Grid Edge

Batteries, Storage & Fuel Cells 2
Can No-Money-Down Financing Unlock the Batteries-for-Buildings Market?

Can No-Money-Down Financing Unlock the Batteries-for-Buildings Market?

Green Charge Networks lands a $10 million batteries-for-buildings fund.

by Jeff St. John
Energy Management 1
Beyond the Data: How to Succeed in Building Efficiency Analytics
Industry Perspective

Beyond the Data: How to Succeed in Building Efficiency Analytics

Swapnil Shah, CEO of FirstFuel, on how to make big data actionable in the built environment

by Swapnil Shah
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This Is What the Utility Death Spiral Looks Like

This Is What the Utility Death Spiral Looks Like

In Germany, utility revenues are spiraling down the rabbit hole. Will American power companies follow?

by Stephen Lacey
4
Can This Coalition Do for Grid Devices What Android Did for the Smartphone?

Can This Coalition Do for Grid Devices What Android Did for the Smartphone?

Duke Energy, the “coalition of the willing” and the open smart grid manifesto

by Jeff St. John
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PV, EV, & Storage 1
All-Electric School Bus Hits the Road

All-Electric School Bus Hits the Road

Big yellow waits in the wings for its smaller counterpart to make (electric) inroads.

by Katherine Tweed
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Tesla’s Giga Battery Factory Threatens the Auto, Utility and Building Controls Markets
Industry Perspective

Tesla’s Giga Battery Factory Threatens the Auto, Utility and Building Controls Markets

Cheaper batteries will allow mainstream pricing of Tesla’s EVs in six years—and lots more.

by Chet Lyons
Policy 3
IEA Report: Wind and Solar Can Carry Bulk of Energy Transformation

IEA Report: Wind and Solar Can Carry Bulk of Energy Transformation

IEA finds that integration of renewables into electricity grids can be done at little cost.

by RenewEconomy, Jonathan Gifford
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Tesla’s $5B Giga Battery Factory and Deep Politics in AZ, TX, NV and NM

Tesla’s $5B Giga Battery Factory and Deep Politics in AZ, TX, NV and NM

Which state will win? Secret meetings, political shifts and a $5 billion bet on lithium-ion battery technology.

by Eric Wesoff
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Elon Musk, Lyndon Rive, and Michael Peevey Talk Shop at the CPUC

Elon Musk, Lyndon Rive, and Michael Peevey Talk Shop at the CPUC

SolarCity’s Rive described the existing electric utility business as a “sole-sourced, cost-plus model.”

by Eric Wesoff
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Report: Solar Paired With Storage Is a ‘Real, Near and Present’ Threat to Utilities

Report: Solar Paired With Storage Is a ‘Real, Near and Present’ Threat to Utilities

Is the solar-storage combination a deadly one for traditional power companies?

by Stephen Lacey
Other Energy 0
Green Jobs: Tanguy Serra Now COO at SolarCity, Plus Vivint, Soltage, Nexant

Green Jobs: Tanguy Serra Now COO at SolarCity, Plus Vivint, Soltage, Nexant

Executive migrations in renewable energy and greentech

by Eric Wesoff
Policy 3
After a Hiatus, DOE’s Clean Energy Loan Program Will Soon Be Back in Action

After a Hiatus, DOE’s Clean Energy Loan Program Will Soon Be Back in Action

How distributed, grid-integrated green power projects could get a multi-billion-dollar boost

by Jeff St. John
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Tesla Giga Factory: $4B to $5B Price Tag, With Battery Production Slated for 2017

Tesla Giga Factory: $4B to $5B Price Tag, With Battery Production Slated for 2017

Musk provides some details on the Giga factory.

by Eric Wesoff
Software & Apps 3
Opower’s Evolution: Will the Efficiency Firm Soon Be a Solar and EV Integrator?

Opower’s Evolution: Will the Efficiency Firm Soon Be a Solar and EV Integrator?

Opower’s newest platform ramps up consumer analytics, demand response, and, potentially, distributed energy.

by Stephen Lacey
Policy 2
ARPA-E’s Success Stories Gained $625M in Private Sector Buy-In

ARPA-E’s Success Stories Gained $625M in Private Sector Buy-In

A tally of private investments (and a couple of IPOs) from the DOE research program, along with projects that didn’t make the cut

by Jeff St. John
1
Not Ready for Prime Time: 10 Microgrid Quotes From the ARPA-E Summit

Not Ready for Prime Time: 10 Microgrid Quotes From the ARPA-E Summit

How real is the microgrid opportunity?

by Katherine Tweed
0
The Expansion of Distributed PV in the Age of the Grid Edge

The Expansion of Distributed PV in the Age of the Grid Edge

Join Greentech Media, Solar1 and NYC ACRE for a discussion of what solar PV means for the grid.

by Katherine Tweed
Energy Management 10
Consumer Reports ‘Found Some Gaps’ in Google’s Nest Smoke Detector Performance

Consumer Reports ‘Found Some Gaps’ in Google’s Nest Smoke Detector Performance

Nest design magic works for thermostats and Google, less so for smoke detection.

by Eric Wesoff
1
GE Puts $1.4B Into Natural-Gas-Fired Distributed Power

GE Puts $1.4B Into Natural-Gas-Fired Distributed Power

Big bet on gas-fired turbines, CHP to augment the distributed green-powered future

by Jeff St. John
1
Ideal Power’s Converter Could Be the Key to Solar-Storage Integration

Ideal Power’s Converter Could Be the Key to Solar-Storage Integration

How “Power Packet Switching” could beat existing inverters in grid-integrated storage plus PV.

by Jeff St. John
Smart Homes/Smart Buildings 1
Are Your HVAC and Lighting Systems Vulnerable to Hacking?
Industry Perspective

Are Your HVAC and Lighting Systems Vulnerable to Hacking?

Groom Energy’s Jon Guerster explains how energy security is taking on new meaning in the built environment.

by Jon Guerster
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NRG’s David Crane Warns of ‘Shockingly Stupid’ Planning in the Power Sector

NRG’s David Crane Warns of ‘Shockingly Stupid’ Planning in the Power Sector

“Think how shockingly stupid it is to build a 21st-century electric system based on 120 million wooden poles.”

by Katherine Tweed
10
Can Distributed Storage Help Expand the Midwest Solar Market?

Can Distributed Storage Help Expand the Midwest Solar Market?

Forget about California. Intelligent Generation sees a future for solar and storage in the heartland.

by Katherine Tweed
Finance & VC 10
Corporate Venture Perspectives: Are Most Cleantech Inventors ‘Screwed’?

Corporate Venture Perspectives: Are Most Cleantech Inventors ‘Screwed’?

“It’s not that the technology doesn’t work. It’s that the economics don’t work.”

by Stephen Lacey
10
The German-American Vanadium Flow Battery Connection

The German-American Vanadium Flow Battery Connection

CellCube, one of the few commercial-scale flow batteries, gets NREL testing via a stateside partner and would-be vanadium supplier.

by Jeff St. John