Global power system provider G&W Electric makes strategic investment in Intelligent Generation

BOLINGBROOK, Ill., May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ G&W Electric’s investment will allow Intelligent Generation to grow its customer base for energy storage value stack services and G&W Electric’s market for intelligent microgrids.  G&W Electric, a global supplier of electric power equipment since 1905, and Intelligent Generation (“IG”), a Chicago-based energy storage optimization platform that empowers businesses to engage the […]

Intelligent Generation Powers Up Magid Glove & Safety Company to Engage the Clean Energy Grid

Intelligent Generation today announced full commercial operations of the 3.5MW rooftop solar + 2MW TESLA energy storage system at Magid Glove & Safety Company in Romeoville, IL. The project earned its first revenues in PJM fast response frequency regulation market (grid stabilization service) clearing consistently with the highest performance metrics. The MAGID rooftop is the […]

Patel Brothers Indian grocery retailer goes solar and storage with IG

America’s most successful and fastest-growing Indian supermarket chain Patel Brothers has decided to go solar with storage. Patel Brothers own and run 57 stores in 19 states, but it is in the store that started it all in 1974 in Schaumburg, Illinois that they decided to install their first solar and battery system, under contract […]

Intelligent Generation wins contract from Chicago’s Merchandise Mart to take over control of its battery system

In an agreement signed this month with theMART (www.themart.com), owners of Chicago’s historic landmark building the Merchandise Mart, Intelligent Generation will take over the dispatch and economic optimization of a 280 kWh battery system installed there by Consolidated Edison. The owner’s decision to switch to IG was based on IG’s deep understanding of market rules […]

“Distributed energy resources can hide in plain sight in our homes, businesses and communities, but their power is mighty”

FERC Opens Wholesale Markets to Distributed Energy Resources By IG Partner, Bobby Howard The title quote from Chairman Chatterjee is in reference to the growing influence on the electrical grid of distributed energy resources (DERs), such as rooftop solar, behind-the-meter batteries, and electric vehicles. According to FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the ultimate energy regulatory […]

IG enters MISO wholesale market with new 2 MW storage contract for The Libman Company

In a significant development, Intelligent Generation enters the MISO regional transmission market, and becomes the first SaaS company to operate behind-the-meter energy storage resource for both industrial power resiliency and wholesale market participation. Like PJM, MISO Energy (www.misoenergy.org) is a member based organization, it serves electricity to 15 US States and the Province of Manitoba. […]

IG demonstrates commercial scale Value Stack approach with TESLA PowerPack at Abt Electronics

In December 2017, IG successfully certified and qualified ABT’s 500 kW, 2-hour PowerPack battery with PJM for wholesale market participation. The battery was integrated into IG’s virtual power plant network. This achievement augments the variety of benefits streams available to ABT. It allows IG to dispatch a greater combination of resources to maximize ABT’s economic […]

IG starts bill reduction service and eliminates Capacity Charges at ABT Electronics

IG recently signed a long-term contract with Chicagoland’s premier retailer ABT Electronics to maximize bill reductions and wholesale market revenues from energy management services. The distributed resources include existing backup Title V EPA compliant generators, a 508 kW Solar rooftop array supplied by Convergence Energy and a 500 kW TESLA PowerPack battery installed by Continental Electric. The […]