Defining the True Market Opportunity for Distributed Energy Resource Management Software

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The term “distributed energy resource management system,” or DERMS, is used to describe a wide array of software platforms serving a number of functions, from controlling and aggregating fleets of behind-the-meter energy assets, to enabling utilities to integrate these distributed energy resources (DERs) into their grids.  But according to GTM Research’s newly released North American… Read more

Hawaii Utility’s 100% Renewable Energy Plan Gets the Green Light

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Hawaiian Electric Companies, tasked with powering multiple island grids with 100-percent green energy by 2045, has finally secured regulator approval for a plan to get there -- as long as it includes customers and third parties in the mix.  On Friday, the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission approved (PDF) the utility’s Power Supply Improvement Plan, or… Read more

Chinese Wind Giant Envision Partners With US Tech Firms on Digital Energy

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One of China’s biggest wind turbine makers has been quietly and slowly building out a business in the U.S. and developing digital energy software with a group of U.S. tech firms. Envision Energy, based in Shanghai, announced an alliance on Friday that includes Microsoft, Accenture and ARM, and is focused on uniting “a fragmented energy… Read more

Watch the Broadcast of Grid Edge World Forum Tomorrow

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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

Reports: Tesla-Branded Solar Panels Arrive in Stores

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Tesla-branded solar panels have officially arrived in Tesla stores, marking another step in Tesla's ongoing integration with SolarCity. 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

BMW and PG&E Prove Electric Vehicles Can Be a Valuable Grid Resource

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The concept of using electric vehicles as a grid resource is no longer just theory. A pilot program recently conducted by BMW and Pacific Gas & Electric successfully demonstrated that electric vehicles can serve as reliable and flexible grid assets, which could eventually save money for both utilities and EV owners. The BMW i ChargeForward… Read more

100% Renewables Plan Has ‘Significant Shortcomings,’ Say Climate and Energy Experts

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It's a common claim from advocates: We know we can create a 100 percent renewable grid, because Stanford Professor Mark Jacobson said we can. Jacobson's peer reviewed studies assert that it is possible to convert all energy use in the U.S., to wind, water and solar -- while maintaining grid reliability, saving money and creating… Read more

No, Tesla Batteries Are Not a Global-Warming Disaster

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A new report from the Swedish Environmental Research Institute has attempted to quantify the emissions tied to EV battery manufacturing. The study aims to better understand where emissions accrue in the supply chain and to shed some light on where we can do better. In an early piece on the Swedish website NyTeknik, another researcher from the Swedish Environmental Research Institute,… Read more

Renewables Are Expected to Dominate Global Power Generation by 2040

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Renewable energy cost declines continue to outpace what analysts predicted just one year ago.   That's the upshot from Bloomberg New Energy Finance's latest installment of the annual New Energy Outlook, which models the global energy mix out to 2040. The authors predict renewables will capture 72 percent of the $10.2 trillion spent on new… Read more

GE CEO Immelt to Step Down After 16 Years

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The leader of General Electric is handing over the reins after 16 years. Jeff Immelt took charge of the massive industrial company shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and steered the business through the upheavals of the global recession. He oversaw a proliferation of GE's activities in energy and the grid edge: the Ecomagination sustainability… Read more