In what is certainly a tribute to, and vote of confidence for, the growing strength of utility-scale storage, three organizations, the U.S. Energy Storage Association (a national trade association for the U.S. energy storage...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the solar power market has been dire, with research firms cutting 2020 forecasts by up to 20%. Residential projects face particular challenges, as consumers confront their budget...
While electric utilities and renewable energy associations have noted the negative impact of the pandemic on employment, performance and supply chains in their industries, energy storage seems to be doing relatively well. A...
For at least a couple decades, electrical contractors have been helping customers find new ways to reduce electricity use. That’s because, in most areas of the country, rates have been based on total electricity consumption...
According to a new report from Wood Mackenzie, energy storage is expected to develop from approximately 4 gigawatts (GW) of annual deployments in 2019 to more than 15 GW by 2024. Reasons for this growth include falling costs...
This article focuses on revisions in Chapter 7, “Special Conditions,” which includes the requirements for conditions such as emergency systems, energy storage systems and so forth, and Chapter 8, “Communications Circuits.”...
The U.S. Department of Energy have expedited plans to lower the country’s reliance on foreign sources for lithium-ion batteries by increasing the country’s energy storage capacity with the launch of the agency’s Energy...
Electrical contractors with the capability to do distributed energy projects may see a big bump in business in California next year. On December 11, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) proposed an annual...
The dynamics of energy have changed considerably in the green power age, as the growth of one clean technology can often be traced to another. Consider the increasing popularity of electric vehicles and energy efficiency...
The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) released its "2019 Utility Energy Storage Market Snapshot" report this month. SEPA is an educational nonprofit that works to facilitate the electric power industry's transition to a...
As demand for energy storage continues to rise and as battery costs fall and renewable energy proliferates, storage installations around the world will “multiply exponentially,” according to the Bloomberg New Energy Finance...
For electrical contractors working on energy storage projects of all sizes, a new report offers some good news. According to the latest U.S. Energy Storage Monitor report, published by Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and...
Electrical contractors are becoming more involved in the design, installation and servicing of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems for residential, commercial and industrial facilities. While this may be a sideline business for...
Does the National Electrical Code (NEC) stand in the way of implementing new technology? In the words of Michael Johnston, chair of the NEC Correlating Committee, “The NEC’s purpose is to ensure the safe but sound...
Updated on 4/16/19: Gov. Ricardo Rosselló signed the Puerto Rico Energy Public Policy Act into law on April 18, 2019. While the mainland United States debates the Green New Deal, Puerto Rico last month committed to 100...
Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) last month announced plans to build the 409-megawatt FPL Manatee Energy Storage Center, expected to be operational by late 2021. The center will cover a 40-acre parcel of land and will be able...
The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) recently published its first power technology market gap analysis report, titled "2019 Grid Integration Insights," which is designed to bridge the gap between the technologies...
In December 2017, the Thomas Fire killed two people and burned 300,000 acres in the hillsides surrounding Santa Barbara, Calif. One month later, during a winter rain storm, the burnt slopes gave way to mudslides, which killed...
A recent administrative law judge ruling in California may pave the way for more private-sector development of the state's mandated distributed energy storage system projects. In September 2016, the state passed Assembly Bill...
Self-generated power is an old idea gaining new currency. Thanks to an aging grid, a quest for different power solutions and the march of technology, time has caught up to the microgrid. It’s a market on the rise. “The...
