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Clean and renewable energy is an ever-growing, expansive field encompassing numerous technologies and approaches. In this blog post, we’ve narrowed down the conversation to one crucial topic – solar resiliency and battery power. In this special edition of our Solar Powerhouse Spotlight blog series, Marigo Farr, Multifamily Solar Program Manager sat down (virtually) with Angelica […]

In the spirit of the new year, we are excited to feature and celebrate members of the HCS team in our second installment of the Solar Powerhouse Spotlight. We asked our fellow teammates to reflect on the projects as well as initiatives spearheaded throughout the past year, share highlights from their work, and as we […]

Resilience and batteries. While the combination of these two terms may sound foreign to the average ear, for those in the solar and renewable energy sector, the two are almost inseparable. In Here Comes Solar’s (HCS) first installment of our “Solar Powerhouse Spotlight” series which highlights leaders in the field and community, we had the […]

You may have heard about New York City’s new Climate Mobilization Act, but did you know that it includes a requirement to install solar on many NYC buildings? In April 2019, the New York City Council passed the Climate Mobilization Act: a series of local laws that will dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from New […]

Here Comes Solar is thrilled to announce that we and our partners were selected by the New York City Economic Development Corporation to develop Sunset Park Solar, a 672 kilowatt-DC community shared solar project on the roof of the Brooklyn Army Terminal. The project will be New York City’s first community solar project owned and […]

Chapter V. Grid is Great “The energy storage revolution will abandon today’s boring, antiquated, mostly uni-directional grid for the dynamic grid of the future.” Well, it’s been a while. I’ve been terribly negligent, haven’t I? My apologies. Damned Sisyphus changed the blog’s login credentials without telling me. The mutinous monarch had grand designs for a […]

Chapter IV. One must imagine Sisyphus happy. “The energy storage revolution will finally enable the transition to a majority-renewables grid.”   “…Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods and raises rocks. He too concludes that all is well. This universe henceforth without a master seems to him neither sterile nor futile. Each atom […]

Chapter III. OMG, Batteries Are so Fun. Can I Get One? “The energy storage revolution will grant individuals unprecedented control over their energy profiles.” Welcome back, Friends of WSFAB! Apologies for the delay between chapters. Angelica, Richard, and I have been pretty busy with our day jobs – working with the Governor’s Office of Storm […]

Chapter II. Reinvention in Puerto Rico “The energy storage revolution will vastly improve resilience during blackouts.” Half a year after Hurricane Maria made landfall, over one hundred thousand Americans are still without power in Puerto Rico. Even among those with access to grid electricity, service remains unreliable.[note] Reliability – A power system’s ability to maintain […]

Chapter I. Gigawhat? If you don’t follow energy or environmental news closely, you might be surprised by the breathless enthusiasm surrounding batteries these days. No offense to your vintage Furby, but we’re not talking about AAs – or even the high-tech lithium-ion battery in your smartphone – but a diverse cast of energy storage technologies,[note]It’s […]