Thermal energy storage makes up a small but growing portion of the behind-the-meter energy storage market. Jason Dreisbach fields at least half a dozen calls every week from people trying to sell him a technology to lower his energy costs. As the owner of Dreisbach Enterprises, a cold-storage facility owner with operations in Northern California, […]
From Science Project to Money Maker: Energy Storage Hits Inflection Point
Lower costs, more revenue streams and deeper industry experience are making energy storage an integral part of electric grids around the world. In 2014, the vast majority of storage projects Greensmith Energy was working on might have best been described as science projects, often dependent on grants or utility R&D budgets devoted to figuring out […]
The Real Art of the Deal: How to Negotiate Billions in Renewables Projects
In this special podcast, we uncover the secret to inking gigawatts’ worth of wind and solar deals. How do you broker billions of dollars’ worth of renewable energy deals — and do it again and again? It takes grit, sure. But it also requires empathy. And that, says Conor McKenna, is the real art of […]
Why Energy Data Will Unlock the Next Wave of Residential Solar
Why Energy Data Will Unlock the Next Wave of Residential Solar As solar goes mainstream, home energy data is no longer just for the geeks. The residential solar market has slowed in key U.S. markets. There’s no shortage of reasons for the stagnation. Fewer early adopters, the impact of Section 201 tariffs, changing state policies […]
Energy Jobs: Shiao Moves to Arcadia Power, NRG Renewables Now Clearway, More Former Tesla Moves
Executive and boardroom moves in cleantech, utilities, energy and venture capital. We start this week’s job column very close to at home. After more than eight years with GTM Research (now Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables), MJ Shiao is ready for his next adventure. He leaving his role as head of Americas research to join […]