Ingeteam supplied battery inverters to California energy storage project
The 20 MW/80 MWh grid-connected project is owned and operated by Hecate Energy and was built by Mitsubishi Power.
Sunverge and LG partner on residential virtual power plant project
The project is expected to evaluate time of use and real-time pricing signals, load shaping and shifting, and event-based demand response.
Hydrostor plans 400 MW / 3200 MWh compressed air energy storage
The plant would be able to deliver 400 MW of electricity for 8 hours, and would be comparable in size to some of California’s largest fossil fuel power plants.
Startup Sunday: Haliburton backs flywheel energy storage
Also starting up: Haliburton funds a company capturing and using waste heat from solar panels, and nonprofit Native Renewables connects Navajo and Hopi families with solar power.
Here’s why you need to support California net metering
John Fitzgerald Weaver argues that we need net metering to fully recognize the value of solar power on our homes and businesses.
Watch: Concentrated solar power supports hydrogen fuel production
Bloom Energy produced hydrogen fuel using CSP technology from Heliogen.
Transit agency to install a solar+storage system for EV bus charging
The Los Angeles transit agency will deploy 1.5 MW of rooftop and bus solar canopy paired with a 4.5 MWh energy storage system.
DC Solar owner sentenced to 30 years for Ponzi scheme
In what the Department of Justice described as “the largest criminal fraud scheme in the history of the Eastern District of California,” Jeff Carpoff has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering.
Startup Sunday: Crowdfunding for solar cell power boosting tech
Also starting up: Heliogen is building a test CSP, and EV maker Aptera rolls out the third alpha of its solar equipped vehicle.
SCE to add 2,150 MWh of battery energy storage
The California utility contracted Ameresco to install the battery energy storage systems that are slated to be online next August.
