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Q&A with Power Factors on large-scale battery O&M considerations

Solar Power World

The operations and maintenance (O&M) of a utility-scale solar project is largely obvious — keep solar panels clean, monitor inverter health, maintain the grounds and check tracker mechanisms for wear.

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PG&E’s Latest Energy Storage Procurement Includes Fleet of Behind-the-Meter Batteries

GreenTechMedia

Pacific Gas & Electric is asking state regulators to approve another massive round of energy storage procurements, including its first large-scale contract for behind-the-meter batteries to serve grid needs. gigawatt-hours, of energy storage projects. The 15-year agreement calls for Nexus Renewables U.S.,

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California’s patchwork push to scale up virtual power plants

Canary Media

New rooftop solar systems are worth a lot less than they used to be in California , following the state’s dramatic changes in net-metering policy. Even batteries added to those solar systems to store power when the sun is shining and feed energy back after the sun goes down — a primary goal of the state’s new…

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Boston Solar Introduces SPAN Panel for Solar+Storage Installations

Solar Industry

subsidiary Boston Solar has integrated the SPAN Panel into its suite of home energy management systems. The SPAN Panel offers real-time monitoring and circuit-level control, allowing homeowners to maximize their energy savings. SinglePoint Inc.

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Virtual power plants: the importance of integrating smart-enabled tech with microgeneration

Envirotec Magazine

Jordan Brompton is co-founder of myenergi, a UK designer and manufacturer of renewable energy products. Jordan Brompton explains how developments in smart tech are enabling increasingly eco-conscious consumers to more easily and effectively transition towards off-grid renewable energy.

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Dublin battery system to support the Irish power grid

Smart Energy International

In a bid to support Irish grid stability, Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has opened a major battery plant at its Poolbeg site in Dublin, which will add 75MW/150MWh of fast-acting energy storage. No electricity system can operate without a backup.

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Continuous monitors protect famous rivers

Envirotec Magazine

The ecology of these rivers is therefore extremely important, and a network of 21 continuous water monitoring stations has recently been established for Southern Water, in compliance with its abstraction licence for the Testwood water supply works near Southampton. The instrumentation firm behind it, Meteor Communications, explains.