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A Vibrant Cleantech Startup Ecosystem Takes Root in India

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Several floors below the firm’s balcony, power lines crisscross over piles of garbage, a fleet of rickshaws and cow patties on a rooftop, being dried for cooking fuel. “I don’t think you can just deploy solar and solve everything,” he said. Demand for flexible, clean power spurs startup activity.

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ConnectDER Draws Investment from Avista in Latest Funding Round

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ConnectDER, a startup with a smart meter socket device that’s been deployed in the thousands by select U.S. utilities to support distributed solar, has closed a $7 million series B round round to help roll out a new version of its system targeting behind-the-meter batteries and plug-in electric cars.

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Ten Regional Clean Energy Companies Graduate from Cleantech San Diego Startup Incubator

CleanTech San Diego

Annual Southern California Energy Innovation Network Showcase Event Being Held November 9. SCEIN is an incubator program for clean energy startups based in San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Imperial counties that are developing technologies to help California meet its clean energy goals.

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US Storage Industry Achieved Biggest-Ever Quarter and Year in 2019

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energy storage industry capped off its biggest year of installations with its largest single quarter in Q4. energy storage installation topped 522.7 megawatt-hours in the fourth quarter, according to the newly released Energy Storage Monitor , produced by Wood Mackenzie and the Energy Storage Association.

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GreenCom Lands Funding to Expand IoT Home Energy Controls in Europe and Beyond

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GreenCom Networks, the Internet-of-things platform provider that’s become a go-to for major European utilities to control solar panels, batteries, electric vehicle chargers and smart home energy loads, has landed another funding round with two new strategic investors that could open new markets. million customers.

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What a Year! 10 Stories That Propelled Energy Storage in 2019

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Exceedingly few batteries actually live up to the vision of “storing clean power for when the sun isn’t shining.” This year, finally, big renewables projects with batteries attached closed deals and even entered operations. It serves clean power at night cheaper than incumbent fossil fuels.

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EDF Renewables Acquires EV Charging Startup PowerFlex Systems

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EDF Renewables has acquired PowerFlex Systems , a California startup with technology to manage one of the biggest challenges for scaling up electric vehicle charging: controlling the loads that lots of EVs charging at once can place on the power infrastructure of the sites hosting the chargers. European acquisition spree.