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Helping Battery Cost Declines Keep Going and Going…
Balance-of-system costs today make up the majority of system prices. That’s today’s land of opportunity for further cost declines in solar. And now, battery energy storage is undergoing a similar evolution.
Rick Perry to the Rescue?
A few months ago, Tesla announced its intent to build a “gigafactory” capable of doubling current global production of lithium-ion batteries, and Texas is fighting hard to bring the factory home.
Why Owning Your Own Power Plant Might Not Be Crazy
It’s not that far-fetched to imagine a day when large segments of customers choose to go mostly or even entirely off-grid with clean, quiet, distributed solar-plus-battery systems.
From Grid Defected to Grid Connected
RMI's Virginia Lacy talks with Sunverge vice president of products Steve Wolford about how grid-connected solar-plus-battery systems are already helping the grid’s ongoing transition to the electricity system of the future.
The Urgent Need for Innovative Business Models
Our recent report discussed not only a base case scenario but also several more aggressive scenarios. Evidence from the marketplace suggests that our aggressive scenarios may be tracking reality more closely.
