Opinion
Top 10 state energy legislative issues of 2021
Bill filings show environmental justice, electric vehicles and energy jobs in transition are on state lawmakers’ minds
By Sarah Steinberg .
Energy storage
Energy storage
Tesla’s battery business is booming
Though its EV business is contracting, the company’s energy storage segment is growing fast, helping it reap the benefits of surging demand for batteries.
By Dan McCarthy .
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Electric vehicles
Did Ford's electric F-150 just shake up the home backup power market?
Tesla popularized the concept of batteries in the home. Ford connected the home to the truck.By Julian Spector .
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Clean energy
ARPA-E’s new focus: Bridging the valleys of death for cleantech R&D
The nation's top energy research agency wants to scale up “high-risk and potentially disruptive” tech to meet urgent decarbonization goals.By Jeff St. John .
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Clean energy
California may build 11.5GW of almost all carbon-free resources to replace its last nuclear plant
Regulators have decided that adding 7.5 GW by 2026 won’t be enough after the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant closes. Can California build so much clean and reliable grid capacity in time?By Jeff St. John .
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Transmission
The good news and bad news for clean energy from LBNL’s nationwide interconnection study
Solar, wind and energy storage projects make up a massive share of grid interconnection requests, but they’re taking longer to connect and dropping out more often.By Jeff St. John .
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Grid edge
Why LS Power is going big into microgrids with Endurant Energy
A major player in power plants, grid-scale batteries and transmission targets investments in distributed energy, from geothermal heat pumps and generators to solar and storage.By Jeff St. John .
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Grid edge
California’s race to secure its grid against summer blackouts
Gigawatt-scale batteries and more demand-side resources are lined up. But weather extremes still threaten to stress California’s grid beyond its limits.By Jeff St. John .
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Batteries
Arizona's largest utility restarts battery buildout after fire
Arizona Public Service will pair its solar plants with a major battery fleet built to rigorous new safety standards.By Julian Spector .
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Batteries
Newsletter: They could have been (battery) contenders
Every week is Battery Week here at Canary Media.By Julian Spector .
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Batteries
Competitors to lithium-ion batteries in the grid storage market
Lithium-ion batteries probably have cars locked up, but what about grid storage?By David Roberts .
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