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Katie Fehrenbacher Jan 26, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Harnessing the sun's heat

An increasingly rare type of solar farm goes online in California

When the huge solar farm just outside of Las Vegas called Ivanpah opened up in early 2014, many lamented that this type…

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Science & Energy
Ucilia Wang Sep 18, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

A quest to prove there’s a business case for installing big batteries at buildings

California is set to become a large energy storage market, and that has prompted bankers to figure out whether they could make money from it. Wells Fargo plans to get answers from its own pilot project.…

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Cleantech, Science & Energy
Katie Fehrenbacher May 16, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

The spigot of money starting to open up for installing solar panels

As a boom of solar panels continues to be installed on buildings throughout the U.S., companies, groups and even every day people can make money off of funding this clean energy transition.…

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Cleantech, Science & Energy
Ucilia Wang May 14, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

What SolarCity’s earnings say about the challenges of building a solar retail business

SolarCity is one of the leaders when it comes to installing solar panels on home owner's rooftops. But the company's $31 million loss, in its latest quarter, shows the growing pains for the retail solar players.…

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Cleantech, Science & Energy
Katie Fehrenbacher Apr 4, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

BrightSource’s cancelled projects highlight hurdles for desert solar thermal plants

Even while some of the huge solar thermal plants being built in the deserts are hitting their milestones, others are facing hurdles due to transmission line delays and cost concerns. Meanwhile solar panel farms, particularly of utility scale, reached a record in 2012.…

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Cleantech, Science & Energy
Katie Fehrenbacher Dec 21, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Early results: PG&E customers like controlling thermostats with iPhones

According to early results of PG&E's trial with smart thermostats from Honeywell and Opower, customers really like controlling the thermostat remotely with their iPhones. Remote control could prove to be one of the first smart grid applications that is a clear benefit to consumers.…

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Apple, Cleantech, Science & Energy, Technology
Katie Fehrenbacher Oct 28, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Introducing a big data prediction engine for the power grid

AutoGrid, a startup that's developed a big data analytics engine for energy, officially launched on Monday and unveiled its first product, and its first two customers. Picture if you took Netflix or Amazon's recommendation engines and used them for utilities' energy data.…

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Cleantech, Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Science & Energy, Technology
Ucilia Wang Oct 25, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

To get the green light, solar farms factor in price, storage and land

California regulators approved some -- but not all -- of the power contracts that Southern California Edison wants to have with BrightSource Energy in a compromise that they say will provide the state's residents with more affordable solar power in the run long.…

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Cleantech, Science & Energy, Technology
Katie Fehrenbacher Sep 7, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

A new big solar panel farm in the works in California

California utility PG&E continues to sign contracts to buy solar power from solar panel projects in California deserts. On Friday SunPower announced that it will build a 100 MW solar panel farm in Kings County, Calif., which will be enough power for 36,000 homes.…

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Cleantech, Science & Energy, Technology
Ucilia Wang Aug 15, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Tips for presenting energy data: look to Facebook, LinkedIn, Amazon

How to connect and influence consumers’ energy use habits with big volumes of smart grid data? Making data interesting, of course. But that’s easier said than done. DJ Patil, a data scientist extraordinaire at Greylock Partners and previously at LinkedIn, doled out some tips.…

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Cleantech, Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Science & Energy, Technology
Ucilia Wang Jul 25, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

A startup looks to make money from emissions detectors

Counting emissions accurately -- from carbon dioxide to methane -- in the air and soil has long been the domain of academia. But Silicon Valley startup Picarro is hoping to turn that practice into a booming commercial business by wooing the natural gas industry.…

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Cleantech, Science & Energy, Technology
Ucilia Wang May 10, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

CA regulators say no to PG&E’s request to invest in solar tech

Two months ago we asked whether utilities should invest in solar manufacturing because Pacific Gas & Electric was proposing to do just that. The answer from California regulators, who were divided over the issue, was "no" as they voted 3-2 to deny the request on Thursday.…

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Cleantech, Science & Energy
Katie Fehrenbacher May 7, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Smart meter installations to decline in U.S. over next 2 years

Smart meters eventually will be ubiquitous globally over the next few decades, but, interestingly enough, installations of smart meters in the U.S. will actually sharply decline over the next two years, before they pick back up, according to Pike Research.…

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Cleantech, Science & Energy
Katie Fehrenbacher May 1, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

C3 snaps up Efficiency 2.0 to tackle utility customers

Watch out Opower. Carbon and energy software player C3 -- the quiet firm started by Thomas Siebel and which counts Condoleezza Rice as a director -- has acquired another energy software startup Efficiency 2.0.…

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Cleantech, Science & Energy
Katie Fehrenbacher Apr 3, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

The Facebook social energy app is here

One of the most comprehensive applications to use Facebook to manage home energy consumption has officially launched. Created by Opower, the social energy app enables Facebook users to compare their energy consumption with their peers and keep track of energy data provided by a utility.…

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Cleantech, Science & Energy, Technology
Ucilia Wang Apr 2, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Solar shakeout continues: Q-Cells to file for bankruptcy

Q-Cells was once the largest solar cell maker in the world. Now the company says on Monday it’s filing for bankruptcy, which makes it the latest example of an industry turmoil that has forced many other manufactures out of the business as well.…

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Cleantech, Science & Energy
Katie Fehrenbacher Mar 22, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Utilities embrace Green Button energy data project

Nine more utilities, and three large energy vendors, announced support on Thursday for the Green Button project, which enables utility customers to download their energy consumption data with a click of a button and also use that data for energy-saving apps.…

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Cleantech, Science & Energy, Technology
Ucilia Wang Mar 13, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Should utilities invest in solar tech manufacturing?

Utilities don't often invest in new tech manufacturing, but then, California's PG&E isn't your average utility. PG&E has requested state approval to enable it to invest $9.9 million of taxpayer money into a solar engineering and manufacturing service center run by commercialization startup SVTC Technologies.…

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Cleantech, Science & Energy, Technology
Ucilia Wang Mar 7, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Chart: What Cali’s clean power will look like by 2020

Solar panel projects only started to vie for California utilities' interest in 2007, yet the tech is set to become the largest piece of renewable energy in the state in less than a decade. Check out our charts:…

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Cleantech, Science & Energy
Ucilia Wang Jan 10, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

VIA Motors rolls out converted hybrid electric trucks

Trotting out auto industry veteran and the former public face of Chevy Volt, Bob Lutz, as a spokesman, VIA Motors on Tuesday showed off its technology of converting conventional trucks, cargo vans and SUVs into hybrid electric vehicles and laid out production plans.…

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Cleantech, Science & Energy
Ucilia Wang Dec 14, 2011 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

First Solar slashes forecast, staff & plans to flee subsidized markets

First Solar (s FSLR) has had enough with subsidized solar markets and will bet its future on sales in countries in which solar companies that can provide low-priced equipment and engineering services will make money and stay in business, company executives said Wednesday.…

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Cleantech, Science & Energy
Katie Fehrenbacher Nov 29, 2011 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

What you need to know about PG&E’s home energy projects

PG&E plans to start testing out home energy gadgets and software starting in March 2012 with a small group of customers, and the utility unveiled details of its plan this week. Here's what you need to know.…

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Cleantech, Science & Energy
Ucilia Wang Nov 10, 2011 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Which utilities deliver the most energy efficiency benefits?

Energy efficiency measures both reduce consumption and slow the pace of building power plants. Utilities know that, but how much are they doing to promote the idea? A report looks at 50 U.S. utilities and ranked them by the investments they have made in energy efficiency.…

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Cleantech, Science & Energy
Ucilia Wang Oct 14, 2011 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

BrightSource Energy plans 3rd massive solar farm

BrightSource Energy is still building its first solar farm, but the company already is steaming ahead with the third, 810 MW project called Rio Mesa, for which the company said Friday it has applied for approval from the California Energy Commission.…

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Cleantech, Science & Energy

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