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Author Archives for Charles W. Thurston

Articles by Charles W. Thurston

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Earning in ERCOT: How to optimize grid-scale battery banks in...

Optimizing ERCOT BESS revenue | Getting the most out of a grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) involves a sophisticated platform ...

June 21, 2024
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ESS vs. gas peaker plants: Maine study factors in social...

Cousins Island Large Gas Power Plant in Yarmouth, Maine. © Eric Broder Van Dyke | Dreamstime.com The cost/benefit compar...

May 28, 2024
Batteries Briggs and Stratton Simpliphi 6.6 battery
Click and play: Briggs & Stratton SimpliPHI 6.6 battery overview

Briggs & Stratton Energy Solutions debuted the new wire-free SimpliPHI 6.6 LFP battery system this month, which seemingly leaps beyond t...

April 30, 2024
News transmission lines electric grid
Getting up to speed on grid-enhancing tech

There are emerging opportunities for solar developers to work with alternative transmission technology providers on pilots and full scale pr...

April 1, 2024
Batteries battery question mark
Fire safety code conundrums continue for battery suppliers

Manufacturers of batteries for stationary energy storage are facing a moving target for fire safety code as written by the leading U.S. defi...

February 28, 2024
+ Storage Bluetti portable batteries
How portable batteries are rolling into PV+ storage projects

Portable battery storage on wheels has become a standard offering from a host of battery system suppliers. Around two dozen companies showca...

January 29, 2024
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Solar champions outraged by CPUC decisions that (further) gut net...

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved further cutbacks to the state’s net billing incentives for distributed sola...

December 11, 2023
Projects Agrivoltaics Mechatron
Growing agrivoltaics: Conference harvests California, German know-how for farmland solar

Mechatron Solar’s new dual-axis AgriTracker at RE+ 2023. California and Germany are comparing notes on agrivoltaics development in an ...

November 15, 2023
News maine ESS incentive
Maine offers $3 million incentive for commercial energy storage

Some state incentive programs for commercial energy storage may seem at times to lack enough financial reward to encourage adoption of new c...

October 24, 2023
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Record-setting RE+ 2023 shows how U.S. solar industry is going...

A horde of 40,000 solar + storage industry enthusiasts overran the Venetian Casino in Las Vegas last week at the 2023 RE+ renewable energy s...

September 18, 2023
News 2nd-life-batteries
Reusable batteries foster equity in energy storage

Energy storage is booming for those who can afford it, but the upfront cost can be daunting for low- and middle-income (LMI) households and ...

August 29, 2023
News SMUD-Delivery-3
In for the long haul: Charting the rise of long...

ESS is continuing to scale production to meet global demand, with a current production capacity of 80 MW / 800 MWh per year at the company&r...

July 27, 2023
Projects native solar development
More sunlight reaches native solar development

The native solar energy development future has never looked so bright, so fast. Thanks in large part to the impact of the Inflation Reductio...

May 18, 2023
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Overview of the dual-axis solar tracker market

Stracker Solar elevated dual-axis trackers at a TC Chevy dealership in Ashland, Ore. A great example of boosting solar project ROI at a spac...

April 5, 2023
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