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Tag: energy storage

  • Case study: New solar, storage-powered air conditioning unit installed in Hawaii school

    Students at Hawaii’s Waialua High and Intermediate, on the island of O’ahu, are returning to school this year to solar PV and energy storage-powered air conditioned classrooms from project partners SimpliPhi Power, Ameresco Solar and Haleakala Solar. As part of the statewide Heat Abatement Program, schools in Hawaii can receiveRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • RGS Energy now offering Sonnen battery storage options

    RGS Energy and Sonnen, Inc., say they are immediately offering U.S. manufactured battery storage options to U.S. residential solar customers. “We believe battery storage provides great value for our residential solar customers,” said Chris Gorski, RGS Energy’s director of Special Projects. “We chose Sonnen because of the safety, stability andRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • New IQ energy storage system from ElectrIQ earns UL 9540 listing (highest for storage safety)

    ElectrIQ Power is introducing a new home energy management system to handle solar + storage that is now UL and CSA certified and meets National Electrical Code (NEC) 2017 listing requirements for residential and commercial use. IQ System components include a UL 1741/C22.2 #107.1, NEC 2017 solar substring optimizers, 8-kWRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Report: Energy storage would benefit more than 5 million commercial customers

    The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Clean Energy Group (CEG) have released the first comprehensive public analysis detailing the potential size of the commercial behind-the-meter battery storage market in the United States. NREL analyzed over 10,000 utility tariffs in 48 states, finding that more thanRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • EnSync shares insight on Hawaii solar + storage market

    The Hawaii solar +storage market is its own unique beast. Hawaiian Electric Company, the state’s energy utility, faces many modern grid challenges. It has the largest proportion of renewable and distributed energy out of any other utility in the country. In 2016, 26 percent of customer’s electricity demand came from renewableRead More — Solar Builder magazine