Solar-centric and storage-centric approaches to DC coupling PV and batteries
Alencon’s new white paper outlines the differences between PV-centric and battery-centric coupling.
Think we can’t place a value on resilience? Think again
A new critical load tiering approach solves the elusive value-of-resilience challenge and facilitates the proliferation of solar-driven microgrids.
EnerVenue looks to shake up the battery market with metal hydrogen technology
The company launched today with $12 million in seed funding, boasting advantages over lithium-ion in performance, price, operability in extreme weather and decades of use in the aerospace industry.
Morning Brief: What the heroin industry can teach us about solar power, plus Illinois community solar
Also in the brief: Joe Biden’s $2 trillion plan, APS details cause of battery fire and explosion
The U.S. installed more microgrids in 2019 than ever before
While then vast majority of microgrid projects are still for distributed fossil generation, the share of renewable microgrids is rising, driven by high-volume adopters, like The Red Cross.
Morning Brief: 294 MW Muscle Shoals solar project sold to Ørsted
Also in the brief: American solar supplier Aptos Solar added to Loanpal’s approved list, second life EV batteries for use in a microgrid, Maxeon upsizes convertible note offering
Solar and storage venture capital and finance roundup
Plus a bunch of investments in carbon capture.
Energy investment roundup: $50M for drinking water from solar-powered ‘hydropanels’
Also African microgrids, $200 million for solid-state batteries, $20 million for utility field safety, billions for infrastructure, and millions for deep tech.
Sustaining the future of indoor vertical farming with microgrids
Schneider Electric’s Don Wingate discusses how microgrids can help the indoor vertical farming movement realize its full potential.
Morning Brief: FERC denies MOPR review, Tesla’s longest-range Model S now goes 402 miles
Also in the brief: Community solar for Covid recovery, flaring wasted $750 million of natural gas, and coal’s descent.
