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As Residential Solar Deployments Fell, the US Home Battery Market Powered On

GreenTechMedia

economy into free fall this spring, the energy storage industry delivered its second-best quarter ever in terms of megawatts installed. Despite social-distancing orders, more customers than ever before added batteries in their homes to store solar power and provide backup power amid hurricanes, wildfires and other types of grid outages.

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A Home Buyer’s Guide to Green Homes

The Environmental Blog

If you’re in the market for a new home and conscious of being environmentally friendly, you may consider looking specifically for a green home. Green homes are designed to be sustainable through their energy usage, building materials, or both. But how do you know whether a home is considered to be green?

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Trends for Sustainable Home Improvement in 2024

Mosaic

Despite the headwinds of 2023, the US solar industry is expected to have grown 55% compared to 2022, amounting to nearly 33 GWdc of capacity. It was the nation's largest year of installed solar capacity. Energy efficient heating and cooling improvements are gaining in awareness and popularity. Additionally, 3.2 Additionally, 3.2

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Hawaii Will Power Its Clean Grid with 6,000 Home Batteries Installed by Swell Energy

GreenTechMedia

Hawaii's largest utility enlisted a new tool in its quest for a carbon-free electricity system: thousands of batteries installed in people's homes. Hawaiian Electric won regulator approval for a $25 million plan to harness solar and batteries at 6,000 homes across the islands of Hawaii, Maui and Oahu.

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Why smart grids are essential to meeting the UK’s housing needs

Smart Energy International

While the Future Homes Standard (FHS) is a welcome roadmap for the future of decarbonised homes, explains Dan Nicholls of SNRG Group, it will not be realised without accompanying policy measures, which encourage the uptake of enablers like smart grids. Have you read: 34.8

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Arrow Canyon Solar+Storage Project Celebrates Completion

Solar Industry

EDF Renewables North America, along with NV Energy, McCarthy Building Companies and the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians, has celebrated the completion of the Arrow Canyon Solar+Storage Project. During construction, over 450 jobs were created, with 10% of them filled with Tribal members.

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US Residential Storage Shines in First Quarter, Nabs Fourth Consecutive Record

GreenTechMedia

Residential batteries outperformed the rest of the energy storage sector in first quarter deployments. The first quarter of 2020 marked the fourth consecutive record for home battery installations, according to the new Energy Storage Monitor , from Wood Mackenzie and the Energy Storage Association.