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Making Stuff Is Hard
Dreaming, designing, building and deploying new kinds of hardware is tough in any business. But in the energy business, where change comes particular…
9 years, 2 months ago
A Civil War Over Carbon Taxes
In November, Washington State voters have the chance to pass the most ambitious carbon tax ever proposed in the U.S. But there’s one problem: Virtual…
9 years, 2 months ago
How Should We Pay for the Grid?
We are at the beginning of one of the greatest economic and consumer behavior experiments ever seen in the energy sector. How do we refine pricing in…
9 years, 2 months ago
Live From SXSW Eco
This week, we present our live conversation from SXSW Eco. We're really sorry for the audio quality. There were some technical difficulties, and we d…
9 years, 2 months ago
Inside the Minds of Solar Consumers
With over 1 million residential solar systems in the U.S., photovoltaics are entering mainstream. But how do installers sell the next 10 million syst…
9 years, 3 months ago
Donald Trump’s Energy Delusion
Last night, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton squared off on the presidential debate stage -- coming face-to-face for the first time in the campaign. …
9 years, 3 months ago
Breaking Diesel Dependence on Small Island Nations
Renewables like wind and solar are largely not linked to oil prices. But there are markets where the success of renewables is more closely tied to oi…
9 years, 3 months ago
America's Local Solar Politics
This week, we hop around to a few U.S. states where there’s been a lot of action: Nevada, California and Florida. Julia Pyper, GTM’s senior reporter,…
9 years, 3 months ago
Are We Making Global Energy Poverty Worse?
Big development banks are pouring billions in energy projects in developing countries. Between 2000 and 2014, the World Bank Group alone invested $63…
9 years, 4 months ago
Is an Offshore Wind Boom Coming for America?
America’s first offshore wind project, the 30-megawatt Block Island Wind Farm off the coast of Rhode Island, is almost complete. The developer, Deepw…
9 years, 4 months ago