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.

Free Tools to Start Learning Today:
Free Lecture: Battery Capacity – The Basis of Storage

New Course: 10-Hour Energy Storage 2020 NEC

When you need ten NABCEP hours, you want ten NABCEP hours. Not eighteen or twenty or thirty or forty or fifty-eight. Ten.

You asked and Sean White listened – the result is his new “10-Hour Energy Storage 2020 NEC” class. It’s a concentrated version of his very popular, longer courses focusing on energy storage systems and […]

December 1st, 2021|Categories: Certification, NABCEP, Solar Design & Installation, Solar Plus Storage|Tags: , , |
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Wes Kennedy’s Solar Shed and the Quest for Net Zero

This Fall Wes Kennedy is teaching an incredible course called “Comprehensive Solar + Storage”. Consider taking it if you want to level-up your energy storage knowledge and earn a bunch of NABCEP credits. I asked Wes what kept him busy over the summer and his answer was unsurprisingly cool.

Here’s What Wes Has Been Up To

With […]

September 16th, 2021|Categories: Energy Storage, Our Company, Solar, Solar Design & Installation, Solar miscellaneous, Solar Plus Storage, Zero Net Energy Buildings||
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How Do We Get From 4% to 45%?

Today the Biden administration released a plan to increase the amount of solar energy produced from 4% of total generation (where it is today) to 45% by 2050. That represents a lot of growth for the solar industry.

What will that growth look like? Who are the key players needed to unlock that growth? What firms […]

September 8th, 2021|Categories: Clean Energy Policy, Electrical Distribution, Energy Storage, Renewable Energy Policy, Solar Business Growth, Solar Plus Storage, Solar Utility Interconnection, Utility-Scale Solar||
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Providing Much-Needed Information About the Solar and Storage Industry

For HeatSpring instructor Justine Sanchez, the energy storage system  explosion at Arizona Public Service in 2019 was an eye opener.As a result of the explosion, nine first responders were hospitalized. “For me, this was a real wake-up call about the danger of lithium ion batteries. We need to get cognizant of codes and standards,” she […]

July 28th, 2021|Categories: Clean Energy Policy, HeatSpring Partners, NABCEP, Solar Design & Installation, Solar miscellaneous, Solar Plus Storage, Utility-Scale Solar|Tags: , , , , |
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An Insider’s Guide to the NABCEP Conference Aug 9-12

You can take a beginning PV course live from HeatSpring instructor Sean White, network with solar industry professionals, check out industry members’ exhibits and get your continuing education credits at the NABCEP (North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners) Continuing Education Conference, Aug. 9-12 in Knoxville.

White, author of numerous books about solar and the 2014 […]

July 8th, 2021|Categories: Certification, HeatSpring Partners, NABCEP, Our Company, Solar Design & Installation, Solar miscellaneous, Solar Plus Storage, Solar Sales & Marketing|Tags: , |
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