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| Jul 11, 2022 | Making the most of PV and Li-ion battery storage | To maintain uninterrupted service with an energy source like solar, energy storage will need to endure affordably for hours or even overnight.
The good news is that cost-competitive solar is here to stay. As the costs of solar components ha... |
| May 16, 2022 | Vermont utility launches solar pilot program for low- and moderate-income customers | Green Mountain Power (GMP), Vermont’s largest utility, covering about about 75% of the state’s landmass and most of its population, has launched a solar pilot program under which up to 500 eligible customers will be given the opportunity to... |
| Jul 1, 2021 | Solar 101: How to ‘Goldilocks’ your solar project to make it just the right size | If you’ve been following along with pv magazine USA’s Solar 101 series, you should have a strong handle on how to pick your panels, find a contractor, and determine how much electricity your home might generate.
All this technical knowledge... |
| May 17, 2021 | Green Mountain Power taps Tesla Powerwall network in Frequency Regulation program | Vermont’s Green Mountain Power (GMP) launched a Frequency Regulation Pilot program last week that will be using the energy stored in a network of residential batteries to help keep the ISO-New England (ISO-NE) regional grid balanced. Right ... |
| Feb 25, 2021 | Vermont utility building microgrid to provide backup power for town | Green Mountain Power (GMP) will break ground this spring on a utility microgrid in Panton, Vermont, offering a new way to keep the power on for residents, farms, and municipal buildings in the town center during power outages.
GMP said Pant... |
| Feb 17, 2021 | “Once in a Generation” Weather | “Once in a generation” is a term we have heard every few months lately as it pertains to the weather. Over the last few years in North America alone, it has been used in reference to heatwaves and fires in the West, floods in the Midwest an... |
| Oct 9, 2020 | Morning Brief: First-of-a-kind utility plan could transform Southeast grid, energy storage news | The Arizona Corporation Commission approved the state’s first residential battery storage program — an incentive pilot proposed in August by the Arizona Public Service Company. Green Mountain Power (GMP) said its growing network of stored e... |
| Aug 28, 2019 | Sunrun brings Brightbox solar, battery, virtual power plant services to Vermont | Sunrun brings Brightbox solar, battery, virtual power plant services to Vermont
By Chris Crowell August 28, 2019 View Profile
Sunrun Inc. is bringing its Brightbox home solar, battery service and virtual power plant aspirations to customers... |
| Apr 15, 2019 | Green Mountain Power on 100% clean energy: hold my beer | The progress of the 100% renewable energy movement over the last few months has been truly staggering. After Sunrise Movement and first-term Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) caught the attention of the world in December with their... |
| Aug 7, 2018 | Green Mountain Power solar grows 1500% since 2012 | Green Mountain Power (GMP) is living up to its name. The utility is in the midst of installing a 2,000 unit distributed virtual power plant that represents a total of 10 MW / 27 MWh of Tesla Powerwalls in customer homes. The battery systems... |
| Jun 25, 2018 | Virtual Peaker Launches Real-Time Smart Device Arbitrage for Utilities | As part of its rapidly growing suite of utility solutions, Virtual Peaker has launched real-time arbitrage for residential smart devices as part of its Distributed Energy Resource Management (DERMS) offering. This approach to device control... |
| Jan 11, 2018 | IFC invests ₹667 crore in L&T subsidiary’s green bonds | The transaction announced by IFC is the first investment in India’s green bonds, norms for which had been put in place by SEBI in May
International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, has invested ₹667 crore in green bo... |
| Nov 8, 2017 | Editor’s Choice Solar Projects of the Year: 6 projects that stood out for innovation, problem-solving | Innovation Urban Health Plan “Solar Wall”
Bronx, N.Y. | 37 kW
What to do in a crowded city with little to no roof space to add solar. Why not try something completely different? New York City solar installation leader Quixotic Systems desig... |
| Jul 25, 2017 | When is the solar-plus-storage era going to get here? | When is the solar-plus-storage era going to get here?
By Chris Crowell July 25, 2017 View Profile
You know how when you can see mountains in the distance, and it looks like they are maybe only a mile or two away but really they are 100 mile... |
| Mar 7, 2017 | Gaz Métro acquires Standard Solar to enter U.S. commercial market | Canadian energy giant Gaz Métro has been searching for an entree into a U.S. commercial solar market it sees as on the cusp of exploding. Today, it finally found its path.
This morning, the company announced it had purchased Maryland commer... |
| Sunrun, Ford’s official charging partner, launches a home EV charger [update] | San Francisco-headquartered Sunrun, the largest residential solar and battery storage installer in the US, has launched a home electric vehicle (EV) charger.
October 14 update: Enel X Way, the Enel Group’s global electric mobility business,... |
| EGEB: 100 homes in Vermont to get free Gen 2 Span Smart Panel in pilot program | In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Vermont’s Green Mountain Power is the first US utility to offer the Span Smart Panel in a pilot program.
Chicago-based Energize Ventures leads its first investment in the battery sector.
Unders... |
| Sunrun, Ford’s official charging partner, launches a home EV charger | San Francisco-headquartered Sunrun, the largest residential solar and battery storage installer in the US, has launched a new home electric vehicle (EV) charger.
Sunrun’s new home EV charger
Sunrun’s 40-amp Level 2 EV charger is compatible ... |
| Electric vehicle tax credits and rebates available in the US, sorted by state | With more mainstream curiosity surrounding EVs, bolstered by a ten year extension in federal tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act, there’s never been a more exciting time to buy an EV, and there has never been a wider selection of ... |
| An EV charging rebate program expands in Massachusetts – here’s why it matters | National Grid, a utility that serves more than 20 million people in New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, is expanding its Off-Peak Charging Rebate Program in Massachusetts that it runs with ev.energy, a certified B corporation and glo... |
| EGEB: Vermont utility 100% renewable by 2030, major US solar project, German wind, and more | In today’s EGEB:
Vermont’s Green Mountain Power sets a goal for 100% renewable energy by 2030.
One of the largest proposed solar projects in the US gets approval to proceed.
Germany inaugurates the Baltic Sea’s largest wind farm.
Japan ups ... |
| Dandelion Energy expands residential geothermal to Vermont | Renewable resources provided 99.9% of Vermont’s electricity generation in 2019, the largest share for any state, but it has more than 100,000 homes that use fuel oil, the dirtiest fuel for home heating. US residential geothermal company Dan... |
| Japan’s government wants to remotely control private ACs to avoid power outages | The Japanese government is discussing the possibility of remotely controlling privately owned ACs and water heaters in order to avoid power outages as the country switches to renewables.
A solution for power outages in Japan?
Nihon Keizai S... |
| Tesla batteries save Vermont electricity ratepayers $3 million this year alone | Tesla batteries deployed in Vermont have saved local electricity ratepayers about $3 million this year alone, according to the local electric utility.
Green Mountain Power (GMP), a relatively small electric utility operating in Vermont, was... |
| Fueling Change in American Energy |
As in every sector, technology and consumer behavior are changing industries. None more so than the energy sector.
The increasing demand for renewable energy, electric vehicles, and air conditioning are all helping to shape the future. B... |
| 26% of US households use electricity as their only energy source – but there’s a caveat | In 2020, 26% of US households – that’s 32.25 million out of 123.53 million homes – used electricity as their only source of energy, according to the US Energy Information Administration. But what the EIA doesn’t note is what fuels that “ele... |
| Small Vermont utility quietly builds fleet of 4,000 Tesla Powerwalls | Green Mountain Power (GMP), a Vermont electric utility, has quietly built a fleet of 4,000 Tesla Powerwalls, and it is saving them a lot of money.
GMP has been one of Tesla’s best partners when it comes to deploying Powerwalls, Tesla’s home... |