Last week’s Grid Edge World Forum laid out the big challenges of building a modern, distributed energy infrastructure. This week’s news roundup details how that’s happening in the real world. Our coverage of
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July 01, 2016
Last week’s Grid Edge World Forum
laid out the big challenges
of building a modern, distributed energy infrastructure. This week’s news roundup details how that’s happening in the real world. Our coverage of New York Energy Week gave us a chance to look at the state’s
leading role in energy market reform
. We looked at the significance of the
White House’s recent energy storage summit
and its implications for policy in the year ahead, and covered how falling battery prices are allowing companies like behind-the-meter battery startup
Stem to take on new markets beyond demand charge management. The news from abroad
highlighted Chile’s challenges
in keeping its lead in renewables growth in Latin America, and unveiled a
clash between South Korea and China
over battery manufacturing for electric vehicles. This week’s Energy Gang podcast imagined what the grid could look like if
we started over from scratch
, and PG&E’s plan to close California’s last nuclear reactor offered an opportunity to imagine a
grid less dependent on baseload power
plants.
Yours,
Jeff St. John,
Reporter, Greentech Media
Have a news tip for us? Email the GTM Editorial Team at
editors@greentechmedia.com
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GRID EDGE NEWS FROM GTM
06.30.16
| Stephen Lacey
What If We Redesigned the Grid From Nothing?
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The Energy Gang asks whether utilities, regulators and third energy companies will ever coalesce around a common vision for the future grid.
06.30.16
| Asim Hussain
In Evaluating the Role of Fuel Cell Technology, It’s Important to Start With the Facts
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Bloom Energy’s Asim Hussain sets the record—and The Energy Gang—straight on the truth about fuel cells.
06.30.16
| Jason Deign
South Korean Battery Makers Face a Surprise Challenge in China
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The world’s most important battery market is becoming a major challenge for the world’s biggest battery producers.
06.29.16
| EQ Research
State Bulletin: Are Residential Demand Charges Becoming a Trend in the US?
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The team at EQ Research gives us the numbers on residential demand charges for distributed generation customers.
06.29.16
| Adam Critchley
Chile’s Impressive Renewables Growth May Soon Come to an End
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Chile leads the way in renewables in Latin America. But growth may slow as the transmission network remains constricted, spot prices rise and the country’s mining sector slumps.
MORE GRID EDGE NEWS FROM GTM
06.29.16
| Ed Smeloff
The End of the Era of Baseload Power Plants
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Vote Solar’s Ed Smeloff suggests that “removal of a large baseload unit during periods of peak solar production will reduce the need for the periodic curtailment of renewable resources.”
06.28.16
| Stephen Lacey
Stem CTO: Lithium-Ion Battery Prices Fell 70% in the Last 18 Months
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“There are new markets opening up because of what we’ve seen in battery pricing.”
06.28.16
| Katherine Tweed
Sempra Energy, PG&E Lead US Utilities in Clean Energy
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California utilities lead the renewable charge, but others aren’t far behind.
06.28.16
| Julia Pyper
State Bulletin: Utilities Underscore Net-Metering Cost Shift as New York Debates Alternatives
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Determining the value of distributed energy resources in New York, Part 3.
06.27.16
| Eric Wesoff
Energy Jobs: SunEdison, David Danielson, SolarCity, Ygrene, Dividend, UET
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Executive and boardroom moves in cleantech, utilities, energy and VC.
06.27.16
| Julian Spector
The Year Ahead in Energy Storage Policy
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Storage provides a value to the grid, but it’s a value that the markets currently aren’t designed to compensate.
MORE GRID EDGE NEWS FROM GTM
06.27.16
| Katherine Tweed
New York Energy Week Highlights the Rapid Changes Underway in the Power Sector
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New York has emerged as the epicenter of energy market reform.
06.27.16
| Stephen Lacey
How Britain’s Exit From the EU Would Complicate Its Energy Markets and Climate Goals
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Here are some of the stories we’re reading this morning.
06.24.16
| Mike Munsell
News Quiz: When Will Solar Prices Reach $1 per Watt?
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Catch up on the latest clean energy news.
06.24.16
| Jeff St. John
The Big Picture From Grid Edge World Forum 2016
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How the distribution and democratization of clean energy is creating a “fundamental architecture shift” in the utility industry.
06.24.16
| Katherine Tweed
Smart-Home Platform Consolidation: Comcast and Alarm.com Buy Icontrol
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Service providers divvy up Icontrol to compete for home security services.
06.24.16
| Julian Spector
New California Interconnection Ruling Increases Transparency and Limits Costs
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The update to California’s Rule 21 has something for ratepayers, developers and utilities alike.
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State Bulletin: Are Residential Demand Charges Becoming a Trend in the US? 
