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Behind-the-Meter Battery Pioneer Stem to Take SPAC Route to Public Markets

GreenTechMedia

Stem, the decade-old behind-the-meter battery startup that was seeking a buyer earlier this year to bolster its growth ambitions, is now launching a plan to go public via a special-purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC) reverse merger. Friday’s announcement names Star Peak Energy Transition Corp. and abroad.

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What If Homeowners Could Just Buy Batteries and Plug Them In?

GreenTechMedia

Home battery storage has grown precipitously in recent years, but it still doesn’t match the scale and accessibility of a home appliance. Orison has been trying to change that since 2013. commercial launch is expected by year’s end, pending UL safety certification of the product model geared for the American grid.

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NuScale’s Federal Safety Approval Moves US Modular Nuclear Reactors a Step Closer to Reality

GreenTechMedia

Small-scale modular nuclear reactors have gone from being a technology that’s always a decade away from being built to one that may actually enter into commercial production in the next decade. That’s a critical step for the Portland, Oregon-based company’s plans to build its first commercial systems.

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Phone Firms Pile into Spain’s Renewable Energy Market

GreenTechMedia

Spain’s booming renewable energy market is attracting the attention of an unlikely retail segment: mobile phone companies. Phone firms including national leader Telefónica are jostling to offer clean energy alongside more traditional products such as broadband connections. A boom brought on by the end of the sun tax.

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EnergyHub and SMA Make Cross-DER Aggregation a Reality for Utilities

GreenTechMedia

They could also be a key interconnection point for behind-the-meter batteries, smart thermostats and appliances, plug-in electric vehicles, and other distributed energy resources. In fact, its work with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has informed utility smart inverter pilots across the country.

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One More Time, With Feeling: GE’s Latest Approach to Energy Storage

GreenTechMedia

Century-old electric technology company GE kicked off 2019 with yet another reorg. The workhorse Power division was split up, to start. Meanwhile, an expanded Renewable Energy division materialized with some 40,000 employees and billions of dollars in revenue. Doubling down on inverters.

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V2G’s value proposition for the UK energy transition

Smart Energy International

The increasing prevalence of issues surrounding renewables integration and energy management illustrates how solutions like V2G are required to maintain the stability and efficacy of our energy supply. Resilience V2G allows for consumers to secure a backup power source in the case of an emergency. Enhanced battery management.