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Ameresco to Partner with the United States Coast Guard on Battery Energy Storage System Project

Ameresco, Inc., a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, this week announced it has entered into a $43 million Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) with the United States Coast Guard (USCG) at the service's largest west coast training facility, Training Center (TRACEN) Petaluma. The project will be the USCG's first Battery Energy Storage System ...

Oct. 13, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

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CS Clean Solutions delivers Waste Gas Abatement Systems to Fraunhofer ISE Pv-Tec Research Facility For Solar Cells

The CLEANSORB® exhaust gas abatement systems CS200FS FABLINE for the purification of exhaust gases from different PECVD processes were installed in 2015 and 2016. The institute is the transfer point for research, development and service to production scale and is therefore strongly involved in technology transfer to the industry. In addition to efficiency, operator guidance and communication ...

Oct. 9, 2021

By Cs Clean Systems AG

PGE Plans To Nearly Triple Clean Resources By 2030

Portland General Electric this week shared plans to increase the amount of clean energy it serves to customers and meet its target of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from power served to customers by at least 80%1 by 2030, 90% by 2035 and zero emissions by 2040. Tying together the need for more clean and renewable resources and plans for an upgraded grid to support those resources, PGE ...

Oct. 19, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

World Energy Outlook 2021 Shows a New Energy Economy is Emerging

A new energy economy is emerging around the world as solar, wind, electric vehicles and other low-carbon technologies flourish. But as the pivotal moment of COP26 approaches, the IEA’s new World Energy Outlook makes it clear that this clean energy progress is still far too slow to put global emissions into sustained decline towards net zero, highlighting the need for an unmistakeable signal of ...

Oct. 18, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

AutoGrid Announces $85M in Funding to Accelerate Deployment of Virtual Power Plants

AutoGrid Systems recently announced a sizable new round of funding to accelerate energy transition through adoption of electric vehicles, battery storage and renewables generation. SE Ventures, the $500 million venture capital fund based in California, established by industrial major Schneider Electric led the Series D-2 round. Other major funding came from new investors, which included Moore ...

Oct. 18, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

sonnen Joins Cutting Edge Collaboration Advancing the Power Grid of the Future

ES Solar and sonnen are pioneering a new model for Rocky Mountain Power’s existing rooftop solar customers, transforming thousands of intermittent rooftop solar systems into firm dispatchable grid assets by retrofitting each home with a sonnen battery. sonnen, one of the global market leaders in smart residential energy storage is collaborating with ES Solar, a leading Utah solar contractor, as ...

Oct. 18, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

SunPower and The New Home Company Create Sustainable, Energy Independent Community

SunPower Corp., a leading solar technology and energy services provider, and The New Home Company , a top 50 homebuilder focused on creating a new generation of innovative homes, this week announced that New Home is making solar systems, battery storage and at-home electric vehicle chargers standard features in its newest community, Eureka Grove. All 72 homes in the Granite Bay, California ...

Oct. 15, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

DOE Invests $61 Million for Smart Buildings that Accelerate Renewable Energy Adoption

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) this week announced $61 million for 10 pilot projects that will deploy new technology to transform thousands of homes and workplaces into state-of-the-art, energy-efficient buildings. These Connected Communities can interact with the electrical grid to optimize their energy consumption which will substantially decrease their carbon emissions and cut energy ...

Oct. 14, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Wärtsilä Report: Accelerated Adoption of Renewables Can Reduce Electricity Production by 50%

The technology group Wärtsilä has issued a report ahead of COP26, the UN’s Climate Change Conference to be held in Glasgow this autumn, demonstrating the environmental and economic opportunities for states that decarbonise rapidly. The report was presented at the Economist Sustainability Week event on 6 October. The ‘Front-Loading Net Zero’ report states that electricity production costs could be ...

Oct. 12, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Enel X and ADR Launch Pioneer Project to Develop a Large Storage System with Second Life Batteries

Thanks to a partnership between Enel X and ADR (Aeroporti di Roma, Airports of Rome), second-life batteries from electric vehicles will be integrated into a 30 MW solar park being built at Rome Fiumicino Airport and scheduled to be finished by 2024, helping to drastically reduce emissions at the airport. The project, called Pioneer- airPort sustaInability secONd lifE battEry stoRage, has been ...

Oct. 12, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Villara Energy Systems Teams up with Lumin to Provide High Power Battery Backup for Homes

Villara Energy Systems, maker of the high-powered VillaGrid energy storage system, announced this week its partnership with smart panel provider, Lumin. Lumin turns ordinary electrical panels into smart panels, protecting more circuits against power outages without allowing unintentional energy usage to drain batteries prematurely. Villara Energy Systems notes that its VillaGrid is the first home ...

Oct. 11, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Report Calls for 103 Gigawatts of Distributed, Local Solar Power by 2030

The U.S. must deploy a minimum of 103 gigawatts (GW) of distributed, local solar power and 137 GW of distributed energy storage by 2030 to achieve President Biden’s climate and equity goals at the lowest cost. This is one of the core findings of a new report issued this week by Local Solar for All, a broad coalition of local solar advocates, based on analysis from electric grid modeling experts ...

Oct. 11, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Black & Veatch to Design, Build Canada’s First Electric Smart Grid

As the electric industry addresses growing demands for lower carbon footprints and heightened reliability and resilience, a Canadian community is entrusting Black & Veatch to transform its power system into a technology-driven, enhanced smart grid meant to lower consumer costs and slash greenhouse gas emissions. Billed as the first such community-wide utility effort in Canada, the Sault Smart ...

Oct. 8, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

DTE Energy and Local Communities to Build First-of-its-kind Community Solar Project

DTE Energy this week announced the company is moving forward with a plan to build its first MIGreenPower community solar project in Washtenaw County. The 20-megawatt facility will be the largest in the region and is designed to support the City of Ann Arbor and Pittsfield Township with achieving their clean energy goals. Additionally, all DTE Electric customers will have the opportunity to ...

Oct. 5, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

ESS and SB Energy Sign Agreement to Deploy Two Gigawatt-hours of Long-Duration Storage

ESS Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of long-duration batteries, recently announced that it has entered into a framework agreement with SB Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp, to deploy two gigawatt-hours (2 GWh) of ESS batteries through 2026. The agreement demonstrates ESS and SB Energy’s shared commitment and vision of a global shift to renewables and decarbonization of the grid. ...

Oct. 4, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

NBI Releases Code Overlay for Electrification

New Buildings Institute (NBI) wants to help jurisdictions bite off however much electrification they can chew. Recently released model code language offers provisions for requiring all-electric buildings and alternative provisions for requiring electric-ready buildings. Cities and towns can layer whichever version of this “decarbonization overlay” they are ready for on top of the ...

Oct. 4, 2021

By BuildingGreen Inc.

Enphase Energy and Sunpro Solar Expand Partnership to Include Battery Storage

Enphase Energy, Inc., a leading supplier of microinverter-based solar-plus-storage systems, recently (Sept 30) announced that Sunpro Solar, a rooftop solar provider and one of the fastest-growing residential solar-plus-storage service providers in the U.S., will now promote and install Enphase Encharge battery storage systems in addition to Enphase solar systems as its all-in-one home energy ...

Oct. 4, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Centrica completes construction of British Army’s first solar farm

Completed earlier this month and the size of almost eight football pitches, the solar farm is based at The Defence School of Transport (DST), Leconfield, and forms part of the British Army’s £200 million Project Prometheus investment which is designed to see the Army using renewable energy. Built by Centrica Business Solutions, the solar farm is made up of over 4,000 solar panels and ...

Oct. 1, 2021

By Centrica Business Solutions

NYSERDA Announces Nearly $11 Million in Project Awards to Enhance Electric Grid Performance

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) this week announced nearly $11 million in awards to support projects that promote the development of a high performing smart electric grid that integrates a diverse supply of renewable energy resources, enhances overall grid performance and resiliency, and enables customers to reduce their energy costs, consumption, and ...

Sep. 29, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Already nearing extinction, GIBs face a new threat

The Great India Bustard (GIB, Ardeotis nigriceps) is one of the tallest terrestrial birds of India. Among 24 species of bustards found in the world belonging to the Otididae family, the GIB is the third-largest. Adult males are between 1 and 1.2 metres tall. They are brown and white, with black crowns and wing markings. They have long legs and necks. Males are larger than females and can weigh up ...

Sep. 27, 2021

By India Together