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October 2020
Financing Resilient Power in Underserved Communities: Moving Forward with Distributed Solar+Storage Projects
Resilient solar+storage projects are increasingly being pursued in low- and moderate-income communities in response to a combination of falling costs, new revenue opportunities and incentive programs, and innovative financing solutions. This webinar will explore the economics of distributed solar+storage projects, characteristics of current projects, financing solutions, incentives, and technical assistance resources.
Find out more »Nantucket Island Energy Storage: Batteries for Reducing Peak and Deferring Infrastructure Investment
Speakers from PNNL, National Grid, and DOE will discuss Nantucket's new battery energy storage system.
Find out more »September 2020
An Introduction to Virtual Power Plants
This webinarcovered the basics of what a virtual power plant is and how it can create value for both utilities and customers, with examples from real-world programs.
Find out more »Developing non-Lithium Ion Energy Storage Technologies to Support California’s Clean Energy Goals
Join us for a one-hour webinar with the California Energy Commission (CEC) to learn more about its "beyond batteries" solicitations.
Find out more »Innovative Pathways to Developing Solar+Storage in Low-Income Communities: Norfolk Solar’s Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund
This webinar, presented by Clean Energy Group, showcased Norfolk Solar and the Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) Fund formed to advance renewable energy generation, storage, and racial equity in low-income communities in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia.
Find out more »August 2020
State Leadership in Clean Energy: SMUD’s Energy StorageShares Program
This webinar will showcase two new energy storage programs being pioneered by Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD).
Find out more »May 2020
Replacing New York City’s Dirty Peaker Power Plants with Renewables and Battery Storage
In this webinar, members of the PEAK Coalition detailed the finding of their new report, "Dirty Energy, Big Money," which exposes the environmental and economic harms that peaker power plants are inflicting on communities in New York City, and introduced measures the organizations are taking to replace peakers with renewables and battery storage.
Find out more »December 2019
SMUD’s Carbon-Reduction Strategies: Smart Homes, Strategic Electrification, and Energy Storage
This webinar is a follow-on to CESA's ESTAP webinars on energy storage projects and implementation at municipal utilities. Join us on this one-hour webinar with Rachel Huang, SMUD’s Director of Energy Strategy, Research & Development, to learn more about SMUD's strategic electrification, storage, and carbon reduction efforts.
Find out more »November 2019
Energy Storage 101, Part 3: Applications and Economics
This ESTAP webinar will cover energy storage applications and economics. Numerous opportunities for revenue and cost savings have been identified for energy storage on both sides of the meter, including frequency regulation, demand charge management, arbitrage, ancillary services, T&D deferral and others.
Find out more »QuEST: Optimizing Energy Storage Tool
This ESTAP webinar provides an introduction to QuEST, an open-source software application suite for energy storage valuation. QuEST was developed by Sandia National Laboratories as a free, public tool to assist in energy storage valuation for various use cases.
Find out more »October 2019
Replacing Power Plants with Low-Income Residential Solar+Storage
In this webinar, East Bay Community Energy and Sunrun will share details of a new project in California that will deploy solar and battery storage systems in low-income single-family and multifamily homes to offset the need for reliance on fossil-fuel powered peaker plants.
Find out more »FERC 841 Compliance Update
In this webinar, guest speakers from the Energy Storage Association and Wood Mackenzie Power and Renewables discussed FERC 841 compliance progress among the nation’s ISOs and RTOs. FERC Order 841 requires that these independent grid operators update market rules and regulations to allow energy storage to participate in wholesale energy and energy services markets, taking into account its unique operational characteristics.
Find out more »August 2019
New York’s Energy Storage Roadmap and Other Initiatives
In this webinar, guest speakers from NYSERDA discussed New York’s Energy Storage Roadmap to 1,500MW by 2025 and other energy storage policies and programs, including a new bridge incentive, soft cost reductions, and procurement targets.
Find out more »July 2019
Maycroft Apartments: A Low-Income Solar+Storage Resiliency Center in DC
In April 2019, Maycroft Apartments became the first resiliency center in the District of Columbia fully powered by solar+storage. This webinar will feature presentations by the project’s nonprofit developer, New Partners Community Solar, and energy consultant, Amidus Consulting.
Find out more »June 2019
NARUC CPI Webinar: Energy Efficiency and Emerging Technology: How State Programs Can Drive Innovation and Deliver Benefits
This moderated discussion will explore how state energy efficiency programs can be used to advance emerging technologies like energy storage while delivering benefits to ratepayers and the grid. CEG Project Director Todd Olinsky-Paul will present.
Find out more »May 2019
The Economic Case for Resilient Solar+Storage in the Southeast
Solar+storage technologies that provide clean, reliable backup power are cost-effective for many critical community facilities in the Southeast, according to Clean Energy Group’s “Resilient Southeast” report series. The report series details a first-of-its-kind economic analysis and landscape review for solar+storage in the region.
Find out more »April 2019
Energy Storage in State Energy Efficiency Plans: Lessons from Massachusetts
This webinar introduced a new report by Clean Energy Group that examines the cost-benefit calculation for battery storage, presents new values for non-energy benefits of storage, discusses program design elements of storage incentives, and critiques the Massachusetts plan.
Find out more »February 2019
State of the U.S. Energy Storage Industry: 2018 Year in Review
The U.S. energy storage market experienced substantial growth in 2018. In this webinar, Dan Finn-Foley from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables shared insights related to recent developments in the U.S. energy storage market, including deployment trends, policy updates, and market outlook.
Find out more »Designing Solar+Storage to Power Critical Loads: An Introduction to New Resilient Power Features in NREL’s REopt Lite Tool
NREL has added important new features to its free solar+storage (and now +wind) online optimization tool, REopt Lite, that will help building owners, energy managers, and emergency planners assess a building’s technology needs to power essential services with onsite resources during grid disruptions.
Find out more »ACEEE Webinar: Emerging Opportunities in Commercial Buildings
In this ACEEE webinar, Clean Energy Group Project Director Todd Olinsky-Paul gave a preview of findings from a forthcoming CEG report analyzing the cost-effectiveness of energy storage, associated non-energy benefits, and the role for energy storage in efficiency programs.
Find out more »December 2018
Oregon’s New Energy Storage Project for Resiliency and Cost Savings
A new energy storage project in Eugene, Oregon will provide backup power for emergency services, as well as cost savings and electricity services to the municipal utility (Eugene Water and Electric Board). This webinar summarized the project and explored technical and economic issues that have arisen during development.
Find out more »November 2018
Energy Storage in the Clean Peak Standard
Clean Peak Standards (CPS) are being implemented or considered by several states as a way to focus renewable generation at peak demand hours. Energy storage is expected to play a major role in these efforts. Navigant's Ed Burgess presented.
Find out more »October 2018
Yale CBEY Webinar: Clean Energy Access in Post-Maria Puerto Rico
The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is hosting an upcoming webinar on “Clean Energy Access in Post-Maria Puerto Rico.” Speakers will discuss the critical issues facing Puerto Rico as it works to build its energy grid. CEG VP Seth Mullendore will present.
Find out more »Supporting Housing and Mobility with Resilient Power in Boulder
Over the past two years, the City of Boulder, Colorado has been collaborating with stakeholders to strengthen the resilience of community facilities through deployment of solar and battery storage technologies. These innovative projects support critical operations at the City’s public housing authority headquarters, Boulder Housing Partners (BHP), and at the leading nonprofit mobility service provider in the Boulder area, Via Mobility Services.
Find out more »August 2018
Building Markets: Energy Storage in Massachusetts and Offshore Wind in Rhode Island
This webinar highlighted two winning programs from CESA’s 2018 State Leadership in Clean Energy Awards: Massachusetts’ Advancing Commonwealth Energy Storage (ACES) Program, and Rhode Island’s Block Island Offshore Wind Farm.
Find out more »July 2018
Simplifying Resilient Power Design with REopt Lite: A Look at New Features Added to NREL’s Solar+Storage Tool
With the latest updates to NREL's solar+storage optimization tool, REopt Lite, building owners and energy managers can now easily compare the costs and benefits of solar+storage systems designed to meet resiliency goals. Nick Laws, an engineer in energy systems modeling at NREL, was on-hand to answer questions about REopt Lite and help explain the new features.
Find out more »Replacing Peaker Plants with Battery Storage
This webinar presented the case for battery storage, both standalone and paired with renewables, as an increasingly viable alternative to traditional fossil-fuel peaker plants. Guest speakers from Physicians, Scientists, and Engineers for Healthy Energy and the Central Coast Alliance for a Sustainable Economy presented.
Find out more »June 2018
Resilient Power in Practice: Lessons Learned from the Field
Guest speakers from American Microgrid Solutions and muGrid Analytics explained how a project can be modeled and developed and shared some of their experiences and a few practical lessons learned from working with resilient power technologies the field.
Find out more »April 2016
Energy Storage Market Updates and Focus on Modeling for System Design
Guest speakers from Customized Energy Solutions will give a short update on energy storage markets, and then will cover the importance of modeling in developing a project and of having plant operational capabilities. This webinar is hosted by the Clean Energy States Alliance’s Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP).
Find out more »State of the U.S. Energy Storage Industry: 2015 Year in Review
Clean Energy States Alliance’s Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP) will host a webinar to review the US energy storage industry in 2015. Ravi Manghani and Brett Simon from GTM Research will present.
Find out more »CEFAC Webinar: Understanding Financing For Energy Storage
The Clean Energy Financing Advisory Council - California (CEFAC) is hosting a forum to explore the financing market for advanced energy storage technologies. Clean Energy Group Senior Finance Director Rob Sanders will be presenting.
Find out more »March 2016
Flow Batteries: New Efforts in R&D
This webinar, presented by CESA's Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP), features a presentation by PNNL's Wei Wang for a discussion on the latest advancements in flow battery technology; recent efforts to demonstrate the multiple benefits flow battery systems can provide; and the path forward for lower cost systems.
Find out more »February 2016
Optimizing Energy Storage Sizing, Location and Operation: Current R&D Efforts at Sandia National Laboratories
This webinar, presented by CESA's Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP), features a presentation on modeling software that can help developers optimize energy storage size and location. Panelists include Dr. César Silva-Monroy, Dr. Raymond Byrne, and Dan Borneo from Sandia National Laboratories.
Find out more »New Jersey Energy Storage Rebate Program
This webinar, presented by the Clean Energy States Alliance’s Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP), features an overview of the New Jersey Energy Storage Program. A guest speaker from the NJ BPU discussed program rules and requirements.
Find out more »November 2013
California’s Energy Storage Mandate
Clean Energy States Alliance hosted a webinar for its members, the State-Federal RPS Collaborative, and the Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP) on the recent energy storage ruling in California.
Find out more »Duke Energy’s Energy Storage Projects
This webinar, presented by the Clean Energy States Alliance’s Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP), featured Dan Sowder, P.E. and Dr. Zak Kuznar, PhD, senior project managers from the Duke Energy Emerging Technology Office.
Find out more »September 2013
Optimizing the Benefits of a PV with Battery Storage System
Clean Energy States Alliance and its Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP) hosted a webinar on the PNM’s Prosperity Energy Storage Project. Guest speakers included Steve Willard from PNM Resources, Dan Borneo from Sandia National Laboratory, and Dr. Imre Gyuk from the US DOE.
Find out more »June 2013
An Overview of the Electricity Storage Handbook
This webinar, hosted by the Clean Energy States Alliance’s Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP), features a presentation on the Electricity Storage Handbook. The Handbook, authored by Sandia National Laboratories for the US DOE, is a how-to guide for utility and rural cooperative engineers, planners, and decision makers to plan and implement electricity storage projects.
Find out more »April 2013
An Introduction to the Energy Storage Report for State Utility Regulators
Clean Energy States Alliance, Sandia National Laboratories and the U.S. Department of Energy hosted a webinar to overview a report, titled “Evaluating Utility Procured Electric Energy Storage Resources: A Perspective for State Electric Utility Regulators."
Find out more »March 2013
East Penn and Ecoult Battery Installation Case Study
This webinar, presented by CESA’s Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP), features guest speaker John Wood, CEO, Ecoult Energy Storage Solutions.
Find out more »Briefing on Sandia’s Maui Energy Storage Study
This webinar, hosted by CESA’s Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP), features a presentation by Sandia National Laboratories on the Maui Electric Company Storage Evaluation Project. Guest speakers were Jim Ellison, Dhruv Bhatnager, and Ben Karlson.
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