BeyondKONA: Technology
New cleantech and other disrupting technologies that incorporate advances in the electrification of transportation, economically capturing the sun’s power, empowering power consumers to be clean power producers and partners through hardware, software, and communications advances that are now available to address Hawaii’s most pressing economic and environmental challenges.
Technology is also advancing at an exponential rate, presenting new opportunities to address inefficiencies and cost challenges to sustainable economic growth.
- FirstEnergy Ousts CEO Amid $61M Bribery Investigation Scandalby info@greentechmedia.com on October 30, 2020 at 10:12 pm
FirstEnergy Corp.’s board of directors has terminated CEO Charles Jones and two other senior executives, saying in a Thursday statement that an internal […]
- The State of Carbon Capture, Removal and Utilizationby info@greentechmedia.com on October 30, 2020 at 10:11 pm
Net-zero carbon pledges are heating up. Japan just committed to reaching net zero, only four weeks after China did the same. In total, seven of the 10 […]
- Energy Becomes a Hot Issue in the Final Days of the Electionby info@greentechmedia.com on October 30, 2020 at 10:07 pm
We’re just a few days out from the election. How could the gang talk about anything else?In this pre-election episode, we’ll recap where things […]
- Xcel Targets $1.4B in Wind and Solar Investments, Outlines Broader Carbon-Reduction Goalsby info@greentechmedia.com on October 30, 2020 at 9:17 pm
Xcel Energy is asking Minnesota regulators to approve $1.4 billion in new wind and solar investments in the next 12 months and is outlining plans for […]
- What Is the Clean Energy Industry Doing to Confront Racism?by info@greentechmedia.com on October 30, 2020 at 3:55 pm
In the wake of spring outpourings of grief and anger over the killings of Black Americans such as Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, numerous companies in […]
- Sunnova Logs Another Quarterly Loss, But Picks Up Solar Dealers Amid Coronavirusby info@greentechmedia.com on October 30, 2020 at 3:23 pm
Residential solar and storage company Sunnova logged an overall loss in the third quarter of 2020, as the industry emerges from a difficult period in […]
- SunPower’s Solar Business Bounces Back From COVID-19 Austerityby info@greentechmedia.com on October 29, 2020 at 7:40 pm
Distributed solar and storage company SunPower logged $109 million in net income and $274.8 million in GAAP revenue in the third quarter, which was […]
- Vestas to Acquire Full Control of Offshore Turbine Businessby info@greentechmedia.com on October 29, 2020 at 3:06 pm
Leading global wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has taken full ownership of its offshore turbine joint venture, MHI Vestas.The Danish company revealed […]
- What to Watch for in Climate and Energy After Election Dayby info@greentechmedia.com on October 29, 2020 at 2:45 pm
What comes after November 3? As presidential candidates make their closing arguments, many stakeholders in climate and energy are already looking beyond […]
- So, What Exactly Are Virtual Power Plants?by info@greentechmedia.com on October 27, 2020 at 7:31 pm
We live in an increasingly virtual world. You can hold virtual meetings with virtual friends using virtual reality systems hosted on virtual servers. And in […]
- The Path to 100%by info@greentechmedia.com on October 26, 2020 at 4:18 pm
- Funding the Next Generation of Efficient, Electric, Grid-Interactive Communitiesby info@greentechmedia.com on October 20, 2020 at 7:36 pm
U.S. homes and commercial buildings consume roughly two-fifths of the country’s overall energy and three-fourths of all electricity, and account for most […]
- The Startup Helping EVs Balance Out the Renewables That Power Themby info@greentechmedia.com on October 9, 2020 at 4:09 pm
Rather than posing a threat to the grid, electric vehicles are beginning to help to solve Europe's grid flexibility problems. EVs are already […]
- How a Single UK Turbine Could Prove a New Use Case for Wind Powerby info@greentechmedia.com on September 30, 2020 at 4:23 pm
A trial to test the concept of using a wind turbine to help smooth peaks and troughs in electricity supply and demand on the grid began earlier this month. […]
- Midwest Grid Operators Seek to Unlock Clean Energy Transmission on the ‘Seam’by info@greentechmedia.com on September 15, 2020 at 10:27 pm
The U.S. Midwest has massive wind power potential, and it’s a growing target for solar power projects as well. What it lacks is the transmission capacity […]
- AI Startups Raise Funding to Help Utilities De-Risk Dangers of Climate Changeby info@greentechmedia.com on September 3, 2020 at 5:15 pm
California is becoming a poster child for the risks utilities face from climate change, from power lines starting wildfires to heat waves forcing […]
- Emerson Acquires OSI for $1.6B as Grid Edge Software Landscape Consolidatesby info@greentechmedia.com on August 31, 2020 at 8:28 pm
The growth of distributed energy resources such as rooftop solar, behind-the-meter batteries, electric vehicle chargers and intelligent load controls is […]
- ‘First of a Kind’ UK Project Aims to Unleash Residential Grid Flexibilityby info@greentechmedia.com on August 24, 2020 at 7:49 pm
A new residential grid flexibility service available in parts of the U.K. will combine energy storage, vehicle-to-grid and smart EV charging for the first […]
- The Current System of Electric Billing No Longer Makes Senseby info@greentechmedia.com on August 14, 2020 at 4:51 pm
Dan Seif is vice president for market development at 7X Energy, a Texas-based solar developer.***Let’s stop pretending that we’re paying […]
- Utilities at an ‘Inflection Point’: Portland General Electric CEOby info@greentechmedia.com on August 13, 2020 at 3:53 pm
If there was ever a time when running a utility was a straightforward, predictable business, those days are gone, as Maria Pope knows only too well.Since […]