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How to value solar plus storage

GreenBiz

The crisis has turbocharged interest in systems that deliver power even when the grid is down. Solar plus storage is fast emerging as a top choice, both at scale on the grid and also "behind the meter," installed in a home, apartment or commercial building. . It’s no secret that the cost of solar energy has plummeted.

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Sunrun Taps AutoGrid to Optimize Grid Services for its Growing Fleets of Home Batteries

GreenTechMedia

Sunrun is landing contract after contract to put solar-charged residential batteries to work serving grid needs. On Thursday, it picked Silicon Valley energy management software startup AutoGrid to help it optimize this growing fleet. “You really need the power of big data and machine learning to do this in a scalable manner.”

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Duke Energy’s SC Net-Metering Replacement Won a Crucial Ally: Rooftop Solar Companies

GreenTechMedia

Few grid policy battles have been fought as bitterly as those surrounding replacements for net-metering, which determines how much rooftop solar customers get paid for power they export to the grid. Utility Duke Energy tossed out the conventional playbook when proposing a net-metering successor for its South Carolina territory.

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What Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Gets Wrong About Heat Pumps

DeSmogBlog

A major cold snap led to record electricity usage in the Canadian province of Alberta over the weekend, culminating in demands from provincial utilities to limit consumption. The extreme cold and record-setting electrical consumption has reignited local debates about whether heat pumps are a viable option in the province.

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Kaluza – The intelligent energy platform

Smart Energy International

UK energy software platform Kaluza is enabling energy retailers to operate more efficiently and at lower costs while empowering end customers with easy-to-use digital experiences that help decarbonise the grid. This feature article was originally published in The Global Power & Energy Elites 2022.

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Interview – Celsius Energy and decarbonizing buildings using shallow geothermal systems

ThinkGeoEnergy

Heating and cooling buildings accounts for about a third of the final energy consumption globally and 30% of energy-related CO 2 emissions. With global temperatures rising, the need for cooling is expected to increase dramatically in the next few years. Heating and cooling buildings is 80% of that energy used.

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The ‘why’ and ‘how’ of carbon capture technology for buildings

Envirotec Magazine

The Power-to-X unit being demonstrated. Soletair Power (Finland) has developed a seemingly unique solution for extracting carbon dioxide (CO2) from building ventilation systems to help achieve carbon net zero and even carbon negative building projects.