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  • Deciphering the Road Map for PV Solar

    • April 5, 2018
    • Posted by: Admin
    • Category: Developers, Innovation
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    A notable group of supply side companies (“ITRPV”) has provided recent 2028 predictions for the levelized cost of solar energy (“LCOE”) that are 34% below 2017 levels. Many buyers, project developers and owners seek to understand how future costs of solar will change. To assist in that process, Beacon Energy LLC analyzed the mid-March, 2018

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  • Early 2018 Energy Storage Developments

    • March 14, 2018
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    • Category: Company News, Innovation, Purchasing
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    Battery storage continues to advance in real and projected terms.   On March 13, 2018 Volkswagen AG announced a $25 billion purchase of batteries from Samsung SDI Co., LG Chem Ltd, and Contemporary Amperex Technologies Ltd to backstop approximately 3 million electric vehicles scheduled to be produced through the end of 2022. This compares with

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  • January 2018 Plans

    • January 8, 2018
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    • Category: Competitive research
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    Early January is a good time for briefly recapping last year, planning for upcoming events and embracing expected changes. To that end, we wrote an article for World Gen’s December/January issue titled, “The Path Forward” which recaps the recent past and provides a view of the future. A few updates and comments since that article

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  • Storage economics and forecasts mid-2017

    • September 12, 2017
    • Posted by: Admin
    • Category: Utilities
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    Storage predictions in the late spring and mid-2017 show strong future growth based on expected economics. Selected NREL, University of Minnesota, Greentech Media, US Federal Regulatory Commission, and Bloomberg New Energy Finance mid-2017 storage reports support robust storage growth in the upcoming decade. Recent NREL Reports After a detailed review of utility tariffs, Clean Energy

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  • Buying Energy: Today’s Choices

    • June 7, 2017
    • Posted by: Admin
    • Category: Purchasing
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    The energy purchaser has many choices today that have not existed until recently. For example, ten states now have thirteen green energy riders that allow end users to purchase green energy from a specific new renewable asset and use the utility system either virtually or physically to receive the energy. Importantly, larger scale projects can

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  • Many US Groups Step Up to Help Realize Paris Accord Goals

    • June 5, 2017
    • Posted by: Admin
    • Category: Utilities
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    Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord may have a silver lining. On face value, the decision negatively impacts the standing of the US in the world, denies the existence of a real problem, encourages other countries and people in the US to not address environmentally responsible actions, sets back US innovation in

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  • Suniva’s and SolarWorld America’s Joint Trade Complaint

    • May 30, 2017
    • Posted by: Admin
    • Category: Developers
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    Suniva asked for new solar panel tariffs that would push pricing substantially higher and hurt most employed in the US solar industry. Defusing a new potentially damaging solar panel tariff that would likely dramatically slow solar growth will require a lot of care. Would a US research and development fund voluntarily financed by interested parties

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  • Microgrids for Commercial and Industrial Customers Grow in Popularity

    • May 25, 2017
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    • Category: Company News, Purchasing
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    A series of announcements among vendors and consultants address the expected growth in microgrids for commercial and industrial (“C&I”) customers. Navigant has projected a worldwide market for commercial and industrial microgrids that will grow from 448 MW (per year) in 2017 to 5,389 MWs (per year) in 2026; and in North America a growth of

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  • Sustainable Energy Investments and Profits: Consistent Goals

    • May 16, 2017
    • Posted by: Admin
    • Category: Company News, Developers
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    Smart impactful investments and business creativity is needed to improve the environment and fund up to $30 trillion globally in infrastructure projects to combat global warming and other environmental challenges. This was an important theme at the HBS Club of Washington event on May 16th on Sustainable Profit: Investment Opportunities in a Changing Climate with

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  • DOEs Assistance in Helping to Modernize the US Electricity Grid

    • April 19, 2017
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    • Category: Company News
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    The US Department of Energy (“DOE”) is uniquely positioned to develop the common standards, communication protocols and other conforming requirements of a modern electric grid by advancing issues outside of state and power pool boundaries. While state regulators and FERC play a key role in the process, DOE has the breadth of view needed to

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