Batteries
Battery firms set to thrive under new California rooftop solar regime
Home battery installs could double in California this year, now that the state has ditched net metering and overhauled incentives for rooftop solar owners.
Energy storage
Energy storage
4 ways to store sunlight
Renewables are going to need a lot of backup. Low-carbon storage technologies could be the answer.
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Solar
How the rooftop solar industry is adapting to California's new rulebook
The state’s once-thriving industry faces an uneasy future now that California has slashed financial incentives for people to put solar panels on their roofs.
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Energy storage
Tesla's battery-storage sales are growing way faster than EV sales
Deployments of Tesla batteries surged 360% as the EV maker opened a factory for grid-scale batteries. Now it’s getting into lithium refining too.
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Batteries
This NASA tech might just spur a major grid battery breakthrough
EnerVenue’s still got plenty to prove, but it already has a pipeline of orders and more than $100M in funding. A factory in Kentucky is on the way.
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Solar
California is a rooftop solar giant. New rules could change that
Starting on April 15, new rooftop solar customers in California will earn much less for power they send to the grid, but adding batteries could improve the economics.
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Energy storage
Taiwan's rapid renewables push has created a bustling battery market
The densely populated island is snapping up energy storage as it strives to meet aggressive clean-energy targets amid national security and climate concerns.
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Video
Canary Live Boston: Watch the event on Thurs., April 6 at 6:00 PM ET
We're broadcasting our event live from Greentown Labs in Somerville, Mass. this week.
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Geothermal
This Texas geothermal startup is storing energy in the ground
Sage Geosystems says its earthen "battery" system, now undergoing pilot tests in Texas, could be used to store energy to help balance power grids.
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Energy storage
New York has a new plan to get all the grid batteries it needs
After a slow start to building much-needed energy storage, the state says new rules will help it reach its 6-gigawatt target.
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Batteries
Itochu quietly assembled a gigantic home battery network in Japan
The conglomerate controls a 36,000-unit virtual power plant. Up next? Unleashing it to help the national grid decarbonize.
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