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Author Archives for Charles W. Thurston

Articles by Charles W. Thurston

News home solar panels
Solar leases do not add to home value. Do your...

Many homeowners with solar systems on their roof assume that the solar array adds value to their house, but unfortunately that is not always...

November 5, 2024
Batteries Princeton NuEnergy battery recycling
Commercial lithium battery recycling is finally economic

The long-sought solution for economically recycling lithium batteries at commercial scale finally is being built out in Chester, South Carol...

August 27, 2024
News interconnection-queue
The energy storage interconnection queue is broken. Here are some...

As the energy storage interconnection queue gets longer and longer, new strategies are emerging to speed up studies, to make costs more tran...

July 31, 2024
News Use-on-9_Sollega_CORE1_CommercialRooftopInstall
Winding down rapid shutdown issues on C&I rooftops

Commercial rooftop systems designed with a UL 3741-listed system is one way to reduce common issues related rapid shutdown systems. Assuring...

July 15, 2024
Batteries texas
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
Featured RE-show-floor
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
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