Financing:
UW-Extension Solar Energy Financing Guide:
Community:
Community Solar, Customers First:
Wisconsin Academy of Science Arts and Letters, Small Town Big Sustainability
Solar Concepts:
This fully transparent solar cell could make every window and screen a power source
First Tesla Solar Roof Goes Online:
RMI Importance of generation distribution for grid resilience
Battery Storage:
Technical:
Cheaper Battery Is Unveiled as a Step to a Carbon-Free Grid
Green Mountain Power (GMP): Significant Revenues from Energy Storage
Press Releases:
GMP’s Solar Storage Project Becomes First in New England to Use Solar Battery Storage to Reduce Peak Demand
GMP Ranked No. 10 for Most Energy Storage Installed in the Country by the Smart Electric Power Alliance
News article about Xcel Energy battery storage pilot project partnering with Panasonic Corporation & Denver International Airport; plus, another project in the town of Stapleton, CO.
Take note of the paragraph under “Outage Response”:
http://www.tdworld.com/renewables/xcel-energy-investigates-use-battery-storage
Link to Xcel’s website with ‘pdf’ documents about the above projects:
https://www.xcelenergy.com/energy_portfolio/innovation/batteries/battery_testing
What we’re watching (and listening to)
WPR July 20th, 2018 Interview with Amber Vadnais and Danielle Kelly about the group buy:
https://www.wpr.org/shows/hear-me-out-july-20-2018
Sterling solar + battery storage video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3It2lwLCm4&feature=youtu.be