Energy storage

Virtual power plants

Hundreds of New Yorkers got free batteries to help clean up the grid

A novel collaboration between solar installer Sunrun and utility Orange & Rockland shows how New York could tap household solar generation to advance climate goals.

By Julian Spector . 30 October 2024

Bear Mountain Bridge in Fort Montgomery, New York (Brian Logan / Getty Images)

Climatetech finance

Energy storage leader Fluence preps for old-school IPO, bucking SPAC trend

The grid-scale battery sector is poised for massive growth. Fluence is playing a major role — but it has a lot of competition.

By Jeff St. John . 28 September 2021
Solar

Newsletter: It’s time to ask for more from clean energy projects

Some projects reduce more carbon than others. Should they get paid more?

By Julian Spector . 21 September 2021
Long-duration energy storage

Investors are whipping up an irrational frenzy in the long-duration energy storage sector

Here are more than 20 long-term storage companies that have been attracting dollars into that bubble.

By Eric Wesoff . 21 September 2021
Clean energy

Location matters: The new science of siting clean energy to push more carbon from the grid

Where solar and wind is built matters when it comes to displacing dirty energy. Clean energy buyers are starting to pay attention.

By Jeff St. John . 20 September 2021
Energy storage

Investors are pouring money into grid storage startups

After a sluggish start, storage is finally coming into its own as a business.

By Julian Spector . 17 September 2021
Opinion

Puerto Rico wants clean energy. Will the Biden administration listen?

In rebuilding the electric grid, FEMA should push to ditch fossil fuel infrastructure and shift to solar and batteries instead.

By Yesenia Rivera, Ruth Santiago . 14 September 2021
Video

How a company turned used Nissan Leaf EV batteries into moneymakers

The electrical grid needs more energy storage to handle the influx of renewables and electric vehicles.

By Julian Spector . 14 September 2021
Solar

How blockchain could help integrate rooftop solar and EVs into the grid

Australia is testing the tech behind Bitcoin to solve the grid's thorniest challenges using the power of distributed energy.

By Jeff St. John . 2 September 2021
Climate crisis

Hurricane-driven blackouts in New Orleans send a dire warning about the need for distributed energy

Entergy's new gas power plant couldn't stop a grid collapse. Community groups want to give local solar and batteries a chance.

By Jeff St. John . 1 September 2021
Solar

Newsletter: How to hurricane-proof the grid

New Orleans is in darkness, maybe for weeks. The grid needs to be ready for more intense storms.

By Julian Spector . 31 August 2021