Storage news: Industry seeks utility cost transparency

Exelon Readies Super Microgrid Controller that Allows Microgrids to ‘Talk’ to Each Other

Elisa Wood

July 11, 2016 | Post Your Comment

Exelon is becoming known for its emphasis on the public purpose microgrid. Less well known, but possibly more significant, is early work the utility giant has underway that could lead to a ‘grid of microgrids.’ Full Article

Battery and Biofuel Research Energized by New State-of-the Art Facility Down Under

Niall Byrne

July 13, 2016 | Post Your Comment

Professor Thomas Maschmeyer is the Director of the Australian Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology (AINST) and an experimental chemist. Full Article

Black & Veatch, Schneider Electric to Build Microgrid at Marine Corps Air Station in California

Renewable Energy World Editors

July 13, 2016 | Post Your Comment

Black & Veatch on July 5 said that it has formed a joint venture with Schneider Electric USA for the design and construct of an energy security microgrid at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar in San Diego. Full Article

Transparent Utility Costs Key To Solar and Storage Growth

Jennifer Runyon

July 12, 2016 | Post Your Comment

According to Lynn Jurich, one of the co-founders of SunRun and a speaker during Intersolar’s opening ceremony on Monday night, the notion that solar customers are increasing costs for other ratepayers is false. “It’s a total red herring,” she said. Full Article

How Economics Finally Brought Community Solar to IREA

Joseph McCabe

July 12, 2016 | Post Your Comment

My uber-conservative utility, Intermountain Rural Electric Association (IREA) has been against solar since before I moved into the service territory in 2007. Full Article

Unpacking the Home Battery Value Proposition

Anna Gretz

July 11, 2016 | Post Your Comment

In recent years, solar has seen an unprecedented rise in installations, both on a large and small scale. Energy storage, however, hasn’t quite kept pace Full Article

Utility Renewables Rise, But Fail To Lift All Boats; State Policies Play A Big Role

Andrew Rector

July 11, 2016 | Post Your Comment

This just in: Americans are getting more and more of their electricity from renewable sources. Okay, so maybe that isn’t exactly “news” if you follow the sector, but it’s important to underline from time to time regardless. Full Article

Clean Coalition’s Community Microgrids - Episode 29 of Local Energy Rules Podcast

John Farrell

Juyl 11, 2016 | Post Your Comment

Most microgrids today are single buildings that rely on diesel generators to run when the grid is out. They’re simple backup, redundant power. Full Article

Do You and Your Energy Storage Investment Have Good Chemistry? Part 3

Ron Van Dell

July 13, 2016 | Post Your Comment

In this series on energy storage, we have been looking at the important factors that consumers must understand when considering various energy storage technologies and the return on their investment. Full Article