Natural-gas peaker plants may soon be under threat in a very real way. “I can’t see a reason why we should ever build a gas peaker again in the U.S. after, say, 2025,” said Shayle Kann, a ...

Transmission developers have long said that if only a few big renewable-linked projects could get built, the path would open to others once the benefits were made manifest. That theory was largely ...

Spillover into other markets At the same time, growth in German offshore wind installations is creating problems for Germany’s neighbors. TenneT, the transmission system operator that serves the ...

California’s heat-wave-driven rolling blackouts last month, and the threat of more to come, have focused state political leaders and energy regulators on how to fix the California Public ...

The tech giant is working with a startup to verify renewables purchases on an hourly basis in quest for around-the-clock carbon-free energy.

NEC Energy Solutions reportedly never made a profit since its Japanese parent bought the grid storage arm of A123.

One of the most complicated challenges of a 100 percent renewable power grid is how to replace the inertial stability provided by the spinning generators that the modern grid is built to serve ...

Fluence, one of the largest suppliers of large-scale energy storage for the grid, is not a startup. It was formed as a joint venture between two massive global energy companies, power producer AES ...

Washington State Ferries, which runs the second-largest ferry system in the world, is switching from diesel to batteries amid a growing trend toward electrification in shipping. Ian Sterling ...

The SMART program, Connected Solutions, Clean Peak standard and ISO-NE markets make for a unique blend of solar, battery and demand-side incentives to meet grid needs.

Carbon accounting and disclosure is getting attention at the highest levels. Gary Gensler, the chairman of the SEC, said in July: "I think updates to public company disclosures and to fund ...

Justin Gerdes is a San Francisco Bay Area-based independent journalist specializing in energy issues and a Contributing Writer for Greentech Media. His work has appeared at the Guardian, Yale ...