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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juni 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 Juni 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 Juni 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 Juni 201548min
