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  • Solect Energy launches commercial energy storage division

    Solect Energy, one of Massachusetts’ top commercial-scale solar developers with over 400 installed projects, is now launching an energy storage division. In launching the new division, Solect has signed an agreement with NEC Energy Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, to sell NEC’s DSS (Distributed Storage Solution) product lineRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Altus Power America is investing $150 million in large-scale solar projects

    Altus Power America has increased its investment capital by $150 million and is earmarking it for investments in larger commercial, community and small utility scale solar projects. These types of projects offer lower yields since their cash flow and off-taker profile is typically lower risk than many distributed generation C&IRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Close the Gap: How to revive lagging large-scale PV project performance

    A completed PV project is like a splashy free agent sports signing. Everyone is all pumped up at the ribbon cutting or press conference, but if it underperforms and misses expectations, that goodwill is gone. Live up to that contract or get booed. In a world where new utility-scale projectsRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Arizona Public Services territory sees a bunch of Phazr MicroStorage installs to shave peak demand charges

    JLM Energy has installed and commissioned more than a dozen residential Phazr MicroStorage plus solar projects in locations throughout the greater Phoenix metropolitan area in both Salt River Project (SRP) and Arizona Public Service (APS) territories. In SRP territory, customers can avoid peak demand charges by using energy storage toRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SMA’s utility-scale storage inverters now all UL-listed

    SMA just announced two new power classes for its utility-scale storage product portfolio. Now available, the Sunny Central Storage 2750-EV-US for 1,500 V projects has achieved UL 62109 listing, and the Sunny Central Storage 2475-US for 1,000 V projects has achieved UL 1741 listing. Other products in the line-up, includingRead More — Solar Builder magazine