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Because the lion’s share of storage projects to date involve rooftop solar, it’s easy to think of storage as an extension of a PV installation. That has many people in the industry and in the media calculating the value of storage in terms of its ability to capture the otherwise unused power generated by distributed […]

PowerStream was recognized for its residential program incorporating rooftop solar PV and Sunverge SIS systems that the utility can aggregate into a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) using the Sunverge control platform.

Californians are used to annual warnings about conserving power during periods of peak demand in the summer. Usually, the underlying problem concerns the potential for demand to outstrip generation capacity or overload the transmission network.

As Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) proliferate, utilities face increased demands to reduce the stress those installations can place on the grid. At the same time, consumer adoption is driven largely by the promise of realizing bill savings by generating their own power or storing low-cost energy for use at peak times. These two forces might […]

Greentech Media ran an intriguing piece a couple of days ago about Warren Buffett’s analysis on the effect of renewables on the utility business, part of the Berkshire Hathaway annual report for last year. What caught my interest was a paragraph that pointed out a common viewpoint that the marketplace is a “battle” between those […]

Our partners at PowerStream have received this year’s Innovation Excellence Award from the Electricity Distributors Association, which represents consumer-facing electric utilities in Ontario. PowerStream was recognized for its Advantage Power Pricing (APP) program, aimed at helping consumers realize significant savings by automatically reducing demand during peak periods of the day. The program provides consumers with […]

The Wall Street Journal ran an intriguing piece last month about the growing phenomenon of time-based pricing for everything from lift passes at ski resorts to admission at the Indianapolis Zoo. Instead of having one price for adult admission, or even a higher weekend price, the cost of a ticket is based on the actual […]

Looking back at 2015, it has been quite an exciting year for us at Sunverge Energy and for the renewable energy industry as a whole. We saw ever-increasing rates of rooftop PV installations, along with other renewable sources, and a concurrent increase in the installation of cutting-edge battery storage and management systems. In some cases, […]