Energy Storage

Fort Bliss in Texas and the U.S. Army and the Defense Innovation Unit will begin a geothermal initiative to receive clean energy.

The U.S. Department of Energy announced up to $475 million in funding for five projects in Arizona, Kentucky, Nevada, Pennsylvania and West Virginia to accelerate clean energy deployment on current and former mine land.

Matchbook Learning Schools of Indiana received a $5.3 million grant to finance several energy improvements to The Match High School and Career Center buildings, including a new 165KW photovoltaic solar and battery energy storage system.

Arizona's Mesa Fire and Medical Department added an all-electric fire truck to its current fleet.

ERCOT, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, added a 150 MW, 300 MWh battery energy storage system (“BESS”) project in West Texas.

The installment of battery energy storage solutions (BESS) in six solar parks across the U.S. Virgin Islands has begun. The solar array and BESS will boost the islands' decarbonization efforts by fulfilling 30% of its energy consumption through renewable sources.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) in Charlotte, North Carolina announced the initial deployment of three electrified school buses and three chargers.

Military Ocean Terminal Concord (MOTCO) in Concord, California plans to add a 6.25MW backup power generation plant and underground transmission lines.

At Smart Energy Decisions’ recent Net Zero Forum, Michelle Lancaster, Microsoft’s Director of Global Sustainability Strategy and GTM, and Chuck Hanna, Vice President of National Accounts and Solutions Sales at Constellation, gave a keynote discussing how Microsoft is working with Constellation to reduce carbon emissions and increase energy reliability – all while managing costs.