Tag: storage
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SunPower offers VPP option for California customers via OhmConnect
SunPower launched a new virtual power plant (VPP) offering for its customers across California via OhmConnect. Homeowners in select locations with solar and SunVault battery storage can connect with OhmConnect directly through the mySunPower app to earn rewards for managing their electricity use during periods of peak demand. SunPower and OhmConnect’s VPP helps homeowners make money……
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Differences between SLA and LiFEPO4 batteries
This piece was contributed by Lawrence Zhou, CEO of Nature’s Generator Batteries are central to the advancement of clean energy, but concise, accurate information about the pros and cons of different battery types can be hard to come by. For that reason, Nature’s Generator put together a quick primer on two of the most significant……
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Maplewell Energy, Urban Electric Power partner on EaaS concept for C&I customers
Virtual power plant developer Maplewell Energy and Urban Electric Power, a manufacturer of zinc batteries, are teaming up on a virtual power plant (VPP) program for commercial and industrial customers. The Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS) model will utilize UEP’s turnkey battery energy storage system and Maplewell’s energy management system (EMS), JANiiT, to provide C&I customers with demand……
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Crown Battery outlines near-zero waste goals for lead-acid batteries
Energy storage demand has nearly tripled since 2020, and supplier Crown Battery projects record growth as the world decarbonizes and stores more renewable energy. “What most battery users don’t see is all the upstream waste – and millions of batteries destined for the garbage dump,” says John Connell, Vice President of Crown Battery’s SLI Products……
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Renewable Properties, Sonoma Clean Power sign PPAs for local solar and storage projects in California
Renewable Properties, a developer and investor in small-scale utility and community solar projects, and Sonoma Clean Power (SCP), a community choice aggregator (CCA), have signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) for two solar projects. One of the projects, located in Ukiah, California, will include energy storage. Both projects will contribute to SCP’s local resource plan for its EverGreen service, which……