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Author Archives for Charles W. Thurston

Articles by Charles W. Thurston

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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Home solar + storage is really a sale of software

Enact’s all-in-one cloud software platform handles design, sales, project and asset management. Installers face a difficult task in ed...

March 7, 2023
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Legacy consumer battery brands target home energy storage

The market for home battery storage has finally crossed the line of attraction for large consumer battery makers, with offerings now availab...

February 15, 2023
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Will California NEM 3.0 boost home energy storage installations?

Utilities were big winners in the California solar + storage market in mid-December, convincing the California Public Utilities Commission (...

December 27, 2022
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Can U.S. energy storage bank on sustainability?

This article originally appeared in the Q4 issue of Solar Builder magazine. Two notable U.S. battery manufacturing announcements have been m...

December 19, 2022
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VPPs are an emerging investment asset class

The fast pace of recent solar + storage-based virtual power plant (VPP) rollouts across the country is leading to the emergence of new asset...

November 30, 2022
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10 home energy system standouts heading into 2023

RE+ 2022 was a smash success for the 27,000 attendees and the 800 or so exhibitors, among which a raft of new residential energy storage pro...

October 25, 2022
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Integrated PV module + energy storage manufacturers are on the...

The handful of integrated photovoltaic solar panel plus battery storage system manufacturers in the market are solidifying the sophisticatio...

September 27, 2022
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RE+ begins! Let’s gush about the return of the largest...

How do you get 20,000 jubilant people in the same place at once? Book Mick Jagger, or hold the return of the largest solar show in North Ame...

September 20, 2022
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How advances in ESS software create new revenue opportunities for...

The current generation of energy storage software is far more capable of gathering and analyzing data from more disparate sources, at speeds...

July 27, 2022
+ Storage Posigen-crew
Selling battery attachments with solar PV systems beyond California

An erratic yet accelerating trend in utility valuation of residential and C&I battery storage for grid services is helping system provid...

June 29, 2022
+ Storage battery crystal ball
Questions facing the lithium-ion battery future

Advanced batteries are the storage system favored by utilities and microgrids. The electric future — including expected dramatic growt...

May 25, 2022
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Safer batteries, better economics usher in urban energy storage era

NineDot Energy is developing this containerized storage project in the Bronx borough of New York City. Urban battery storage adoption finall...

April 26, 2022
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