The Energy Storage Association (ESA) invited Jay Marhoefer to present IG’s Case Study entitled Solar+Storage Project Behind-the-Meter in Chicago at its technical STUDIO conference in Cleveland, November 15th. Jay will present a quantified report on IG’s Earn/Save/Protect approach to value stacking of distributed energy resources.
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 […]
IG announces megawatt contract with WCP Solar for Solberg Manufacturing
In 4Q2016, IG signed a contract with Illinois-based solar developer WCP-Solar to manage an industrial size battery of 1 MW to be installed at the site of Solberg Mfg in Itasca, IL. The battery is integrated by IHI Storage and will be paired with a 600 kW solar system. The system will be complete in 2Q2017 and will start […]
IG Platform Software Version 9 to be released
In July 2016 we announced the release of our Version 8 SaaS platform. It has performed highly on PJMs performance scores; its dynamic state-of-charge (Dyn.SOC) module excels at maintaining the batteries near their ideal partial state of charge of 50%. Then in January 2017 PJM significantly altered its regulation signal, raising the bar on battery requirements and […]
IG Welcomes Peter Schaff to its Advisory Board
IG welcomes the addition of Peter Schaff to its Advisory Board. A former North America CEO of LaSalle Investment Management, Peter has agreed to serve IG by advising on matters of capital management and growth.
2017 Outlook – Letter of Interest for a 2-16 MW system
January 10, 2017 Aided by bullish reports, sinking costs and some prime-time publicity courtesy of TESLA’s Elon Musk, Energy Storage is now becoming accepted by businesses as a capable, reliable energy resource. This is also reflected in the richness of our client pipeline, cultivated either directly of through our channel partners. This was illustrated in […]
FERC requires all grid operators to accelerate integration of energy storage
January 5, 2017 On November 17, 2016, FERC issued a final rulemaking notice to all grid operators “to more effectively integrate electric storage resources into organized wholesale markets to enhance competition and help ensure that these markets produce just and reasonable rates.” The rules that govern US electricity markets categorize energy resources squarely as Generators or Loads. […]
Continental Electric and IG receive 2016 “Project of Distinction” award from SEIA
November 9, 2016 The Solar Energy Industry Association awarded Continental Electric and IG a plaque for 2016 Project of Distinction during the PV Conference held in Chicago. The award recognizes the solar innovation leadership exhibited by the project partners on the system, which has operated at Continental Electric since 2014.
IG Team Updates
July 1, 2016 In 2016, our CTO Chris Scott led multiple efforts to implement many IT related improvements that enabled the successful launch of version 8 of our software. As every summer, IG hosted an intern. Aspiring engineer Matt Scott, from Purdue University, spent his summer working on energy database improvements and quantifying expected long-term reductions in utility demand […]
Storage News from the White House!
June 27, 2016 In June, President Obama hosted an Energy Storage day at the White House. On this occasion, the Office of the White House released an exhaustive, well thought-out and strategic report on the role storage will play in the necessary integration of more renewable energy onto the grid. The report makes a strong case that the […]