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Learn How Geli Can Improve the ROI of Solar PV
Minimal energy storage is required to achieve maximum demand charge savings. Learn how Geli can improve any solar investment with the addition of energy storage. Geli worked with Woodlawn Associates, a leading energy project finance consulting firm, to determine the economic benefits of solar-plus-storage systems in a number of different markets. High level findings include: The NPV of a ...
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July 17 ESTAP Webinar: Resilient Solar-Storage Systems for Homes and Commercial Facilities
July 17 ESTAP Webinar: Resilient Solar-Storage Systems for Homes and Commercial Facilities On Wednesday, July 17 from 2 – 3 p.m. ET, Clean Energy States Alliance will host a webinar on resilient solar-storage systems for homes and commercial facilities. The webinar will be introduced by Dr. Imre Gyuk, Energy Storage Program Manager in the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy ...
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California Utilities Enlist Swell Energy to Advance Virtual Power Plants
Renewable energy and grid solutions provider Swell Energy Inc. this week announced that it is working with three California utilities on pilot projects to expand grid services use cases for residential solar + storage resources to meet both local and regional energy needs. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) are working with Swell to expand ...
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Putting a Price on Resilience Could Lead to More Solar+Storage
– Findings presented in a new paper by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Clean Energy Group (CEG) show that more integrated solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery storage projects could make economic sense if the value of avoiding power outages is taken into account in project economics. Based on in-depth modeling of various building types, ...
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Commercial Solar may be 78% Third-Party Owned by 2021
Corporate customers are procuring moresolar than ever. Companies are raising capital for commercial solar. And community solar is booming. It's a heady time for investment in distributed commercial solar. Now more than ever, it's important to understand what commercial customers want, and how these solar projects are financed. According to GTM's new report, Commercial Solar Consumer Finance ...
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Kauaʻi Utility Signs Deal With SolarCity for First Dispatchable Solar Storage System
Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with SolarCity (Nasdaq: SCTY) for electricity from the first utility-scale solar array and battery storage system designed to supply power to the grid in the evening, when demand is highest. The proposed SolarCity project next to KIUC’s Kapaia power plant is believed to be the first ...
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Lockheed Martin Delivers Energy Storage Systems to Cypress Creek Renewables for Solar-Plus-Storage Projects
Lockheed Martin and Cypress Creek Renewables have commissioned 12 MWh of GridStar™ Lithium energy storage systems for 12 solar-plus-storage projects. The solar-plus-storage system will provide clean electricity to communities served by Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) in southeastern North Carolina. Lockheed Martin's GridStar™ technology is designed to ensure that this ...
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Geli Is named 2017 Global Cleantech 100 Company
For the second year running, Geli has been named in the prestigious 2017 Global Cleantech 100. The Global Cleantech 100 represents the most innovative and promising ideas in cleantech. Featuring companies that are best positioned to solve tomorrow’s clean technology challenges, the Global Cleantech 100 is a comprehensive list of private companies with the greatest potential to make ...
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Generac Grid Services Partners with California Utility on Virtual Power Plant Program
Generac Grid Services announced this week that it has been selected by Southern California Edison (SCE) as one of the Virtual Power Plant (VPP) providers for the company's Power Flex program. The initiative empowers SCE residential customers to extend the value and return on investment of their residential solar PV and battery storage systems by enrolling them in a VPP designed to alleviate ...
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Electrek - Joint Base Pearl Harbor just broke ground on a big solar-plus-storage system
The Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam West Loch Annex just broke ground for the Kupono Solar Project, a solar-plus-storage system in O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. The Kupono Solar Project will sit on around 131 acres of federal land and feature a 42-megawatt (MW) solar array and 42 MW/168 MWh of lithium-ion battery storage. The renewable energy will go to Hawaiian Electric’s (HECO) grid and ...
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Hawaiian Electric Encourages Customers to Add Energy Storage to Rooftop Solar Systems
Hawaiian Electric is accepting applications for Battery Bonus, a new program that will pay a cash incentive for residential and commercial customers on Oahu to add energy storage (a battery) to an existing or new rooftop solar system. This one-time incentive will help move Hawaii toward the company's goal of 100% clean energy by 2045 and add more renewable resources to the grid in the short-term ...
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EVs Create New Value in the Energy Cloud, but Utilities Are Not Guaranteed a Cent
by Stuart Ravens, Navigant Research (reprinted with permission)EVs present utilities with the single largest opportunity for load growth in a generation. However, other industries are eyeing the following alternative opportunities in the electrification of transport:Sales of EVsCharge station salesSolar PVStationary storageEV battery aggregationEnergy supplyVolkswagen Group is the latest ...
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Eos Energy Storage Deploys Aurora 2.0 Battery System Coast to Coast with Duke Energy and University of California, San Diego
Eos Energy Storage (Eos) has announced two new projects deploying the company’s Aurora 2.0 battery system in major markets on both coasts of the United States. The next generation solution integrates the company’s aqueous, zinc Znyth® battery technology — built on ten years of testing and learning — as a safe, sustainable, and scalable alternative to Lithium Ion.The Eos Aurora® 2.0 has been ...
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FPL Unveils First Solar-Plus-Storage System In The U.S. That Can Increase Solar Power Plant Output
Florida Power & Light Company recently unveiled a new, cutting-edge solar-plus-storage system that is believed to be the first in the country to fully integrate battery technology with a major solar power plant in a way that increases the plant's overall energy output. By incorporating this new technology into the FPL Citrus Solar Energy Center, a solar power plant that was built in 2016, FPL ...
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SimpliPhi Power and Pepco Design Community Microgrid
SimpliPhi Power, a leading provider of safe, cobalt-free, non-hazardous energy storage systems, has partnered with Pepco and New Partners Community Solar to launch one of the first resiliency centers in Washington, DC that is powered by solar and SimpliPhi Power’s batteries at a new justice housing development, The Maycroft. As climate change intensifies with increased extreme weather ...
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Tucson Electric Power`s Largest Solar Plus Storage System is Now in Service
Tucson Electric Power (TEP)'s newest and largest solar power system is now online. The Wilmot Energy Center (WEC), located on 1,130 acres southeast of Tucson International Airport, includes a 100-megawatt solar array and 30-MW battery energy storage system -- each the largest of their kind on TEP's local energy grid. TEP will purchase power from the WEC under a long-term agreement with an ...
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Clean Power Alliance Launches Power Ready Program for Power Resiliency Across Southern California
Clean Power Alliance (CPA) has released a Request for Offers (RFO) for its Power Ready program and seeks developers that are uniquely qualified to build power resiliency in numerous Southern California communities. The need for backup power systems is growing as power outages become more likely with increased wildfires, public safety power shutoffs, aging infrastructure, and increased grid ...
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CPUC Proposal Aims To Modernize State's Decarbonization Incentive Efforts
The California Public Utilities Commission, in ongoing actions to evolve decarbonization incentive efforts to meet the state's groundbreaking clean energy goals, recently (Dec 13) issued a proposal that would revise current Net Energy Metering (NEM) rules and create a Net Billing Tariff that balances the needs of the electric grid, the environment, and consumers. The proposal will be on the ...
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Younicos, Xcel Energy, and Panasonic Corp. of North America to Partner on Solar-Plus-Storage System
November 1, 2016 -- Energy storage company Younicos has signed an agreement with strategic partner Panasonic to design and build a solar-plus-storage system at Peña Station NEXT in Denver, Colorado, which includes the operations hub for Panasonic Enterprise Solutions Company and Panasonic CityNOW. The system will make use of multiple Younicos Y.Cubes, the innovative "storage-in-a-box" ...
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Solar Power World - Ameresco, Bright Canyon Energy break ground on solar + storage project for Hawaiian naval base
Ameresco and Bright Canyon Energy hosted a groundbreaking and blessing ceremony for the Kupono Solar Project on October 7, 2022. This combined solar and battery storage system will be built at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam West Loch Annex in Hawaii. Once operational, the project is designed to deliver 42 MW of clean energy to Hawaiian Electric’s (HECO) grid on the island of Oahu. ...
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