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Fluence, one of the largest suppliers of large-scale energy storage for the grid, is not a startup. It was formed as a joint venture between two massive global energy companies, power producer AES and German energy equipment giant Siemens.  As such, Fluence…

Over the past 20 years, the increasing recognition that climate change poses a grave threat to our society has given rise to an entirely new clean energy economy. Almost every ambitious clean energy plan recognizes the importance of innovation in renewable…

Democratic candidates Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff clinched victories in Georgia’s Tuesday runoff senate races, according to the Associated Press, giving Democrats control of both chambers of Congress as president-elect Joe Biden enters office. The…

This is the first article in a series. Last March, the Indian government implemented one of the most stringent coronavirus lockdowns in the world. With a few hours’ notice, all 1.3 billion people in the country were ordered to stay at home for several weeks.…

Massachusetts lawmakers began 2021 by passing legislation limiting the state’s emissions in coming decades, codifying a broad, long-range target that Republican Governor Charlie Baker’s administration set out in a separate roadmap published in December.…

California is facing a major decision under a tight deadline — whether it should push for large-scale power plants and batteries to prevent a repeat of its August 2020 rolling blackouts this coming summer, or turn to behind-the-meter resources like…

Barry Cinnamon is CEO of California's Cinnamon Energy Systems. *** Dave Barry said it best when summarizing 2020: “This was a year of nonstop awfulness, a year when we kept saying it couldn’t possibly get worse, and it always did. This was a year in which…

After years of slow headway, building design and industry professionals say sharp reductions in the climate impact of concrete are possible now. That is significant because cement, the critical glue that holds concrete together, is so carbon intensive that if…

Getting to 100 percent clean energy presents power grid operators with a major problem — what to do about inertia. Reactive Technologies says its novel technology for measuring this critical aspect of grid stability can help them find answers.  Over the…

The nuclear industry is heading into 2021 with increased optimism around small modular reactors (SMRs) after a series of policy initiatives worldwide in recent weeks. The U.S., U.K. and Canada, three major nuclear markets, all signaled growing support for…

The past few years have been a mixed bag for climate. U.S. emissions declined to their lowest level in three decade this year, but these reductions came at an incredible cost as the economy shut down amid the coronavirus pandemic.  The challenge now is to…

Noah Garcia is a policy principal at Advanced Energy Economy, an industry association for clean energy companies across technologies.  * * *  In September, we published a list of the top 10 utility regulation trends of 2020, so far. With a tumultuous 2020…

It’s been a remarkably business-as-usual year for renewables, despite the societal upheaval wrought by the coronavirus pandemic. Most of our headlines this year have still been about conventional renewable segments such as solar and energy storage.  On…

By nearly all measures, 2020 was a trying year. And though the solar industry will end the year with more stability than most sectors of the economy — Wood Mackenzie projects 43 percent growth this year — the year still sowed uncertainty and confusion…

The human suffering and economic turmoil of the global coronavirus pandemic, and the impacts of climate change-driven heatwaves and wildfires, have given humanity little reason to celebrate the year that’s coming to a close.  But when it comes to the grid…

With 2030 climate targets up for renewal, a new set of European commissioners in place, and the post-Brexit relationship to negotiate, this year was always going to be a big one for Europe’s energy transition. Here's an outline of the most important trends…

2020 forced most people into a more distributed and virtual way of life. But a segment of the grid edge industry has been trying to achieve that for years, installing controllable devices at homes and businesses that can work together to help the grid. This…

With 2020 righteously drawing to a close, we here at Greentech Media are taking a look back at all the news we covered. It was a year unlike any other. In the solar industry, large-scale solar is expected to hit annual capacity records. At the same time, home…

Among other things, that shall remain nameless, 2020 has been notable for the rush of activity in the green hydrogen space. Using renewable-powered electrolyzers to create low-carbon hydrogen can squeeze emissions out of sectors where direct electrification…

The coronavirus pandemic brought the broader economy to a halt, but the energy storage industry didn't get the memo. Instead, developers made this year the biggest ever for battery installations in the U.S. More capacity is going into homes than ever before,…