Green Charge Networks, Stem, and Sunverge top a new list published by Navigant of companies that lead in distributed energy storage.
The energy storage leaders are driving growing use of the resource as means to lower costs for customers and for the larger grid. Commercial buildings use energy storage for back-up power during outages and to reduce their utility demand charges. Meanwhile, energy storage also can act as a virtual power plant and provide a capacity resource for the grid.
“Leaders in the distributed-scale ESS sector have built on innovative software platform capabilities to focus on playing multiple roles across the delivery value chain,” says William Tokash, senior research analyst with Navigant Research. “As a result, they can drive down costs, enable financing innovation, and establish customer access advantages relative to their peers.
An executive summary of the report, Navigant Research Leaderboard Report: Distributed-Scale Energy Storage Systems Integrators, is available on Navigant’s website.
Other energy storage leaders on Navigant’s list are: Johnson Controls, Advanced Microgrid Solutions, Tesla/SolarCity, Sharp, sonnen, Greensmith and Lockheed Martin Energy.
And speaking of energy storage leaders…
Energy industry veteran Kelly Speakes-Backman will become the Energy Storage Association’s first chief executive officer on July 1. Speakes-Backman joins ESA from the Alliance to Save Energy, where she was senior vice president of policy and research.
As part of the organizational change, Matt Roberts’ role will change from executive director to vice president.
ESA is making the changes to ramp up its push for 35 GW of energy storage by 2025.
Big leadership changes underway in New York too
New moves also are underway at the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), where Massachusetts clean energy veteran Alicia Barton is now president and CEO. Barton takes over from John Rhodes, who became chair of the Public Service Commission. He replaces Audrey Zibelman, who joined the Australian Energy Market Operator.
Barton was most recently at the law firm of Foley Hoag in Boston and previously worked as chief of operations for the Global Utility group at SunEdison. She also served as CEO of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), a quasi-public agency.
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