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Sometimes energy makes headlines, sometimes it doesn’t. But it almost always has important implications for the global economy, the environment, and our day-to-day lives. Here are ten energy statistics from 2014 that capture some of the most noteworthy trends of the year, and that will shape the energy world in the years to come. Coal is America’s largest source of electricity, but

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At first glance, 2014 wasn’t such a great year in the world of smart grid, with slowdowns in deployment of smart meters, distribution automation and other key new grid technologies, a lackluster record of VC investment compared to years past, and growing uncertainties over the financial viability of traditional utilities. But these challenges also helped define the opportunities for companies,

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Back in 2013, Greentech Media came up with the term “grid edge” to encompass the new world of rooftop solar PV, behind-the-meter batteries, energy-smart buildings and other distributed, customer-owned energy assets. We also predicted that utilities and governments would need to take on these non-traditional challenges sooner rather than later, if they wanted to convert them from existential threat into

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I drove a Prius C for two years and it just felt too big. Even this itty-bitty car drags around about 2,500 pounds of steel and plastic while it’s also dragging the driver around. And each time the gas engine kicked in when the car reached about 15 mph, it felt like a mini-tragedy. No more pure electric drive; now

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Like all other major state-owned companies in India, the Indian Railways has also been tasked with setting up large-scale solar power projects across the country. Indian Railways is planning to set up 1 GW of solar power capacity over the next few years and is currently working on a plan to implement this capacity. The announcement came from the Railway ministry

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One of India’s leading solar power project developers has signed yet another landmark agreement to expand solar photovoltaic power infrastructure in the state of Rajasthan. 40 MW solar PV project by Azure Power located in Rajasthan, India Azure Power recently announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of Rajasthan to set up 1 GW of solar

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Our friends over at the energy journal FuelFix.com are reporting little more than gloom and doom in the US oil and gas industry, as drilling companies slash payrolls in a desperate attempt to ratchet down the current freefall in prices. Meanwhile, over in the renewable energy field things are steamrolling ahead. The latest example comes from the US Navy, which

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Ask me a year ago what my primary focus in life would be today, and even I would not have been able to foresee just how important global renewable energy investment news would become in my day-to-day work life. But my career trajectory has followed quite clearly the rise in renewable energy investment throughout 2014, and I want to take

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Editor’s Note: This article is one submission in a live Masdar blogging contest (find out the entry requirements here). Very simply, the focus of the contest submissions is to: “Describe your city in 2030: what will occur due to changes in energy, transportation and water technologies, and how will they transform how you live?” We are sharing this submission here on CleanTechnica because we think it’s

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Germany’s success in adopting sustainable energy has been one of the most positive energy stories of the past several years. Yet on the other hand, Germans have been slow to adopt electric cars, with few places to plug in compared to more aggressively EV-friendly nations like France and Norway. But as Green Car Reports points out, that is changing with

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