Press Releases

SMA announced two new power classes for its utility-scale storage product portfolio. Now available, the Sunny Central Storage 2750-EV-US for 1,500 V projects has achieved UL 62109 listing, and the Sunny Central Storage 2475-US for 1,000 V projects has achieved UL 1741 listing. Other products in the line-up, including the Sunny Central Storage 2200-US and […]

GRID Alternatives, a national leader in making clean, affordable solar power and solar jobs accessible to low-income communities and communities of color, announced today a $500,000 grant from Bank of America Charitable Foundation to support its SolarCorps Fellowship Program. This national grant builds on the bank’s past support for GRID in locations in California and […]

Schneider Electric Solar has extended its Conext SmartGen inverter power ratings for greater flexibility and optimization of both small and large utility power plants. For large scale power plants, the CS2200 is now available and is optimized for 4.4 MW stations using two inverters. To expand the power ratings for smaller power plants in North […]

JLM Energy has installed and commissioned more than a dozen residential Phazr MicroStorage plus solar projects in locations throughout the greater Phoenix metropolitan area in both Salt River Project (SRP) and Arizona Public Service (APS) territories. In SRP territory, customers can avoid peak demand charges by using energy storage to shave peaks when demand spikes. […]

Green Charge, an ENGIE Company, today announced that iFLY Indoor Skydiving, the world’s largest indoor skydiving company, will install two megawatt hours of energy storage at its San Diego and Ontario facilities in southern California. The 500 kW/1000 KWh systems will be used to reduce demand charges by nearly $1.5 million dollars over the term […]

Younicos has completed the installation and commissioning of an upgraded 3 MW battery-based energy storage system on Kodiak Island, Alaska. The company replaced previously deployed lead-acid systems with advanced lithium-ion batteries, significantly extending the resource’s operational lifetime and enhancing performance and reliability. Darron Scott, President/CEO of Kodiak Electric Association (KEA), commented, “Younicos is a forward-thinking […]

Utah-based Solar company, Solstice Energy, has announced its expansion into the Nevada Solar market with a new office opening in North Las Vegas on November 28, 2017. Solstice Energy is a subsidiary of Solstice Homes, an award-winning Utah developer. Since 2001 Solstice has been developing communities, building solar homes, and installing PV solar solutions with […]

Sunrun Inc. (Nasdaq:RUN), the largest dedicated residential solar, storage and energy services company in the United States, is pleased to announce it has expanded its management team to meet the needs of its growing customers. Evelyn Huang, an expert in customer experience, product and design strategy, has joined Sunrun as Chief Customer Experience Officer. Huang will report […]

Silver Star Apartments is the first Zero Net Energy multifamily affordable housing development in Los Angeles. Promise Energy designed and installed a Solar Photovoltaic system that covers both roofs on the project, and even incorporates vertical solar facades as a unique design element, visible from the project’s courtyard. The 49-unit building in south Los Angeles, […]

Solect Energy, Massachusetts’ leading commercial-scale developer of solar energy systems with over 400 installed projects, announced today that it is launching an energy storage division. In launching the new division, Solect has signed an agreement with NEC Energy Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, to sell NEC’s DSS® (Distributed Storage Solution) product line for […]