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The two-Republican majority on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued another set of decisions that will aid fossil fuel power plants at the expense of renewable energy and energy storage – this time in New York.  On Thursday, FERC Chairman…

California regulators on Thursday unanimously approved a controversial shared solar program from the Sacramento Utility District (SMUD). The municipal utility will use the program, called Neighborhood SolarShares, to help meet new state building standards that…

Just weeks after taking over as CEO of BP, Bernard Looney unveiled a series of climate targets. This isn’t the first time BP has tried to make a push into clean energy and decarbonization — is this time different? In this week’s episode, we’ll look at…

Is the United States positioned to lead long-term as the global energy mix continues to shift? Fossil fuels have shaped the geopolitical map over the last two centuries. Now, the rapid deployment of renewables has set in motion a global energy transition that…

A promising new clean energy policy may not be as effective as promised, a group of researchers contend. The Clean Peak standard jumped from policy proposal to law of the land in Massachusetts in just a couple years. It compels electricity retailers to buy…

Span.IO has a major new partner to bring its sleek, sensored and circuit-by-circuit remote-controllable electrical panels to market: lithium-ion battery giant LG Chem.  On Thursday, LG Chem launched its new new "customizable backup” solar-storage offering,…

SolarEdge, the market leader for U.S. residential solar inverter and optimizer sales, and microinverter maker Enphase, its distant second-place contender, both reported strong fourth-quarter 2019 earnings this week, and forecast continued growth in 2020,…

Ten years ago, Siemens Wind Power, as it was then known, started playing around with a concept for a thermal energy storage system. Last year, the wind turbine manufacturer now known as Siemens Gamesa plugged a 30-megawatt/130-megawatt-hour demonstration…

Natural gas consumption is set for a sharp drop in California as the state pushes to achieve carbon neutrality by mid-century, according to utility Southern California Edison. SCE, the state’s second-largest utility, anticipates California investing up to…

Over the past decade, Utilidata has been taking the energy-saving technology known as conservation voltage reduction (CVR) deeper and deeper into the power grid, with an unusual combination of real-time power flow modeling and real-time grid controls that…

Google parent company Alphabet has dropped its support for Makani Power, the highest profile airborne wind energy (AWE) company, raising questions about the sector's future. GTM confirmed that other AWE hopefuls, such as Ampyx Power and Kitenergy, are pressing…

In a new Greentech Media series, we’re asking people with jobs in cleantech — from installing solar panels, to permitting wind projects, to promoting building energy efficiency software — to tell us what they really do all day. What do strategic…

The U.K. government is looking to steal a march on its European rivals with a flurry of new funding for hydrogen projects, including one linked to an Ørsted offshore wind farm. As part of a £90 million ($116 million) funding round announced this week for…

NEW YORK — Big power plant developers are increasingly convinced they should be investing in battery projects in the United States. The challenge is finding investments that will pay off. After years of promise, energy storage is finally on the cusp of…

For the first time, artificial-intelligence experts have created a place to collaborate, Climate Change AI. Some are mining the massive data of remotely-sensed emissions streams. Some are accelerating materials discovery for solar fuels by combining machine…

Northern California utility Pacific Gas & Electric on Tuesday reported a $3.6 billion loss in the fourth quarter and a $7.7 billion loss for 2019, weighed down by continued costs and charges related to the wildfires that drove it into bankruptcy last year. …

Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas retained its title as largest global supplier last year, according to BloombergNEF (BNEF), with Siemens Gamesa coming in a close second amidst a bumper year for the wind power industry.  According to Tuesday’s report,…

The California Energy Commission released a new map this month identifying offshore wind areas deemed compatible with U.S. military operations, but developers say there wouldn't be enough space to create a viable market off California's Central Coast. The…

Oil major Shell has signed a multi-year offtake deal with what would be Europe’s largest battery installation. The 100-megawatt Minety project in the south-west of England, an area with a high concentration of solar power capacity, is expected to be…

This week: predictions for the future of home solar and batteries. Big rooftop solar installers are competing with the largest utility-scale plants in terms of yearly deployed capacity. Batteries are making their way onto more installations, opening up new…