In 2019, MAGID inaugurated a 4 MW rooftop solar system, the largest of its kind in Illinois. Romeoville, Illinois based MAGID Glove & Safety is a leading US manufacturer and distributor of worker safety equipment. In the course of the project, MAGID decided to add 2 batteries from TESLA Energy managed by […]
IG presents on software and energy storage to the healthcare sector at CleanMed
CleanMed is the premier national environmental conference for leaders in health care sustainability who are on the leading edge of greening the health care sector. It’s the one time each year for businesses with environmentally preferable products and services or nutritious, sustainable foods to connect with the health care leaders who make purchasing decisions for […]
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 invited to present the results of its Value Stacking approach at the Energy Storage Association technical conference
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. […]