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Solar power is the ‘New King’ of global electricity markets, with the International Energy Agency calling it the cheapest form of electricity in history in its annual centerpiece World Energy Outlook report. Solar's ascent and coal's decline have been…

A presidential proclamation released by the White House this weekend would increase tariffs on imported solar cells and modules in the last current year of the tariffs and eliminate an exemption for two-sided solar panels, which the administration argued has…

Duke Energy has upped its net-zero carbon by 2050 goals, pledging to eliminate methane emissions from its natural gas business by 2030 through a combination of better pipeline leak detection, more efficient operations, and investing in renewable natural gas…

There has been an outpouring of support from across the renewable energy industry in response to the unnecessary death of George Floyd and the many others who have preceded him and the Black Lives Matter Movement. It is a moment for introspection for us all.…

Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp. continues to explore the possibility of building an offshore wind project in Lake Erie to deliver power for New York state, as development zones off the Atlantic Coast remain in limited supply. Diamond Offshore Wind, a wholly owned…

What does it mean when the world’s largest generator of wind and solar outpaces the most iconic oil company in market value? We’re talking about NextEra Energy and ExxonMobil. What does the flip tell us about the energy transition? Plus, reporters at…

Privately held LS Power doesn't often publicize what it's up to. But the firm, which has built or bought 42 gigawatts of generation capacity across the country, signaled recently that it's making a concerted push into renewable generation. The greenfield…

Rather than posing a threat to the grid, electric vehicles are beginning to help to solve Europe's grid flexibility problems.  EVs are already playing a role in grid-balancing markets in Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands. EVs have bid into the Dutch…

In California’s Salinas Valley, the town of Gonzales is planning a $70 million microgrid to provide a business park with round-the-clock reliable power at cheaper than utility rates, and overcome a grid upgrade bottleneck that would otherwise stifle its…

While it remains a polarizing issue, research shows that a majority of Americans want the government to act more aggressively on climate change. So how do you elect political candidates who will make the issue a priority? In this episode of Political Climate,…

California’s two days of rolling blackouts in August were the result of disconnects between its existing grid reliability constructs and the needs of an increasingly solar-powered grid, and its failure to prepare for a Western U.S.-wide heatwave that…

The U.K. is putting together plans to scale its fleet of offshore wind projects from today's 10 gigawatts to 40 gigawatts by the end of the decade This week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the next renewables auction round would support twice as much…

In this GTM series, we're asking people in cleantech to tell us what their jobs are like. We hope the series can serve as a source of information and inspiration for recent graduates, professionals planning their careers or anyone who wants to transition…

The grid outages hitting California this year gave the clean energy industry a chance to prove itself, to show that localized solar power and batteries really can help people ride through grid disruption. But the events — stemming from wildfire prevention…

At a time when the U.S. renewables market is tilting increasingly toward solar, offshore wind and battery storage, newly launched developer Triple Oak Power is going old-school with a bet on the future of onshore wind. Triple Oak, based in Portland, Oregon and…

Macquarie Capital and Siemens have formed a joint venture to finance and build distributed energy projects, joining an increasingly competitive landscape in the growing corporate renewables market, the two announced this week.   The partnership, called…

Generac Power Systems is acquiring Enbala Power Networks, a major step toward putting its market-leading backup generator business and its fast-growing behind-the-meter battery-solar fleet to work as a power grid resource.  Financial terms of the acquisition…

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has offered a huge boost to the country’s offshore wind sector as it looks to double-down on its status as the world’s leading market. The nation’s next round of contracts for difference (CFD) revenue-stabilizing…

The U.S. needs a massive green hydrogen industry to decarbonize its electricity, transportation and industrial sectors, and major investments and policy changes today to enable it to grow to its full potential in the decades to come.  So says a new report…

The U.K. government could have as little as 48 months to support British electric vehicle manufacturing ambitions with the creation of battery gigafactories, experts believe. “There is a need for the government to act in the next year or two,” said Stephen…