court Rules Against EPA Air Pollution Rule

Supreme Court Rules Against EPA Air Pollution Rule

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

by Stephen Lacey
Energy Storage 22
Anger Grows Over Spanish Law Designed to Halt Residential Storage

Anger Grows Over Spanish Law Designed to Halt Residential Storage

Citizens and industry hit back at a proposal to tax solar-plus-storage systems.

by Jason Deign
Markets & Policy 9
Tucson Electric Power to Propose a New Distributed Solar Play

Tucson Electric Power to Propose a New Distributed Solar Play

TEP’s actions may be viewed as an attack on residential PV providers.

by Julia Pyper
Grid Edge 1
The Big Picture From Grid Edge Live 2015

The Big Picture From Grid Edge Live 2015

A look at the top themes coming out of GTM’s Grid Edge Live last week

by Jeff St. John
Utilities 5
A Top Utility Engineer Talks Distributed Energy Integration
Industry Perspective

A Top Utility Engineer Talks Distributed Energy Integration

The Energy Gang talks with SDG&E’s chief engineer about microgrids, solar and EVs.

by Stephen Lacey
Energy Storage 1
Should Utilities Own Distributed Battery Storage?
Industry Perspective

Should Utilities Own Distributed Battery Storage?

Michael O’Boyle and Sonia Aggarwal look at the pros and cons.

by Michael O’Boyle & Sonia Aggarwal
People 0
Arizona Utility Regulator Hands Over Phone for Investigation of Improper Political Ties

Arizona Utility Regulator Hands Over Phone for Investigation of Improper Political Ties

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

by Stephen Lacey
Smart Homes/Smart Buildings 1
Alarm.com Opens for Trading to Secure Top Spot in Smart-Home Market

Alarm.com Opens for Trading to Secure Top Spot in Smart-Home Market

Competition is closing in on all sides.

by Katherine Tweed
Utilities 7
Preview: New York Utilities Show Off REV Demo Projects

Preview: New York Utilities Show Off REV Demo Projects

Community energy, third-party energy efficiency and ‘beyond microgrids’

by Katherine Tweed
Grid Optimization 3
The Open Standard for Grid-Edge Controls Is Emerging

The Open Standard for Grid-Edge Controls Is Emerging

Siemens, Accenture, NREL looking to evolve distributed generation integration from “plug-and-pray” to “plug-and-play.”

by Jeff St. John
Utilities 23
Is the Power Sector Ready for a New Phase of ‘Complementary Disruption’?

Is the Power Sector Ready for a New Phase of ‘Complementary Disruption’?

Industry leaders weigh in on how to tap opportunities at the edge of the grid, at Grid Edge Live 2015.

by Julia Pyper
Markets & Policy 11
Solar’s Value for Grid Circuits: Not Much on Average, but Huge for a Handful

Solar’s Value for Grid Circuits: Not Much on Average, but Huge for a Handful

UC Berkeley research finds that well-placed PV is yielding big savings on PG&E’s distribution grid.

by Jeff St. John
Mobility 2
Fisker Automotive Plans to Relaunch Its Karma Electric Car

Fisker Automotive Plans to Relaunch Its Karma Electric Car

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

by Stephen Lacey
Utilities 316
First Solar CEO: ‘By 2017, We’ll Be Under $1.00 per Watt Fully Installed’

First Solar CEO: ‘By 2017, We’ll Be Under $1.00 per Watt Fully Installed’

Hughes called the expiration of the ITC “irrelevant.”

by Eric Wesoff