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Nicholas manages Greentech Media's premium membership, GTM Squared. He has more than a decade of experience producing and managing news, research, and analysis on competitive technology and demand markets across the power, cleantech, and water sectors.He is based in Greentech Media's New York office. Read more

Residential Solar Services Are Coming of Age as Financing Evolves

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The residential solar market is flipping in favor of cash and loan sales in 2017, after years of leases and power-purchase agreements dominating the landscape. But it’s not just the financing portion of the pie that’s evolving. Third-party-financed home solar systems have fallen out of favor, largely driven by cheaper overall prices, the fact that countless smaller… Read more

Apollo’s Shield: Clean Energy Is the ‘Ultimate Weapon’ Against Russian Security Threats

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In January, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis called Russia the “principle threat” to America today. But the Russian bear’s dangerous claws belie a glaring gap in its otherwise armor-tough hide: extraordinary dependence on its sale of fossil fuels. Over the past decade, the U.S. has developed the ultimate weapon -- clean energy -- to protect… Read more

Solar Costs Are Hitting Jaw-Dropping Lows in Every Region of the World

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This may sound a little repetitive, but it's impossible to ignore: the decline in solar costs is not slowing down.   GTM Research expects a 27 percent drop in average global project prices by 2022, or about 4.4 percent each year. Those improvements are not limited to the U.S. They are occurring globally and, in… Read more

Thermal, Underground and Everywhere: Storage in the 100 Percent Renewable Plan [GTM Squared]

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When people fight about deep decarbonization, they’re really fighting about how to store surplus renewable energy. Last week saw plenty of fighting over the right way to cut carbon from the grid, as a 21-scientist cohort published a stinging, peer-reviewed rebuttal to the prominent 100 percent renewable roadmap put forth by Stanford Professor Mark Jacobson.… Read more

New York State Lawmakers Pass Energy Storage Target, Await Governor’s Signature

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The New York legislature passed a bill authorizing the Public Service Commission to set an energy storage target for 2030, when the state aims to draw half its power from renewable sources. The PSC must choose the goal by the start of 2018. Then, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the… Read more

For A Guy Who Doesn’t ‘Pick Winners,’ Ryan Zinke Sure Loves Fossil Fuels

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WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has repeatedly stressed that when it comes to powering America, President Donald Trump’s administration doesn’t play favorites.  “The president and myself, we don’t pick winners and losers,” Zinke said last month at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston ― a clear dig at the Obama administration, which Trump and his… Read more

Reports: Tesla Branded Solar Panels Arrive in Stores

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Marking another step in Tesla's ongoing integration with SolarCity, Tesla-branded solar panels have officially arrived in Tesla stores.  In an SEC filing from March 1, the company stated: "We plan to reduce customer acquisition costs by cutting advertising spend and increasingly selling solar products in Tesla stores." Tesla said it began offering solar products and… Read more

Suniva Dispute Could Halt Two-Thirds of US Solar Installations Through 2022

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Suniva's new trade dispute would strike a devastating blow to the U.S. solar market, erasing two-thirds of installations expected to come online over the next five years. If Suniva's petition is successful, shockwaves will be felt across all segments of U.S. solar. Utility-scale solar is most at risk, with more than 20 gigawatts already at… Read more

Solar: It’s the Best of Times, It’s the Worst of Times [GTM Squared]

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Stephen Lacey: This is The Interchange, conversations on the global energy transformation from Greentech Media. I'm Stephen Lacey in Boston joined by GTM's Senior Vice President, Shayle Kann, who is out in San Francisco. You've been a San Franciscan for a few days, now. How is the resettlement process? Shayle Kann: Not so bad. I… Read more