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Technology 8
Customers Complain That BP Solar Panels Are Catching Fire and Breaking

Customers Complain That BP Solar Panels Are Catching Fire and Breaking

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

by Stephen Lacey
Energy Efficiency 0
Opower Inks First Utility Deal With FirstFuel, Looks for Growth Overseas

Opower Inks First Utility Deal With FirstFuel, Looks for Growth Overseas

Opower sees global opportunity in demand response.

by Katherine Tweed
Energy Storage 7
SCE Chooses Ice Energy for 25MW of Rooftop Thermal Energy Storage

SCE Chooses Ice Energy for 25MW of Rooftop Thermal Energy Storage

How ice-making air conditioners can help balance Southern California’s grid

by Jeff St. John
Policy 4
DOE: The Clean Energy Loan Program Is Already Making a Profit for Taxpayers

DOE: The Clean Energy Loan Program Is Already Making a Profit for Taxpayers

“Now the facts speak for themselves,” says the former director of the loan programs office.

by Stephen Lacey
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Energy Storage 0
Update: Aquion Energy Wins Strategic Funding in Its Recent $38M Round

Update: Aquion Energy Wins Strategic Funding in Its Recent $38M Round

Aquion continues its battery development and funding drive.

by Eric Wesoff, Jeff St. John
Energy Storage 9
The World’s Biggest Battery Is Being Built For Southern California’s Grid

The World’s Biggest Battery Is Being Built For Southern California’s Grid

AES is building a 400 MW-hour lithium-ion battery for SCE as an alternative to gas peaker plants.

by Eric Wesoff
Policy 21
Historic US-China Climate Deal Is a Sign of Clean Energy’s Growing Political Strength

Historic US-China Climate Deal Is a Sign of Clean Energy’s Growing Political Strength

China’s willingness to adopt emissions targets reflects its confidence in non-fossil energy.

by Stephen Lacey
Software & Analytics 3
Homeland Security: Russian Hackers Infiltrated US Energy Infrastructure

Homeland Security: Russian Hackers Infiltrated US Energy Infrastructure

SCADA systems made by a number of vendors are affected.

by Katherine Tweed
Mobility 3
A ‘Perfect Storm’ Is Bringing Gas Prices Down—and Bringing Hummers Back

A ‘Perfect Storm’ Is Bringing Gas Prices Down—and Bringing Hummers Back

Some of the stories we’re reading: Hummers are back, KiOR finally files for bankruptcy, and electric bills skyrocket in Mass.

by Stephen Lacey
Energy Storage 3
Texas Utility Oncor Wants to Invest $5.2B in Storage: Can It Get Approval?

Texas Utility Oncor Wants to Invest $5.2B in Storage: Can It Get Approval?

Oncor is asking the Texas deregulated market to allow 5 gigawatts of utility-owned, distributed grid batteries.

by Jeff St. John
PV, EV, & Storage 7
Elon Musk: Tesla Must ‘Not Be Too Perfectionist’ With Its Future Products

Elon Musk: Tesla Must ‘Not Be Too Perfectionist’ With Its Future Products

Q3 revealed that the disruptive EV maker faces the same production issues as traditional OEMs.

by Julia Pyper
Other Energy 2
Jobs: SunEdison, AES Energy Storage, Sol Systems, Alta Devices, Nextility

Jobs: SunEdison, AES Energy Storage, Sol Systems, Alta Devices, Nextility

Executive moves in cleantech, energy generation and energy finance

by Eric Wesoff
PV, EV, & Storage 2
Itron and ClipperCreek Launch the EV Charger as Virtual Smart Meter

Itron and ClipperCreek Launch the EV Charger as Virtual Smart Meter

How embedded sensing and revenue-grade metering could lower costs for grid-enabled EVs

by Jeff St. John
People 1
Editors’ News Feed: Pro-Solar Political Operative Targeted by Arsonist

Editors’ News Feed: Pro-Solar Political Operative Targeted by Arsonist

A roundup of the energy stories GTM editors are reading this morning

by Stephen Lacey
Policy 7
India Must Spend $250B by 2019 to Meet Its Power Needs

India Must Spend $250B by 2019 to Meet Its Power Needs

Cash flow is just part of India’s electricity problem.

by Katherine Tweed
Policy 34
Election Special: What the Republican Takeover Means for Clean Energy
Industry Perspective

Election Special: What the Republican Takeover Means for Clean Energy

The Energy Gang addresses the federal, state and local impacts of this week’s elections in the U.S.

by Stephen Lacey
Solar Finance & VC 7
SolarCity CFO: ‘Buckle Up, It’s Going to Be an Amazing Ride’

SolarCity CFO: ‘Buckle Up, It’s Going to Be an Amazing Ride’

Blistering growth rates and record-setting bookings for the No. 1 solar installer and financier

by Eric Wesoff
Software & Apps 5
Bidgely Lands a Major Deal With TXU Energy to Offer Energy Analytics in Texas

Bidgely Lands a Major Deal With TXU Energy to Offer Energy Analytics in Texas

The startup will provide energy disaggregation to nearly 1.5 million Texas homes.

by Katherine Tweed
Smart Homes/Smart Buildings 6
What Is a Smart Home? Most People Don’t Know

What Is a Smart Home? Most People Don’t Know

The industry can’t stop talking about the “smart home,” but most consumers don’t even know what that means.

by Katherine Tweed
Energy Storage 1
How This Stealthy Startup Inked 50MW of Distributed Storage in California

How This Stealthy Startup Inked 50MW of Distributed Storage in California

A quiet startup lands a big SCE contract for behind-the-meter batteries.

by Jeff St. John
Energy Storage 6
Stem Wins Big With 85MW of Energy Storage in SCE Procurement

Stem Wins Big With 85MW of Energy Storage in SCE Procurement

The starting gun goes off in California’s 1.3-gigawatt energy storage race.

by Eric Wesoff, Jeff St. John
Energy Storage 4
Breaking: SCE Announces Winners of Energy Storage Contracts Worth 250MW

Breaking: SCE Announces Winners of Energy Storage Contracts Worth 250MW

Stem, AES, Ice Energy, NRG Energy and Advanced Microgrid Solutions garner more than 250 megawatts in energy storage awards.

by Eric Wesoff, Jeff St. John
Utilities 10
Power Politics: How Exelon Stands to Shape US Energy Policy
Industry Perspective

Power Politics: How Exelon Stands to Shape US Energy Policy

How will this nuclear-heavy utility use its political influence to salvage its business?

by Benjamin Springer
Energy Storage 2
PG&E Takes Energy Storage to the Distribution Substation

PG&E Takes Energy Storage to the Distribution Substation

California’s utilities are building a 1.3-gigawatt energy storage system, one piece at a time.

by Jeff St. John
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4 Trends Shaping the US Solar-Plus-Storage Market
Research Spotlight

4 Trends Shaping the US Solar-Plus-Storage Market

At Solar Power International, GTM Research’s Ravi Manghani identified what’s driving the market.

by Mike Munsell