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Category: Green Building LEED News

  • ConnectDER patents easier-to-install, DER-focused smart meter

    ConnectDER, a company that enables utilities and homeowners to expand access to distributed energy resources, has received a patent for innovations to their ‘plug and play’ solutions for distributed energy resources (DER’s). The patent is for a reinvention of the standard utility power meter that combines the ubiquitous metering andRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • The Pitch: How carbon improves flooded lead-acid batteries in off-grid solar with Rolls Battery

    On this edition of The Pitch, we look at how applying a carbon additive in traditional flooded lead-acid batteries significantly improves their performance in off-grid solar applications. Here to give us the details is Jeff Myles, marketing manager for Rolls Battery. First we get into the science behind the carbonRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • AutoGrid nets ARPA-E funding to scale its virtual power plant management software

    AutoGrid was awarded $2.25 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to increase the scalability and electric vehicle (EV) management capabilities of its Flex Virtual Power Plant (VPP) platform. The expanded Flex capabilities include scaling real-time co-optimization up to 100,000 assets, and expanding theRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • BoxPower CEO on the growing microgrid market for small businesses

    Made-to-order microgrids are a recognized energy solution for large industrial, government and agricultural facilities. New more agile systems with pre-design and prefabrication are now expanding microgrid applications for small and midsize operations. BoxPower is one brand filling this niche with new integrated microgrid products that offer quick, affordable energy solutionsRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Swell Energy virtual power plant deal with Hawaiian Electric approved by PUC

    The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved Swell Energy‘s $25 million contract with Hawaiian Electric for the delivery of various grid services through an aggregated “virtual power plant” (VPP) on three islands. Swell Energy, a California-based energy and smart grid solutions provider, will deploy behind-the-meter solar-powered home batteries to approximately 6,000Read More — Solar Builder magazine