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Technical Articles & Case Studies
A Community-Driven Island Microgrid
One of the northernmost parts of the continental U.S., Orcas Island is roughly three hours (by car and ferry) from downtown Seattle and is connected to the mainland by a single undersea transmission line. Extreme weather events and grid outages can leave locals stranded for extended periods of time. To protect their uniquely vulnerable infrastructure, the San Juan County Emergency Management (SJCEM) agency identified the Orcas Center as a facility that could function as a resiliency hub in an emergency. The location was conveniently central and well known community gathering place. The issue, however, was that the Orcas Center did not have the energy resources required to function as an island-able microgrid system. With a site (Orcas Center) and primary goal (energy resilience) in mind, SJCEM set out to find the right mix of distributed energy resources to achieve key performance benchmarks while staying within space and budgetary constraints. In other words, this island facility was interested in “islanding” from the grid.
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Securing Capital: Framing Your System for Financiers in the Mid-Market
Commercial and industrial energy projects account for the largest share of the addressable market for distributed energy resources (DERs), yet they remain among the most difficult segments to finance. CleanSource Capital, the specialty finance affiliate of the Abundant Power Group based in Charlotte, North Carolina, has spent over a decade financing environmental sustainability projects, including […]
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Navigating the Post-ITC C&I Solar Landscape
The market for commercial and industrial (C&I) solar energy systems has grown in recent years due to a number of factors: rising energy costs, widespread adoption of energy storage increasing the value of on-site generation, and the increasing availability of capital for energy development. Strong federal tax credits have supported the financial viability of these […]
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