Tag: storage
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Grid saturation lessons from Australia and Hawaii
A number of countries, states, and municipalities have been setting 100% clean energy goals. As the price of renewables keeps dropping, more people and businesses are turning to clean local energy, often in the form of rooftop solar. But in some locations, like Australia and Hawaii, solar adoption has beenRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Costa Rica microgrid project turns on, uses CleanSpark software, Tesla battery system
A microgrid project located on an industrial equipment retail facility in San Jose will be utilizing CleanSpark, Inc.’s mPulse controller to coordinate all aspects of the system and improve overall performance. The microgrid will consist of a 222-kW solar system, and a Tesla 111-kW/223-kWh Powerpack provided by CleanSpark. The system is integratedRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Wasatch Energy Group tabs sonnen for virtual power plants in California apartments
Sonnen and Wasatch Energy Group are deploying a series of residential virtual power plant projects in California. The Wasatch California Virtual power plant fleet 1 and 2 will outfit some 3,000 residential apartment homes with solar generation and Sonnen intelligent battery energy storage. In aggregate, the project is set toRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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OutBack Power, Bay City Electric Works team on storage + generator home resilience offer
Solar energy and battery backup solutions are growing in popularity with the increased frequency of California’s public safety power shutoffs, time-of-use billing, and disaster-related power outages. Turning to solar energy with battery storage gives households and businesses more control over their energy usage and costs. To take this a stepRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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How much battery do you really need?
One of the most common puzzles to a solar installation project with energy storage seems simple, but is quite complex to define: how much battery do we really need? The reason the answer isn’t as straightforward as pointing out a specific product or listing a kilowatt number is that itRead More — Solar Builder magazine