Tag: utility-scale

  • DER power couple: EnSync, Schneider Electric look to advance grid edge market

    EnSync Energy Systems, a developer of distributed energy resource (DER) systems and Internet of Energy (IoE) control platforms for the utility, commercial, industrial and multi-tenant building markets, will be working with Schneider Electric to explore technology and opportunities in the DER market. After reviewing EnSync’s Matrix Energy System, the twoRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Minnesota Power reveals next step in its renewable energy growth strategy

    Minnesota Power, a utility division of ALLETE, is taking the next step in its EnergyForward strategy. If approved by regulators, the resource package coupled with the company’s existing renewable resources will result in renewable resources providing 44 percent of the company’s energy supply by 2025, further reducing carbon emissions whileRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Top 4 takeaways from Q1 2017 Solar Market Insight Report

    Following rapid growth across the industry in 2016, the United States solar market added 2,044 megawatts of new capacity in the first quarter of 2017, according to GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association’s (SEIA) latest U.S. Solar Market Insight Report. Q1 was the sixth straight quarter in which moreRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Younicos delivers MW-scale storage system to Austin Energy

    Younicos has signed an agreement to deliver a megawatt-scale battery storage system to Austin Energy, as part of a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-funded initiative known as the Sustainable and Holistic Integration of Energy Storage and Solar PV (SHINES) project. Younicos will collaborate with the project’s prime contractor, Doosan GridTech,Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • PG&E is dropping the cost for its Solar Choice program, procuring more solar sites

    Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is dropping the cost to participate in its 100 percent solar energy program by 30 percent for residential customers and by nearly 50 percent for some business customers. This significant cost reduction in the company’s Solar Choice program is thanks in part to PG&E’sRead More — Solar Builder magazine