
Why Coal Companies Are Collapsing in Spectacular Fashion
Pretty much everything bad that could happen to the coal industry is happening. Global coal demand is slumping; low natural gas prices and competitive renewables are shifting the energy mix in America...
30 Heinä 201548min

Inside SunEdison's Acquisition Bonanza
SunEdison is on a mission to become one of the biggest energy companies in the world – built entirely on renewables. It still has a ways to go. SunEdison has a $9 billion market capitalization. The tw...
23 Heinä 201548min

Political Turmoil for Renewables in Australia and Spain
Two countries with some of the richest renewable energy resources in the world – Australia and Spain – are also two of the most hostile to the industry’s growth. Last week, Australia abruptly changed ...
15 Heinä 201551min

Why Global Solar Demand Will Be Off The Charts
By the end of the decade, the solar industry could be installing 135 gigawatts yearly – more capacity in 12 months than all cumulative installations over the last four decades. The 2020 solar market w...
1 Heinä 201543min

A Top Utility Engineer Talks Distributed Energy Integration
This week, we have a taping of the Energy Gang from GTM’s Grid Edge Live conference in San Diego. We’ll talk with Tom Bialek, the chief engineer at San Diego Gas & Electric, about the utility’s landma...
29 Kesä 201550min

Is the Republican Party Incapable of Addressing Climate Change?
After Pope Francis issued his strongly worded encyclical on climate change and the environment, many wondered how it would influence skeptical conservatives. It didn’t take long to get an answer. “I d...
19 Kesä 201544min

New York's Energy Czar on Transforming the Electricity System
Richard Kauffman has a lot of responsibilities as New York's "energy czar." He oversees multiple agencies and utilities, advises the governor on energy issues, and works closely with regulators in the...
12 Kesä 201540min

Are We Measuring Energy Use All Wrong?
We measure energy use with a commodity-based approach -- monitoring electrons, therms and gallons. But is there a better way to gauge the efficiency of the economy? Energy Economist Skip Laitner has b...
5 Kesä 201548min






















