In the ever-evolving landscape of commercial solar, running an effective Request for Proposal (RFP) process can feel like navigating a labyrinth. But fear not, this guide will illuminate the path to securing the right solar installer for your project, avoiding common...
Behind the Meter
VECKTA Platform Proves its Ability to Estimate Market Bids With 90% and Greater Accuracy
Sep 11, 2024
After assessing over 40,000 sites and ingesting real-time market and project pricing from its Marketplace, the VECKTA software and AI platform has proven its capacity to automatically configure optimal onsite energy systems, energy, cost, and emission savings, using...
Low or No-Cost Commercial and Industrial Energy Efficiency Upgrades
Aug 28, 2024
The industrial sector can drive massive efficiency gains by making low- to no-cost changes Reducing energy consumption through behavioral or user-based behavior and upgrading to more energy-efficient technology is an early and essential step in any commercial and...
Choosing the Right Energy System for Your Facility
Aug 5, 2024
After determining which site is ideal for onsite energy, companies must figure out what energy technology meets the needs and goals of the facility. There are many affordable, reliable and sustainable solutions widely available: Gas-powered turbines (including...
Grid Energy Gluttony & Ozempic
Jul 25, 2024
There’s a strong analogy to be made between our food and energy systems. If you had a choice, which of the following options would you choose: A diet of mass-produced and processed foods for the rest of your life; or A diet of home-cooked meals made with locally...
Microgrids: The Ultimate Distributed Energy Solution
Jul 9, 2024
Microgrid adoption has been increasing among commercial and industrial customers in recent years due mainly to the benefits they provide around improved energy reliability and resilience, cost savings, decarbonization and energy control. In this post, we explore...
How the Energy Transition Mirrors an Ultramarathon
Jun 26, 2024
This week, at 6 pm on Friday, I am taking on a 100-mile run. The hard work of training (681 kilometers of running since January and 8,884 mins of total training) is done. There is not much more I can do aside from staying healthy, working on some niggling aches and...
How to Set a Portfolio-Wide Onsite Energy Strategy
Jun 26, 2024
Deploying onsite energy systems across a large portfolio of sites is an immensely complex undertaking. So much so that doing it successfully at scale as eluded most companies. Each site has location-specific characteristics, such as utility rates, energy consumption,...
Insights from a Policymaker Fighting to Get Us an Equitable 21st Century Grid
Jun 18, 2024
In this post, we unpack more of our conversation with Allie Detrio, Chief Strategist of Reimagine Power, for a recent Renewable Rides episode. Our talk wove in and out of the dynamics at play to create a more sustainable, resilient, decentralized, and participatory...