Toronto area businesses to engage in 77MW distributed energy aggregation
A pilot managed by Enel X will supply the Ontario grid with demand response loads aggregated from 14 distributed sites. The project is expected to ease peak demand on the grid and supply the businesses with energy savings and additional revenue streams.
Evolving requirements in the solar + storage industry
Does it seem like every month there are new or changing requirements for products in the solar and storage industry? How is it possible to make sense of all the changes? This series will consider requirements used for the certification of grid support utility-interactive inverters and how they have and continue to evolve. This article will focus is on grid support utility-interactive PV inverters, regardless of the primary power source. Some of the standards discussed cover more product categories than solely grid support utility-interactive inverters. The rapid growth of the PV and storage industry has been the main driver for the updates covered.
People on the Move: CleanCapital, Lumio, Factorial Energy, and more
Job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities, and energy transition finance.
US grid-scale energy storage usage profiles, innovation, and growth outlook
The Energy Information Administration profiled grid-scale energy storage, finding that a demand for different grid services creates demand for a variety of storage duration capabilities.
Anticircumvention investigation: An industry reacts
The decision has shaken the clean energy world, and many of the solar energy industry’s thought leaders have chimed in with their perspective on the decision and its ramifications.
BREAKING: Dept. of Commerce to move forward with solar anticircumvention investigation
The announcement of the investigation brings the US solar industry ever closer to what has been described as a worst-case scenario for the companies that supply 80% of the country’s solar cell imports, with no domestic manufacturing to alleviate the pressure.
SunPower launches whole-home backup solution
The company has expanded the battery capacity options for its SunVault Storage product, up to 26 kWh and 52 kWh configurations.
Solar starts strong, growing 40% year over year in January
US solar generation reached new heights despite a year of challenges. Plus, pv magazine discusses “renewable” vs. “sustainable.”
KORE Power Acquires Northern Reliability
The move will allow KORE to launch KORE Solutions, a full-service storage integrator that will operate as a division of the US-based battery manufacturer.
New York hits 1GW of community solar
The state has become the nation’s largest and most active community solar market, with a pipeline boasting more than 700 potential community solar installations.
