Clean industry
Carbon accounting is hard. These startups want to make it easier
In the absence of policy, can the corporate community decarbonize itself?
Grid edge
Grid edge
California’s patchwork push to scale up virtual power plants
The state has created more ways for solar-and-battery-equipped homes to get paid to help the grid — but not enough to save the crashing rooftop solar market.
By Jeff St. John .
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Clean energy
Camus Energy: Grid software for small utilities with big clean energy ambitions
A San Francisco startup with Google software talent is helping rural co-ops and municipal utilities make big gains in renewables and distributed energy — without the high-tech price tag.By Jeff St. John .
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Transmission
Newsletter: The rooftop solar vs. transmission showdown that wasn't
Reports of a clean energy schism are generating a lot of solidarity.By Julian Spector .
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Clean energy
A microgrid powered only by solar and batteries points the way to bigger all-renewable grids
Australia’s Horizon Power and partner PXiSE showed they could power a town without generators. The implications for expanding renewable energy are massive.By Jeff St. John .
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EV charging
EDF Renewables makes smart EV charging the centerpiece of its distributed energy strategy
Subsidiary PowerFlex makes software for EV fleets that enables on-site solar, batteries, energy management and microgrids.By Jeff St. John .
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Grid edge
Demand response hasn't taken off in the Pacific Northwest. Will a massive heat wave change that?
Climate change, summer peaks and clean energy mandates push a hydropower-rich region to take another look at behind-the-meter flexibility.By Jeff St. John .
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Solar
Solo solar no more: Regional home solar installers join forces
New companies Lumio and Pineapple Energy are now poised to compete in a consolidating market. -
Batteries
Newsletter: The NASA technology keeping batteries cool on solar rooftops
The solar industry thrives on simplifying installations and cutting costs.By Julian Spector .
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Guest essay
The road to resilient power is a balancing act
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Climatetech finance
Ikea and Rockefeller foundations pledge $1B to seed distributed clean energy in developing nations
The funding seeks to empower 1 billion of the estimated 2.5 billion who lack access to reliable electricity.By Jeff St. John .
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