Solar Power World

JANUARY 30, 2020

By Kevin Mulvey, Manager of Product & Technology, Energy Toolbase The behind-the-meter energy storage market posted another year of record growth in 2019, according to Wood Mackenzie’s latest U.S. Energy Storage Monitor report.

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Charged

JULY 28, 2022

Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) and Tesla have launched a pilot program that will combine thousands of Powerwall home battery systems to create a “virtual power plant” or “distributed battery.” They can use the Tesla app to set their backup power needs or to opt out of a particular event, as necessary.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 7, 2020

John Powers is the co-founder and CEO of Extensible Energy, a load-flexibility software company. *. We are in the middle of the most remarkable transformation in the history of the electricity grid — from dirty and centralized to clean, distributed, and digital. Don’t get me wrong: I love batteries.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

Farmers could soon be reimbursed for creating water storage ponds or water “batteries” as part of an innovative drought-prevention project that has received funding (on 16 May) from Ofwat’s Innovation Fund. This technique is cheaper and more environmentally-friendly than current monitoring practices.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 20, 2022

In the midst of wildfires, energy security concerns and grid reliability questions, two smart home solutions are providing respective approaches towards adaptability and resilience through smart technology. EcoSmart Home solution.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Over its 13-year history, California’s Self-Generation Incentive Program has been the state’s primary driver for distributed solar, biomass power systems, fuel cells. and, over the past half-decade or so, behind-the-meter batteries. billion in present and future funding, that would go to the equity resiliency budget.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 21, 2020

California regulators have finalized plans to direct more than half a billion dollars in behind-the-meter battery incentives over the next four years to customers most at risk of the state’s increasingly deadly wildfires and the grid outages meant to prevent them. Big changes for California's energy storage market.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

California regulators plan to address pleas from stakeholders in the energy storage industry to free up money for the state’s behind-the-meter battery incentive program, directing an additional $108.5 billion available through 2024 to cover part of the costs of installing batteries at homes and businesses.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 25, 2020

Sunrun is landing contract after contract to put solar-charged residential batteries to work serving grid needs. On Thursday, it picked Silicon Valley energy management software startup AutoGrid to help it optimize this growing fleet. ” Fleets of batteries, meet optimization software.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Swell Energy has lined up $450 million in financing to give homeowners and business owners batteries and solar systems at no upfront cost, and earn the money back by turning them into virtual power plants serving utilities’ grid needs. Ares Management Corp.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 23, 2020

billion Self-Generation Incentive Program budget to help low-income communities install about 100 megawatts of stalled behind-the-meter battery projects. The shift won’t tap the $613 million in SGIP funds earmarked for low-income and medically vulnerable customers at highest risk of fire-prevention power outages.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 2, 2020

energy storage industry smashed its quarterly installation record with an influx of major projects in the third quarter. The growth came in spite of the coronavirus fallout, which slammed the broader economy and conventional energy companies in particular. Energy Storage Monitor. market is expected to reach 7.5

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

New Orleans headquartered energy company Entergy has reported upgrading more than 3 million electricity meters for home and business customers. Over one million smart meters were installed during the past year. Over one million smart meters were installed during the past year. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

MAY 10, 2024

As blackouts become more common due to the severity of climate change, sources of continuous battery backup power can be one less headache—and a life-saving advantage—to fire departments and emergency services already faced with rising costs and operational challenges, explains Lance Honea of Swell Energy. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 24, 2023

Renewable energy retailer Octopus Energy US is partnering with Enphase Energy, Inc., a supplier of microinverter-based solar and battery systems, to create a Texan Virtual Power Plant (VPP). This is the latest move from Octopus Energy in its US market.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 10, 2020

In a victory for the energy storage industry, a federal appeals court has upheld Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Order 841 , clearing the way for transmission grid operators across the country to open their markets to energy storage, including aggregated batteries connected at the distribution grid or behind customers’ meters.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 2, 2020

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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Hydrogen Fuel News

JULY 16, 2024

Hybrid solar inverters represent a significant advancement in solar energy technology, combining the functionality of traditional grid-tied inverters with battery storage capabilities. Hybrid solar inverters are advanced devices that combine the functionality of traditional grid-tied inverters with battery storage capabilities.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 10, 2020

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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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Last month’s preventative power shutoffs in California highlighted the vulnerability of the electricity grid to threats exacerbated by a changing climate. But what about the mobile battery packs carried in the hundreds of thousands of electric vehicles now on the road in California? kilowatt-hour nameplate capacity.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 23, 2020

market for distributed energy resources will look very different in five years than it does today. And electric vehicles will give utilities and regulators the opportunity to promote pricing regimes to encourage charging when electricity is abundant — or suffer potentially grid-destabilizing consequences.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Even by the standards of the generally well-informed clean energy customers in California's Bay Area, Todd Karin is a savvy one. Karin works as a postdoctoral researcher in the energy storage and distributed resources division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Not quite full resilience.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 2, 2020

Earlier this year, Pacific Gas & Electric faced pushback from environmental and solar and energy storage industry groups to a plan to deploy natural gas generators to back up communities facing multi-day fire-prevention blackouts. Natural gas vs. diesel vs. solar-storage.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 30, 2020

The Environment Agency’s Environmental Sensor Network (ESNET) comprises modular water quality monitoring systems that can be quickly and easily deployed at remote sites. By Matt Dibbs, Managing Director of Meteor Communications, a firm that designs, builds and installs remote environmental monitoring systems. Water quality monitoring.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

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. ” Rapid growth in India’s renewable energy sector is driving demand for new technologies to modernize the country’s power sector.

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Mosaic

AUGUST 9, 2024

If you aren’t prioritizing bundling solar and battery, now is the time. Battery storage is growing in popularity due to the numerous benefits for homeowners. According to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), nearly 28% of all new solar systems will be paired with storage by 2028, compared to under 12% in.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Sunverge Energy was selected by Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) to provide a battery energy storage solution to enhance feeder-level system reliability and resiliency and reduce the duration and frequency of customer outages. Originally published on power-grid.com. Have you read? FERC order 2222 and PJM.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But a segment of the grid edge industry has been trying to achieve that for years, installing controllable devices at homes and businesses that can work together to help the grid. Though small individually, distributed energy resources are projected to grow to 387 gigawatts in the next five years , according to research by Wood Mackenzie.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

are making batteries, solar systems, electric cars, generators and other similar resources more valuable in wholesale markets, we’re seeing a new wave of business activity. distributed energy resource capacity will reach nearly 390 gigawatts by 2025. Amazon is jumping deeper into the smart-home game.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

California has passed its first-ever subsidy aimed specifically at bringing more distributed solar and energy storage to people at highest risk of having their power shut off by utilities trying to prevent wildfires. Higher premium.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Contributed by Frank Jossi, Energy News Network. Four batteries are being installed at a North Minneapolis green jobs training center in one of the country’s first “virtual power plant” pilot projects. Each battery will simulate a household buying and selling power with neighbors.

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Mosaic

MARCH 1, 2022

Consumer interest in solar energy continues to rise. Whether it’s a commitment to reduce carbon emissions or a desire for greater energy resilience, homeowners are seeking to learn how to incorporate solar energy systems into their homes. 1 – Homeowners seek electricity bill savings.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 26, 2022

Distributed energy resources (DER) developer NineDot has selected artificial intelligence-based energy storage firm Stem to monitor some six new front-of-the-meter (FTM) storage systems being deployed to improve energy resilience of the New York State grid. Have you read?

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 1, 2020

California's plan to equip vulnerable citizens with batteries to keep the lights on during the upcoming fire season has gotten bogged down by bureaucracy, and coronavirus is making things worse. billion budget through 2024 on providing backup power to protect its most vulnerable populations.

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Mosaic

JANUARY 3, 2024

Energy efficient heating and cooling improvements are gaining in awareness and popularity. million Americans work in the clean energy industry and that number is only expected to rise as the number of clean energy projects increase. of $2,500 rebate for updated electric wiring and more. Additionally, 3.2

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 20, 2020

Charlie Baker’s administration has finalized a major rule for promoting clean energy during the most expensive hours of electricity production. The Clean Peak Standard, called for in legislation passed in 2018, creates credits for clean energy delivered during time windows identified as peak hours for a given season.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Solar energy advocates reacted strongly to proposed changes to California’s net metering program. Residential solar developer Sunrun in its initial response appeared to frame a potential federal-level challenge to the proposal, which was issued December 13 and is scheduled for a January 27 vote.

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