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Generac Pivots From Generators Into Residential Energy Storage & Solar At #SPI2019

We connected with Generac’s Chief Marketing Officer and president of its new clean energy business, Russ Minick, at SPI 2019, to talk about its big pivot into energy storage products to learn more about where that strategy came from. Right off the bat, Russ said that Generac had been eyeing the residential energy storage market for quite some time, but until recently, felt that, “it wasn’t worth the diversion of focus.”

sonnen & Wasatch Group Launch Largest Residential Virtual Power Plant — 12.6 MWh

A new community of apartments in Herriman, Utah is being built from the ground up with a next generation energy storage system thanks to 12.6 megawatt-hours of sonnen’s ecoLinx battery systems. The new system will aggregate the energy storage and power output capabilities of 600 of sonnen’s 20 kWh ecoLinx intelligent energy storage units installed across the community into a single virtual power plant.

SolarCity Launches Residential Services In Utah

America’s leading solar developer, SolarCity, has this week announced its expansion into the state of Utah, and is now hiring in sales, operations, and corporate positions. According to figures published by GTM Research earlier this year, SolarCity is responsible for 14% of non-residential solar installations, and 35% of residential installations, … [continued]