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Energy Storage Catalysts and Barriers

Alex McRae
November 13, 2018
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Because energy storage can help the power industry with many problems ranging from intermittency issues hamstringing renewables to energy crises threatening entire population centers, it is being acclaimed by many as the linchpin of tomorrow’s clean energy future.

Can Electrification Short-Circuit the Utility Death Spiral?

Kat Friedrich
July 10, 2018
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The road to electrifying heating and transportation in the United States is being mapped out by Electric Power Research Institute and The Brattle Group. Their forecasts show that different paths may yield a range of environmental, business and health benefits. Electrification could also stoke the fire of utility profits, which...
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The Grand Finale: Energy-Grid Barriers and Solutions

Sara Harari, Ben Bovarnick
May 29, 2018
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On social media and at industry conventions, it is easy to find high-profile discussions on the technological revolution of electric grids. Experts on energy storage, distributed generation, and wireless options describe how emerging technologies are poised to transform the electricity sector. The hype is real. Energy companies are developing technologies...
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The Elephant on the Grid: What about the Federal Government?

Sara Harari, Ben Bovarnick
March 05, 2018
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In this post, we’re taking a closer look at new technology being deployed in the transmission sector. We will focus specifically on how the federal government can influence what is nominally a local and regional issue.

NAACP Clean Energy Policy Advocates Speak up

Kat Friedrich
January 30, 2018
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During the solar policy debates that have happened in the United States over the past several years, many conversations about what low-income utility customers want have taken place without the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) being in the room. But now that the organization has published...
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Battery Storage Holds Promise for US Commercial Market

Lucy Kessler
October 23, 2017
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A study published on Aug. 24 by National Renewable Energy Laboratory in partnership with Clean Energy Group found that approximately 25 percent of all commercial customers in the United States could cost-effectively reduce their electric utility bills through onsite battery storage.
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The Struggle to Expand Clean Energy in 2016

Kat Friedrich
January 17, 2017
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As the solar industry grows and energy efficiency works to do the same, 2016 brought a significant expansion of breaking news for us to cover and curate. The articles below are our top stories showing the many new and surprising developments we saw last year.

Energy Efficiency Finance Gains Traction

Matthew Sebonia
June 16, 2014
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The question of whether energy efficiency finance has finally arrived in scale was a major point of discussion at the 2014 ACEEE Energy Efficiency Finance Forum on May 11-13 in Washington, DC. Both the opening plenary and a breakout session on securitization explored this issue.

Study Shows Securitization Can Lower the Cost of Capital of Solar PV

Alexander Metz
February 21, 2014
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The limited availability of low-cost financing is holding back market adoption of solar photovoltaics (PV). However, securitization can make project financing more affordable than it is today, according to new research from the Open Sustainability Technology Laboratory at Michigan Technological University.

Green Banks Can Multiply the Impact of Clean Energy Financing

Alexander Metz
January 29, 2014
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Last Friday, the Clean Energy Finance Forum spoke with Reed Hundt, CEO of the Coalition for Green , which has led the movement to create green banks in the United States during the last several years. Green banks are financial institutions that use public funding to leverage private financing of...

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