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The Libertarian View On The Distributed Energy Transition
It wasn't just science that got Eli Lehrer to accept the reality of climate change. It was insurance markets. As a free-market expert on insurance po…
9 years, 9 months ago
The Second Coming Of Storage In America
America is undergoing a second wave of storage growth. The first wave came between 2011 and 2013, when grid-scale projects backed by the government s…
9 years, 10 months ago
The Latest Technology Trends at the Grid Edge
ARPA-E, the government agency founded in 2007 to support R&D in cutting-edge energy technologies, has invested $1.3 billion into power electronics, n…
9 years, 10 months ago
Troubles at Google-Owned Nest?
Nest, the smart home company acquired by Google in 2014, is under scrutiny. In the wake of multiple glitches that screwed with Nest thermostats this …
9 years, 10 months ago
Silicon Valley's Conflicted Relationship With Cleantech
In 2012, Wired magazine ran a prominent feature on why "the cleantech boom went bust." A couple years later, after a slew of venture investment failu…
9 years, 10 months ago
Adapt or Die? National Grid's Plan to Embrace the Future of Energy
What does it take to truly change a large utility? Not just cosmetic changes to branding -- but true structural changes around distributed energy dep…
9 years, 11 months ago
Is Rooftop Solar Screwed in Nevada?
Nevada's sweeping changes to net metering last December shook the solar industry. And the drama continues in 2016. Our GTM editorial and research tea…
9 years, 11 months ago
Hawaii's Unique Approach to Funding Cleantech Startups
Many states prioritize tech incubators for a variety of economic reasons. The Energy Excelerator in Hawaii has a much more specific mission: tie supp…
9 years, 11 months ago
Diversifying Cleantech: Race and Class in the Energy Transition
In 2012, an NAACP analysis found that Americans living within three miles of a coal plant are disproportionately low-income and disproportionately no…
9 years, 11 months ago
Should We Be Optimistic or Pessimistic About the Future?
The final month of 2015 was one of the best in recent memory for climate action. The world's carbon emissions dipped for the first time during a peri…
10 years ago