THE ONE EVENT CONNECTING THE ENTIRE DISTRIBUTED GENERATION
ECOSYSTEM
Helping you navigate the explosive growth
of distributed generation and partner with
the right companies to set your business up
to achieve profit, growth, and economic
sustainability like never before.
2021 Keynote Speakers
Hanna Grene
Director for Energy Industry & Sustainability
Microsoft Corporation
Julia Hamm
President & CEO
Smart Electric Power Alliance
Connect with the Right Players & Decision Makers
and Experience Explosive Growth and Profitability
District Energy
Utilities
Commercial & Industrial End-Users
Investors
Equipment & Technology Suppliers
Meet the Best Solution Providers
for Resiliency, Reliability, Sustainability & Profitability at Your Facility
Sponsors
MEET THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND MAKE THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS
Leading Executives Take the Stage
to share successful case studies, proven technologies, business practices to meet sustainability goals, and how to get capital for your planned projects.
Speakers
Featured Topics
DISTRICT ENERGY
District energy systems are an efficient way to heat and cool multiple buildings in a specific area. Systems are in use to power downtown business districts, industrial complexes and other commercial areas, and to serve hospitals, military bases, and more. Learn how some cities are utilizing district energy to serve their businesses.
CAMPUS ENERGY
College and university campuses are facing challenges when it comes to their energy costs. They are dealing with limited budgets, while looking at an energy future that involves moving away from fossil fuels and toward renewables. Campuses want to align with sustainability goals, cutting their greenhouse gas emissions and minimizing their carbon footprint. We’ll hear from schools that have developed ways to generate power to enable reliability and resilience while controlling costs.
COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
Businesses that need to minimize or eliminate power outages, and want control of their energy costs, increasingly turn to combined heat and power (CHP) systems and on-site power systems. Hear from commercial and industrial end-users about their experience with CHP installations and on-site systems to power their operations.
COMMUNITY SOLAR
Residential and business customers for years have recognized the value of rooftop solar. But not everyone has access to that power. Enter community solar, which provides households and businesses the economic and environmental benefits of solar power—and provides utilities a way to get electricity from solar power to areas that otherwise couldn’t receive it.
ENERGY STORAGE
Analysts have said energy storage could be a $600-billion-plus industry in the next two decades. It also holds the promise of dramatically increasing the adoption of renewables, with an ability to store excess wind and solar power. Many solar and wind projects, in addition to microgrids, are incorporating storage into their design. This session looks at the impact of energy storage on the power landscape and its role in distributed generation.
MICROGRIDS
Microgrids offer an “all of the above” approach to distributed generation, incorporating a variety of technologies into their design. Learn how microgrids are designed and operated, including their use of renewable power sources, battery energy storage, diesel and gas generator sets, microturbines, and fuel cells.
FINANCE
Experts in financing distributed power generation, including commercial and industrial projects and utility-scale renewables, will discuss how to secure support for your project, whether your goal is to enter into a power purchase agreement with a utility, sell your power to a business, or provide power to your own commercial or industrial enterprise.
GRID MANAGEMENT
A virtual power plant is a network of decentralized, medium-scale power generating units such as wind farms, solar parks, and combined heat and power (CHP) units, as well as flexible power consumers and storage systems. The virtual power plant (VPP) model of DER aggregation and optimization is spreading around the globe to respond to the need for increased grid reliability and to lower the cost of renewable energy.
Exclusive News
That Matters to you
America’s power grid is aging into obsolescence. Much of the infrastructure that keeps the lights on today was constructed in the 1960s and 1970s, long before the digital and electrified demands of the 21st century took shape. The consequences are increasingly visible: mounting reliability issues, rising costs, and a growing need to modernize a system never designed for the challenges of climate volatility or the surge in load from data centers and electric vehicles.
The post Reimagining the U.S. Grid: Why VPPs Could Be the Bridge to a More Reliable Future appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Customized power solutions that provide reliability, resiliency, and energy autonomy no longer are a “nice to have,” but rather a “must have” for many businesses, not just for critical sites such as hospitals and military bases but also for other enterprises.
The post Striking a Balance When It Comes to Power appeared first on POWER Magazine.
The commercial and industrial (C&I) sector has been a major contributor to the growth of solar power, as business owners look for ways to generate more of their own power, and do it in a sustainable way. Industries interested in decarbonizing their operations are adopting cleaner forms of energy; the effort has spread to the commercial housing sector, particularly in areas with dense populations.
The post The POWER Interview: Supporting C&I Power Systems in New York City appeared first on POWER Magazine.
The Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens decided to install 17 solar energy projects, totaling 1.3 MW, on its housing stock, which is 100% regulated affordable housing, with rents that are accessible to low-income households including seniors on fixed incomes. Acting as the owner’s representative, Crauderueff Solar guided the group through each stage of this development process, including design.
The post New York Solar Project Addresses Energy, Housing Affordability appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Global renewable energy developer and operator Energea said it has launched its LATAM Energy Portfolio, the company’s fourth and latest active investment strategy. The group on February 25 said it will invest in distributed solar power projects across South America, Central America, and the Caribbean.
The post Energea Launches Latin America Solar Portfolio with $100-Million Investment appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Lunar Energy, a leader in integrated home battery systems and virtual power plant software, announced it raised $102 million in an oversubscribed Series D round led by B Capital and Prelude Ventures. This round follows a previously unannounced Series C financing of $130 million led by Activate Capital.
The post Lunar Energy Raises Millions to Support VPPs, Home Battery Energy Storage appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Sense, a company focused on grid edge intelligence, has announced a new edge-powered Fault Detection Solution that is embedded directly into next-generation smart meters.
The post Sense Announces Edge-Powered Grid Fault Detection Embedded in Smart Meters appeared first on POWER Magazine.
GigaWatt Inc. is making its next phase of growth available to public investors as the residential solar market faces a critical inflection point.
The post GigaWatt Opens Public Investment Round to Scale DIY Solar Platform appeared first on POWER Magazine.
