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Paul-Frederik Bach, a former transmission system operator executive, started tracking European wholesale electricity prices on his blog in 2014. He used a colored map for different price bands. By 2016, he told GTM, prices in some markets had risen so much…

FirstEnergy Corp.’s board of directors has terminated CEO Charles Jones and two other senior executives, saying in a Thursday statement that an internal review committee determined the three “violated certain FirstEnergy policies and its code of…

Net-zero carbon pledges are heating up. Japan just committed to reaching net zero, just four weeks after China did the same. In total, seven of the 10 largest economies in the world (not including America, India and Brazil) have made such commitments. And…

We’re just a few days out from the election. How could the gang talk about anything else? In this pre-election episode, we’ll recap where things stand: and how energy and climate are playing into late-stage messaging of Biden and Trump.  Plus, what are…

Xcel Energy is asking Minnesota regulators to approve $1.4 billion in new wind and solar investments in the next 12 months, and is outlining plans for electric vehicle charging, energy storage and green hydrogen production pilot programs to meet its goal to…

Residential solar and storage company Sunnova logged an overall loss in the third quarter of 2020, as the residential solar industry emerges from a difficult period in which the coronavirus pandemic challenged overall sales.  Sunnova, unlike many of its…

In the wake of spring outpourings of grief and anger over the killings of Black Americans such as Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, numerous companies in the clean energy industry turned the lens inward. Companies that had never spoken out about racism…

Global leading wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has taken full ownership of its offshore turbine JV, MHI Vestas. The company revealed Thursday that it has acquired Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ half of the offshore business. MHI will take a 2.5 percent stake…

What comes after November 3? As presidential candidates make their closing arguments, many stakeholders in climate and energy are already looking beyond Election Day.  In this episode of Political Climate, experts discuss the top action items they’re…

Distributedl solar and storage company SunPower logged $109 million in net income and $274.8 million in GAAP revenue in the third quarter, its first after its August separation from its manufacturing arm, now a company called Maxeon Solar Technologies.…

Last month, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved Order 2222, a groundbreaking effort to open U.S. wholesale energy markets to aggregated solar systems, smart inverters, batteries, electric vehicles, smart appliances, grid-responsive building…

Leading offshore wind developer Ørsted says it expects delays to its U.S. portfolio, but said it is moving to seize a wave of opportunities on offer globally during the next 18 months. Asked by an analyst Wednesday which of the 25-30 gigawatts of offshore…

Each year, Wood Mackenzie’s grid edge analysts release an update on what’s going on in the markets they cover. From the wide-ranging update, which covers everything from microgrids to home energy management to EV charging, Wood Mackenzie selected three key…

Enphase Energy has booked about 50 megawatt-hours of sales of its long-promised Encharge battery in North American markets since launching it in July, tapping a growing demand for energy storage from residential solar customers, and laying the groundwork for…

BP is readying offshore wind bids during the next six months with heightened hydrogen activity also in the pipeline, the oil major’s CEO said Tuesday. During the company’s Q3 results call, Bernard Looney said the company would "probably" bid in offshore…

Minigrid developers have called for changes to international financing programs after research found only a fraction of the cash pledged was getting through to projects. The minigrid funding commitment from international donor organizations is “in the…

NuScale Power wants to build the first small modular nuclear reactor complex in the U.S. by decade's end, and has pointed to recent federal safety approvals and a cost-sharing arrangement with its first prospective public utility customers as advancing…

Coal-fired power is an increasingly bad business for utilities and their customers. In December 2019 Morgan Stanley noted “the fastest growing U.S. utilities are those that are moving most aggressively toward clean energy . . . [while there is a large]…

The energy access minigrid sector is simultaneously a nascent market and a cleaner reprise of a familiar technology set’s debut role as the original building block of the modern grid, targeted at underserved populations. This duality positions the sector as…

A Saturday ruling from the U.S. International Court of Trade has once again paused the Trump administration’s plans to extend Section 201 tariffs to two-sided solar panels. Judge Gary Katzmann placed a temporary restraining order on an October presidential…