Tag: energy storage
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SEIA urges Congress to add storage to ITC eligibility this year
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), alongside a broad coalition of energy trade and advocacy organizations, filed a letter urging Congress to modify the tax code to include energy storage as an eligible technology for the investment tax credit (ITC). Following is a statement on the effort from SEIA presidentRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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The case for solar as resilience from natural and economic disasters
Resilience is a hot topic in solar industry conversations these days because of how it and other distributed energy strategies can protect critical infrastructure from natural disasters. Resilience can be hard to quantify, but solar industry leaders and regulators should extend the valuation of energy resilience to man-made disasters too,Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Sonnen partners with homebuilder to develop Net-Zero-Plus community in Florida
Sonnen has partnered with Pearl Homes, the U.S. leader in LEED residential development, to bring the vision of solar + storage, home automation and homebuilding to life, resulting in a ‘Net-Zero-Plus and Climate-Positive’ community. The network of homes, dubbed ‘Hunters Point — Pearl Homes Community and Marina,’ is the firstRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Schneider Electric’s Wiser Energy System gives homeowners more insight into energy usage
Schneider Electric announced the second generation of its Wiser Energy System, an integrated monitoring system that gives homeowners more insight into their energy activity and use. Through a new partnership with Sense, whose intelligent home energy technology interprets the power usage and activity of devices in the home, Wiser EnergyRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Bloomberg New Energy Finance significantly increases its behind-the-meter energy storage forecase
Bloomberg NEF says the tumbling cost of batteries is set to drive a boom in the installation of energy storage systems around the world in the years from now to 2040. This has led BNEF to significantly increase its forecast for global deployment of behind-the-meter and grid-scale batteries over comingRead More — Solar Builder magazine