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The Solar+Storage Innovation You Didn’t Hear About
There’s so much going on in the world of resilient power right now, it’s hard to keep up…
Read MoreOffshore Wind Targets: the Missing Carrot?
Offshore wind advocates and industry were dealt a discouraging setback when news of Cape Wind’s terminated utility contracts hit the press.
Read MoreOregon is Poised to Fund Energy Storage
In May, the Oregon Department of Energy announced its upcoming solicitation for an energy storage demonstration project.
Read MoreEnergy Storage Comes of Age in New York
This month, NYSERDA announced $450,525,000 in new funding for commercial/industrial scale solar PV systems between 200 kW and 2 MW capacity.
Read MoreEnergy Storage May Already Make Sense for Many Commercial Customers
In the wake of Tesla’s recently announced entrance into the stationary energy storage market, there has been a wave of analysis of what this might mean for residential and commercial utility customers.
Read MoreSupreme Court to Decide on Demand Response
This week, the US Supreme Court agreed to review a ruling by a lower court holding that FERC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, has no jurisdiction to regulate demand response markets run by ISOs and RTOs.
Read MoreTesla Energy—Will the Markets for Solar and Storage Include Everyone in Need?
Elon Musk’s Tesla Energy announcement to sell an affordable, reliable battery system for solar energy storage in homes and businesses is more important than all the hyped press even suggests.
Read MoreNew Jersey Leverages Markets to Support Resilient Solar+Storage Deployment
The results of New Jersey’s Renewable Electric Storage Competitive Solicitation are in, and they are impressive.
Read MoreSolar+Storage in Schools: The No-Brainer Solution for Clean, Resilient Shelters
Ever notice an obvious solution to a problem that nobody else seems to have picked up on? That’s what happened in Florida in 2012 when the Florida Solar Energy Center, working closely with the state energy office, began a program to equip public schools designated as community hurricane shelters with resilient solar+storage systems.
Read MoreResilient Cell Towers: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
When considering critical infrastructure for resilient power solutions, states and cities often tend to focus on the usual suspects: public shelters, medical facilities, transportation hubs, fueling stations, first responders, emergency management facilities.
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