Solar’s Future is Insanely Cheap (2020)

https://rameznaam.com/2020/05/14/solars-future-is-insanely-cheap-2020/
Solar's way ahead of the curve.

Startup Aims to Tackle Grid Storage Problem With New Porous Silicon Battery

https://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/the-smarter-grid/startup-aims-to-tackle-grid-storage-problem-with-serverracksized-battery
This one popped up out of left field: a silicon storage battery. 

JOIN LF ENERGY The Linux Foundation Launches LF ENERGY, A New Open Source Coalition

https://www.lfenergy.org/
open source for the energy industry

Meet the microgrid, the technology poised to transform electricity

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2017/12/15/16714146/greener-more-reliable-more-resilient-grid-microgrids
I've heard about microgrids for about 20 years now. It's probably time to get them going.

The Last Auto Mechanic

https://medium.com/@tomprice_22461/the-last-auto-mechanic-841adec75498
Has the last auto mechanic been born?

Are solar and wind really killing coal, nuclear and grid reliability?

https://theconversation.com/are-solar-and-wind-really-killing-coal-nuclear-and-grid-reliability-76741
The shifting landscape of energy production. It's not just renewals that are killing coal. 

Electronic energy meters’ false readings almost six times higher than actual energy consumption

https://www.utwente.nl/en/news/!/2017/3/313543/electronic-energy-meters-false-readings-almost-six-times-higher-than-actual-energy-consumption
Thanks to new switching power supplies, old-style RMS power meter readings are wildly inaccurate.

The first fatal nuclear meltdown in the U.S. happened in 4 milliseconds

https://timeline.com/arco-first-nuclear-accident-f16ec1105b9c#.mx80tg4u8
Interesting account of the first nuclear energy fatalities in the US. I'd never heard of this. 

Chart of the year: ‘Incredible’ price drops jumpstart clean energy revolution

https://thinkprogress.org/clean-energy-revolution-now-81a8e61134c7#.1qm200885
Chart showing the dramatic drops in various #greenenergy technologies over the past decade. 

Holy Grail of energy policy in sight as battery technology smashes the old order

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/08/10/holy-grail-of-energy-policy-in-sight-as-battery-technology-smash/
DARPA is throwing Mega$$ at energy storage, needing to get below $100/KwH. Any ideas?

The secretive, billionaire-backed plans to harness fusion

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160428-the-secretive-billionaire-backed-plans-to-harness-fusion

#fusion energy is 20 years away. Haven't we been saying that for the past 50 years?

I Was Wrong About the Limits of Solar; PV Is Becoming Dirt Cheap.

http://electrek.co/2016/04/28/i-was-wrong-about-the-limits-of-solar-pv-is-becoming-dirt-cheap/

The price of solar cell generated electricity is falling faster than expected. Not sure about HVDC