Tag: STEM
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Stem launches AI-driven application to better manage clean energy assets
Stem has introduced its new Athena PowerBidder Pro application to help energy professionals better manage clean energy assets. Asset owners, traders and tolling offtakers can leverage PowerBidder Pro’s AI-driven automated bid optimization workflows as well as its comprehensive suite of advanced real-time monitoring and control features to break open the ‘black box’ of merchant battery……
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Solar and storage reduce GHGs differently — here’s how policy can address that
In my last article (“Solar is Hardware, Storage is Software”), I addressed how solar and storage, while very complementary, are also very different resources, and that getting the most value from storage will require policies unlike those that drove solar’s remarkable growth. In this piece, I’ll drill deeper into whatRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar is hardware, storage is software — why solar + storage requires a policy paradigm shift
In the space of a few weeks last summer, climate-driven extreme weather compromised the U.S. electricity grid on both coasts. Hurricane Isaias brought power outages to millions in the Northeast while California, amid record heat and wildfires, experienced its first rolling blackouts in almost two decades. Both events were starkRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Load Profiles: How different storage systems, microgrid controllers fit specific C&I sites
This section originally appeared in the Summer 2020 issue of Solar Builder. Subscribe today (print or digital) for free right here. Church Load profile: This church in Bakersfield, Calif., is actually multiple facilities. It has two sanctuaries, a gymnasium, offices and classrooms. While certain small areas are occupied intermittently duringRead More — Solar Builder magazine