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How Microgrids are Helping Residents in Times of Unpreparedness Demand for residential microgrids are on the rise. In California, for example, interest has gained momentum in response to wildfires and power shutoffs. In fact, according to Microgrid Knowledge, “Not only has demand increased; so has the pressure to install home microgrids as quickly as possible, and some companies say they can’t move quickly enough to satisfy customers’ requests.” Even the grid failure in Texas highlights the need for microgrid technology. In fact, as demand for power skyrocketed, utility op...

One of the most recent developments in the industry is the shift to LFP chemistry, a non-toxic, non-hazardous solution that allows for longer battery cycle life, increased reliability, and enhanced safety. We knew we had to create our own LFP option. Covid-19 & Looking Ahead to 2021 and Beyond, Insights From Electriq Power Q&A with Aric Saunders EVP of Sales and Marketing | Electriq Power Tell us about yourself and your company. Electriq Power is an energy storage solutions company based in California that designs, engineers, and assembles fully integrated energy management and storage sol...

California regulators are on the cusp of breaking open a long-awaited opportunity to enlist rooftop solar, behind-the-meter batteries and other distributed energy resources (DERs) to substitute for expensive grid upgrades.  It’s called the Partnership Pilot, and according to DER developers, it could be a major step forward in a distribution resources plan effort that’s been underway in California since 2014 and is being duplicated under names like "distribution system planning" and "integrated distribution planning" in many other states. The goal of these state-by-state efforts is to...

Co-Digesting Food Waste With Wastewater Solids To Produce Energy By Rashi Gupta Inspired in part by California’s Senate Bill 1383, which was enacted to reduce organic waste and methane emissions, co-digestion is fulfilling those goals while converting wastewater treatment plants into water resource recovery facilities. With each passing year, the effects of climate change become harder to ignore. The U.S. West Coast has borne the brunt of many such effects: Scientists continue to connect drier, windier, and warmer climates to the ever-increasing number of wildfires observed, especially in C...

California regulators have approved a microgrid plan directing $200 million to help communities build networks that can supply power through the state’s extended wildfire-prevention blackouts, a task expected to take years to move from planning to completing its first projects.  But private microgrid developers argue that the plan doesn’t go far enough to allow private investment to bolster resilience for this year’s fire season, or to meet the mandate of a 2018 law calling for tariffs to allow commercial microgrids to flourish.  The microgrid incentive program approved Thursday by t...