Webinar & Events - Webinar

State of the U.S. Energy Storage Industry: 2018 Year in Review

February 28, 2019

The U.S. energy storage market experienced substantial growth in 2018. In this webinar, Dan Finn-Foley from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables shared insights related to recent developments in the U.S. energy storage market, including deployment trends, policy updates, and market outlook.

Designing Solar+Storage to Power Critical Loads: An Introduction to New Resilient Power Features in NREL’s REopt Lite Tool

February 21, 2019

NREL has added important new features to its free solar+storage (and now +wind) online optimization tool, REopt Lite, that will help building owners, energy managers, and emergency planners assess a building’s technology needs to power essential services with onsite resources during grid disruptions.

ACEEE Webinar: Emerging Opportunities in Commercial Buildings

February 7, 2019

In this ACEEE webinar, Clean Energy Group Project Director Todd Olinsky-Paul gave a preview of findings from a forthcoming CEG report analyzing the cost-effectiveness of energy storage, associated non-energy benefits, and the role for energy storage in efficiency programs.

Exploring the Outcomes of New Grid Projects on the Power System: PNNL’s GridPIQ Tool

January 31, 2019

GridPIQ, a screening tool from the U.S. Department of Energy and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, helps users approximate the impact of adding a grid project, whether in the form of a technology or a new policy, to an existing system.

Oregon’s New Energy Storage Project for Resiliency and Cost Savings

December 18, 2018

A new energy storage project in Eugene, Oregon will provide backup power for emergency services, as well as cost savings and electricity services to the municipal utility.

The Real Estate Industry and Selling Homes with Solar

December 11, 2018

This webinar looked at the issues homeowners with solar can face when they go to sell their house, the ways in which the real estate industry can prepare to help solar homeowners sell their home, and how state agencies and the solar industry can educate solar homeowners so that they are well prepared to sell their house without difficulty.

Americans’ Changing Views of Renewable Energy Policies

December 4, 2018

Sarah Mills discussed the findings of a new report on how Americans’ views on solar and wind energy have changed over the past decade.

Renewable Thermal in RPSs: Examples from New Hampshire, Oregon, and Vermont

November 29, 2018

Guest speakers from New Hampshire, Oregon, and Vermont discussed the inclusion of renewable thermal in their state’s RPS program.

Iowa’s Biomass Conversion Plan and Economic Assessment Tool

November 13, 2018

Speakers from the Iowa Economic Development Authority and Iowa State University discussed the Biomass Conversion Action Plan and Biogas Assessment Model. Farmer Bryan Sievers of Sievers Family Farms discussed their conversion to biogas and how their experience helped in the development of the economic assessment tool.

Energy Storage in the Clean Peak Standard

November 8, 2018

Clean Peak Standards (CPS) are being implemented or considered by several states as a way to focus renewable generation at peak demand hours. Energy storage is expected to play a major role in these efforts. This webinar featured a presentation by Strategen’s Ed Burgess.