Tag: energy storage
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Report: Utilities still have a lot of electric vehicle planning to do
Amid rising predictions of the accelerating adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) across the country, a new report from the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) finds that many U.S. utilities are still in the earliest stages of EV programs and activities. Based on a survey of 486 utilities the report, “UtilitiesRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Podcast: How NEXTracker ‘decapitated the duck’ with its new solar-plus-storage tracker design
Being the No. 1 tracker worldwide according to GTM Research, I will assume you’ve heard of NEXTracker and its decentralized tracker design by now. What you may not know about is the company’s giant leap into the storage arena with two solutions — NX Drive, a standardized battery enclosure systemRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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EnSync, J. Walter Cameron Center sell 20-year solar-plus-storage PPA
EnSync announced the sale of a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) it arranged on behalf of J. Walter Cameron Center (JWCC) to an undisclosed investor. The PPA will bring the nonprofit incubator space nearly half a million dollars in savings during the terms of the agreement. EnSync Energy’s project engineersRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Emerging microgrid solution from Go Electric hyped in new reports Navigant Research, IHS Markit
Published in January 2018, Navigant Research’s Advanced Energy Storage for UPS Applications report examines the drivers, barriers and regional trends affecting deployment of distributed energy storage systems with uninterruptible power supply (UPS) services for non-mission critical operations. In its breakdown of the competitive landscape of energy storage vendors providing UPS servicesRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Battery chemistry matters: What to know before installing solar + storage systems
The days when a residential or commercial solar installer did not need to know the difference in performance between lead-acid and lithium-based batteries are over. Battery storage has emerged as an unavoidable complement to solar, slashing peak charges and outwitting utility time-of-use charge games, not to mention saving microgrids fromRead More — Solar Builder magazine