Batteries + Energy Storage

Since the dawn of the electric age, utilities have controlled the generation and delivery of electricity to end users, maintaining a constant balance between supply and demand for a commodity that’s both created and consumed in the same instant.

The rise of distributed energy resources, whether from rooftop solar PV, industrial and commercial cogeneration plants, or self-contained microgrid systems, is bringing more and more customer-generated electricity onto that grid.

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Free Lecture: Battery Capacity – The Basis of Storage

Help Your Team Get a Foundation in Solar with this Free Bundle of Courses to Onboard New Installers

Residential solar saw its biggest year in 2022 with 40% growth in installations and the residential market adding 9,500 jobs, according to the Solar Jobs Census 2022. The long-term demand for skilled residential solar installers is expected to grow as the world transitions away from fossil fuel generation to clean energy. As your company builds […]

October 30th, 2023|Categories: Free Courses, Solar, Solar Design & Installation, Solar miscellaneous, Solar Plus Storage, Workforce Learning & Development||
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Battery Capacity Basics for Solar and Storage

When choosing the right energy storage device, we must consider what we are doing with them, where we will put them, how much we will work on them, and how long we want them to last.

Of course, all of these factors will be affected by budget. Batteries are like (oh no, here comes the fine wine […]

October 26th, 2023|Categories: Free Courses, Solar, Solar Design & Installation, Solar miscellaneous, Solar Plus Storage||
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Let’s Meet @ RE+ in Las Vegas

RE+ is the biggest solar conference in North America. This year it’s happening in Las Vegas on September 11-14, 2023.

It’s impossible to see everything at a huge show like this. So here are some of the events that we will be attending, plus alternative options for the people who can’t make the trip to Vegas:

Monday […]

August 21st, 2023|Categories: Agrivoltaics, Clean Energy Policy, Electric Vehicles, HeatSpring for Teams, Our Company, Solar, Solar Business Growth, Solar Design & Installation, Solar miscellaneous, Solar Plus Storage, Solar Power International, Solar Sales & Marketing, Workforce Learning & Development||
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Meeting the Demands of the Solar Plus Era: Why Shaw Solar is Launching their Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Electrical Apprenticeship Program

Based in Durango, Colorado, Shaw Solar can be described as a big fish in a small pond. Opening their doors back in 2006, they initially worked on residential and small commercial solar thermal and PV and some lead-acid battery storage. They are a member of the Amicus Solar Cooperative and a certified B Corp. Today, […]

July 17th, 2023|Categories: Alumni Stories, Learning & Development, Solar, Solar Business Growth, Solar Design & Installation, Solar miscellaneous, Solar Plus Storage, Workforce Learning & Development, Zero Net Energy Buildings||
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Looking to be Professional in Solar PV Systems – 10 Things You Need to Learn

Learning solar photovoltaic systems might not be as straightforward as they appear while standing, fixed on a roof, or installed on the ground.  Even though it seems like basic electricity-generating modules, the process of creating electrical energy involves various theories that span several different scientific fields.

Here are the top things you need to know from […]

June 5th, 2023|Categories: Solar, Solar Design & Installation, Solar miscellaneous, Solar Plus Storage||
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