Panasonic Teams Up With Powertree Services to Build Solar-Storage EV Chargers
Panasonic Enterprise Solutions Company announced this week it's partnering with Powertree Services Inc. to build out 68 electric-vehicle charging stations combined with solar systems and battery...
View ArticleUtilities and Clean Energy Advocates Find Common Ground on Distributed...
It may come as a surprise to some, but David Owens, executive VP of the Edison Electric Institute, and Ralph Cavanagh, co-director of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s energy program, seem to...
View ArticleImergy Returns to the Scene With Low-Cost Flow Battery
After a decade of development and some corporate rebranding, Imergy Power Systems has unveiled a next-generation vanadium flow battery the company claims will dramatically lower costs and boost...
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Are Utilities Investing Enough in Distribution to Boost Resilience and...
Investor-owned utilities in the United States have made increased investments in the electricity distribution system over the past two decades, according to data compiled by the U.S. Energy...
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European Union Sets Ambitious 2030 Climate and Energy Goals
In an effort to make the European Union’s economy and energy system more competitive, secure and sustainable, the 28-nation bloc is moving full steam ahead on an aggressive set of climate and energy...
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GE on the 'Hypercompetitive' Frontier of Digital Resource Productivity
The world is in the midst of a resource challenge. And it could get worse unless companies leverage big data and new technologies to mitigate resource demand. In many parts of the world, the demand...
View ArticleGE Government Affairs Director: Midwest Wind Can Compete Without a Federal...
The wind industry is reaching the point where it no longer needs the production tax credit (PTC) to survive, according to David Malkin, director of government affairs and policy for GE Energy...
View ArticleStartup Borrows Financing Model From Solar, Efficiency Sectors to Launch EVs...
California-based startup Vision Fleet took a couple of pages out of the clean energy sector’s playbook to make low-carbon, alternative-fuel vehicle fleets cheap and easy to operate. Vision Fleet...
View ArticleHere Are 9 Storage Companies New York Thinks Are Promising
As part of an effort to position itself as a leader in energy storage, New York state has announced a $2.2 million program to support nine companies developing novel battery chemistries, capacitors...
View ArticleMassachusetts Business Leaders Reflect on Gov. Patrick's Support for Cleantech
As Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick winds down his term in office, cleantech business leaders are lauding his strong support for the industry. Over the last eight years of Patrick’s tenure, which...
View ArticleGrid Edge Analytics: Advances in Big Data, Intelligent Software and Analytics...
Developments in advanced metering infrastructure now take behind-the-meter analytics well beyond providing customers with information on their energy use, which presents both an opportunity and a risk...
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Report: There's Still No Consistent Method for Calculating Solar's Value
The ability to accurately calculate the value of solar can be a useful tool for helping to integrate increasing amounts of distributed solar PV onto the grid. It’s also a critical tool that can help...
View ArticleNRG's David Crane Begins to 'Pull Back the Curtain' on a Retail Solar Strategy
NRG Energy has been developing its capabilities in residential solar for a few years now, but it has largely avoided sharing details about its business. Yesterday’s third-quarter earnings call was one...
View ArticleIs Shell Boosting Its Presence in Cleantech?
In recent years, the trend has been for Big Oil to back out of the renewable energy and cleantech business. In September, Chevron Corp. finalized the sale of its renewable energy subsidiary OpTerra...
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Elon Musk: Tesla Must 'Not Be Too Perfectionist' With Its Future Products
It’s easy to think of Tesla Motors Inc. as purely a technology company. Its stock is valued like a technology company’s. It’s headquartered in the the technology hub of Silicon Valley. And its...
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CEO Terry Boston Says PJM Is Prepared for the Next Polar Vortex. Is It Enough?
When the polar vortex swept down from the Arctic last winter -- plunging temperatures to levels 25 degrees Fahrenheit below the seasonal average -- schools closed, skin froze, and the electric grid...
View ArticleEquity in Cleantech: Confronting the Solar Industry's Diversity Issue
For Reginald Parker, starting a solar company has been more than a shrewd business move. It’s brought him closer to his family roots. “I’m a solar farmer,” he said. “So in today’s high-tech world,...
View ArticleWith Coal Country in Decline, Most Blame Obama's Environmental Regulations
Washington Examiner: The Decline and Fall of Coal Towns like Logan, West Virginia are in free fall as heightened environmental regulations, prompted by fears about climate change, are accelerating a...
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Air Force Tests First EV Fleet With Two-Way Power Flow in California
The Los Angeles Air Force Base last week became the first federal facility to replace its entire fleet with plug-in electric vehicles, the majority of which also have bidirectional capability that...
View ArticleWisconsin Regulators Vote to Raise Fixed Charges, Add Solar Fees
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission recently voted 2-1 to allow We Energies to increase fixed charges on all residential bills, decreasing the financial benefit for customers who use less energy....
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