Charging on the cheap: Making electric vehicles mainstream
Despite EVs still encompassing a small share of total passenger vehicle sales, they continue to grow in popularity and are effectively "in".
View ArticleThe financial implications of potential grid defection
Utility investors should proceed with caution due to the potential of grid defection brought about by distributed solar plus storage.
View ArticlePulling back the veil on EV charging station cost
Cost-effective solutions are needed to ensure future investment in charging stations.
View Article5 reasons solar installers are vertically integrating…for now
Vertical integration, the process of companies owning more and more of their own supply chains is a curious trend that has been washing through U.S. solar.
View ArticleWhy tariff design is critical for utilities to survive solar and storage
There is a looming disconnect between the rapidly evolving new world of distributed energy technologies and the old world of electricity pricing.
View ArticleThe potential bridges to new solar business models
Distributed solar’s continued growth requires aligning interests of utilities, solar companies.
View ArticleA California community shoots for the moon
The city of Palo Alto is eyeing today’s version of reaching the moon—becoming the first carbon-neutral city in the United States.
View ArticleNew York and California are building the grid of the future
New York and California are betting big in different ways on distributed energy resources, solar and storage.
View ArticleUS transportation system can save $1 trillion, and 1GT of carbon emissions...
Today’s vehicles are overdesigned, underutilized, underloaded, inefficient, polluting, and—thanks to the drivers behind the wheel—dangerous.
View ArticleUtility business model that embraces efficiency and solar without sacrificing...
City utility aims for 80% cut in emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050, and learns that encouraging solar and energy efficiency does not mean a cut in revenue.
View ArticleHow the US Navy will save $6m a year on energy at one air station
Breakthrough energy savings performance contract (ESPC) projects exemplify how an ESPC can unlock deep levels of energy savings.
View Article‘Flexiwatts’– and why demand flexibility can save billions
How “flexiwatts” can reduce customer bills and lower grid costs by creating flexible demand options.
View Article10 renewable micro grids that are reducing reliance on fossil fuels
Affordable renewable energy provides island and remote communities an alternative to the risks and drawbacks from relying solely on oil for energy.
View Article3 ways wind and solar can continue to grow in a 21st-century grid
As the world gathers for COP21, charting a low-carbon, clean-energy pathway to the world's future electricity grid is more important than ever.
View ArticleCorporations pledge to add 60GW of renewable energy capacity
More than 250 executives attended summit at Microsoft’s headquarters last week, with the objective of accelerating corporate procurement of renewable energy.
View ArticleRethinking the grid: Changes in power sector are an opportunity, not a threat
The Department of Energy’s study on grid reliability and resilience offers an incomplete picture of our grid’s transformation.
View ArticleA California community shoots for the moon
The city of Palo Alto is eyeing today’s version of reaching the moon—becoming the first carbon-neutral city in the United States.
View ArticleNew York and California are building the grid of the future
New York and California are betting big in different ways on distributed energy resources, solar and storage.
View ArticleUS transportation system can save $1 trillion, and 1GT of carbon emissions...
Today’s vehicles are overdesigned, underutilized, underloaded, inefficient, polluting, and—thanks to the drivers behind the wheel—dangerous.
View ArticleUtility business model that embraces efficiency and solar without sacrificing...
City utility aims for 80% cut in emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050, and learns that encouraging solar and energy efficiency does not mean a cut in revenue.
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