What are Renewable Energy Credits or RECs? Technical definition: renewable energy certificates (RECs) are a tradeable, market-based instrument that represents the legal property rights to the “renewable-ness”—or all non-power attributes—of renewable electricity...
Behind the Meter
The Importance of Energy Reliability
Jun 20, 2022
Energy reliability is essential to the success of any business. Consequently, an aging power grid that is not reliable can cause most business owners to lie awake at night. Especially during major storms, flooding, earthquakes, or wildfires. This is especially true...
Supply Chain Costs Are Rising : Learn How Onsite Energy Can Help Mitigate the Costs
Jun 6, 2022
Supply chain costs are rising, and businesses are struggling to mitigate the surge in costs, faced with inflation, rising energy costs, and pandemic-induced consumer demand, business owners bear many new financial challenges. In addition, according to a Federal...
Rising Energy Costs Push Businesses to Consider Onsite Energy Solutions
May 16, 2022
Individuals and businesses around the world are feeling the weight of rising energy costs, and Californians are being hit hard. With the most recent rate hikes, SDG&E and PG&E customers face some of the highest costs in the state when it comes to gas and...
Using a Marketplace to Build Your Onsite Energy System
Apr 22, 2022
Marketplaces have been central to trade and commerce throughout history. They serve a wide variety of purposes, but working as a platform for commerce is their beating heart. One of the other inherent qualities of a marketplace is as a source of knowledge and...
How Do I Communicate the Carbon Reduction Plan to Potential Investors?
Dec 15, 2021
“As global weather becomes more extreme, the threat that climate change poses for companies is no longer theoretical. Businesses are working to protect their assets and supply chains from increasingly severe hurricanes, heat waves, fires, and droughts. More and more...
Financing Sustainability Initiatives: Paying For An Onsite Energy System
Oct 26, 2021
Should companies self-finance or borrow for a microgrid project? Sustainability is a worthy investment with numerous benefits, but businesses with carbon reduction commitments or clean energy initiatives have choices to make regarding how they finance these endeavors....
How Long Will It Take to Deploy Onsite Energy And Meet Decarbonization Goals?
Oct 19, 2021
As the saying goes, “If you’ve seen one microgrid, you’ve seen one microgrid.” The misconception that microgrids, or onsite energy systems, are easily replicable combined with pressure from markets and consumers to be more green has lead numerous businesses to set...
How Microgrids Will Change the Way We Make, Deliver, and Use Energy
Oct 14, 2021
On June 3, the final day of the Microgrid 2021 Virtual Conference, the 4-week-long webinar closed with the session, “How Microgrids Will Change the Way We Make, Deliver, and Use Energy.” During the session, three experts offered their expert opinions on microgrids and...