Tag: energy storage

  • Report: U.S. Energy storage deployments up 127% in 2016

    According to GTM Research and ESA’s latest U.S. Energy Storage Monitor, the U.S. deployed 18.3 MW (21.2 MWh) of energy storage in the first quarter of 2016. Deployments were up 127 percent year-over-year, but down 84 percent from the historic fourth quarter of 2015. The first quarter continued the trend ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SimpliPhi Power makes big push into Australian solar, storage market

    Ojai, Calif.-based SimpliPhi Power continues to gain traction in the Australian market with its cobalt-free lithium-ion storage solutions now incorporated as part of GSES (Global Sustainable Energy Solutions Pty Ltd) training courses. GSES is a renewable energy engineering, training and consultancy and has recently launched the grid-connect PV with batteryRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Report: Storage can reduce multifamily housing solar project payback by three years

      A new report demonstrates how battery storage combined with solar systems would lead to significant electric bill savings for both property owners and residents of multifamily affordable rental housing in California. The report is Closing the California Clean Energy Divide, and the findings are particularly important given the recently enactedRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • NYPA partners with state university on PV, battery storage project

    The New York Power Authority and the State University of New York at New Paltz announced are partnering to build a cutting-edge, solar energy storage system on campus that will offset the school’s reliance on the grid. The system will provide solar generation and employ a hybrid power converter and backup generatorRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SimpliPhi Power wins another award for its High-Output Battery

    SimpliPhi Power was named the winner of a Gold Stevie Award in the Energy Industry Innovation of the Year category for The 14th Annual American Business Awards. SimpliPhi’s new High-Output Battery was recognized by the Stevie Award committee along with the company’s evolution beyond the entertainment industry, leveraging its proprietaryRead More — Solar Builder magazine