Batteries/Storage
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Gravity Machines Hold Promise for Long-Term Electricity Storage
As more and more jurisdictions set 100% clean energy targets, machines that harness the constant force of gravity to store the intermittent energy of ... -
Batteries/StorageClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergySolarUnited StatesWind
U.S. Solar, Wind Costs Continue Their Decline, But More Gradually
While the cost of the more established renewable electricity sources is still falling, the decline is slowing down, and regional factors can still determine ... -
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Distributed Energy Could Save Texas Consumers $5.5 Billion by 2030
Integrating distributed energy resources (DERs) like solar+storage, smart thermostats, and electric vehicles into Texas’ electricity mix could save customers almost US$5.5 billion by 2030, ... -
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Microgrid Saves Four Lives During PG&E Power Shutoff
A microgrid in northwestern California provided life-saving emergency power when Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), desperate to manage wildfire threats, conducted its first planned ... -
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World’s Biggest Public Lender Announces End to Fossil Project Funding
In a blockbuster announcement yesterday, the European Investment Bank pledged to end most or all of its financing for fossil energy projects by the ... -
Monthly Flat Fee for German Homeowners Covers Solar, EV, and Battery
Homeowners in Germany will be able to rent a home solar array, an electric vehicle, and battery for a single, monthly flat rate, under ... -
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Home Storage Delivers Back-Up Power in Vermont Blackout, and EV Batteries Could Do Even Better
When a major rain and wind storm knocked out power supplies for 115,000 Vermont households on Hallowe’en, the 1,100 Green Mountain Power customers participating ... -
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Buyout by Vancity Brings New Financial Clout to Green Bond Provider CoPower
Vancity Community Investment Bank has announced plans to acquire CoPower Inc., a Toronto-based green financing platform that offers green bonds to investors with as little ... -
Batteries/StorageDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
S&P Reports Booming U.S. Market for Solar+Storage
A booming solar+storage sector is catching the attention of a major U.S. investment news service, with 85 projects totalling 8,921 megawatts of storage and ... -
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Storing Grid Power in EV Batteries Could Level Out Utility Peaks, Save Owners $560 Per Year
An automobile fleet that included even 10% electric vehicles would be enough to shift the daily electricity generation peak in California from daytime to ... -
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Canada’s Climate Change Election Failed to Tackle Fossil Industry Dominance, Energy System Transformation
While Canada has just concluded the first election in its history that focused in large part on climate change, the campaign still failed to ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageCarbon-Free TransitionCoalElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentOil & GasSolarWind
Renewables Poised to Overtake Fossils Decades Faster Than Forecast
The world’s renewable energy industries may be poised to overtake fossil fuels decades faster than forecast, as production prices plummet and renewables’ investment returns ... -
Batteries/StorageCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesCoalDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobsOil & GasSolarSub-National GovernmentsWind
‘Game-Changing’ Analysis: Unsubsidized Renewables, Efficiency Cost Less than New Alberta Gas Plants
Solar, wind, battery storage, energy efficiency, and demand flexibility can reliably replace coal in Alberta at less cost than new gas plants, according to ... -
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U.S. Renewables+Storage to Wipe Out Coal in 10 Years, Mega-Utility CEO Tells Analysts
Unsubsidized renewable energy and battery storage are so much less expensive than conventional electricity generation that they will likely replace all coal generation in ... -
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Canada Risks Missing the Cleantech Revolution as Politicians, Fossils Haggle Over Climate Policy
While Canadian politicians and fossil executives haggle over national climate and energy policy, a global wave of technological disruption is emerging as a “real ...
