The German battery system vendor and its real-estate partner Wasatch Group see grid services as key to multifamily solar-storage. Multifamily housing is a hard nut to crack for solar and battery developers. Sonnen and Wasatch Group say that bundling the value of solar and storage for tenants, property owners, outside investors, utilities and grid […]
Shell New Energies EVP: Hydrogen Subsidies Will Pay Off, Just Like They Did for Solar
Shell’s Mark Gainsborough on renewables, hydrogen and bringing together the oil giant’s burgeoning family of clean-energy businesses. PARIS : Shell expects its filling stations to eventually become fossil-fuel-free. But getting there will require major changes, and in the energy business, change often means subsidies. So it is with hydrogen, says Mark Gainsborough, executive vice president […]
‘Transformative’: Sonnen to Deliver Community Battery Network With Grid Services Contract
“This is what we’ve been working on for years,” says Blake Richetta, CEO of the U.S. business at Shell-owned sonnen. German home energy storage company sonnen fulfilled a long-time dream for its U.S. operation: It will supply battery systems to an entire new residential community, with a contract in place to deliver grid services to […]
Sonnen Offers Fixed-Rate PV Power Service in Australia
Sonnen, a German battery firm, has rolled out in Victoria State of Australia a power-supply service at a fixed monthly rate of 42 Australian dollars (US$29) for maximum power consumption of 7,500 kWh a year, 52 Australian dollars for 10,000 KWh, and 62 Australian dollars for 12,500 kWh. In addition to the entire Victoria State, […]
sonnen and Evolutionary Home Builders partner to Design the Most Sustainable Passive Home Community in the United States
Evolutionary Home Builders and award-winning healthy home industry expert Brandon Weiss, team up with sonnen, one of the global leaders in residential energy storage, to build a first-of-its-kind energy positive sonnenCommunity TUCKER, Ga. and MARENGO, Ill.: sonnen has partnered with Evolutionary Home Builders, Chicagoland’s premier sustainable home builder, and Brandon Weiss, healthy home building expert and PHIUS […]
Sonnen, Inc. names Blake Richetta as CEO and implements U.S. Board of Directors
ElectrIQ Raises $6 Million Seed Round to Finance Home Storage Push
ElectrIQ Raises $6 Million Seed Round to Finance Home Storage Push The startup will need the money to take on the likes of Tesla and LG Chem. Bay Area startup ElectrIQ raised a $6 million seed round to support its challenge to the home storage incumbents. Earlier this month, the company released a new product, […]
ElectrIQ Launches Smart Home Connected Battery System for $8,999
ElectrIQ Launches Smart Home Connected Battery System for $8,999 The startup’s PowerPod connects to popular smart appliances, at a price competitive with conventional home batteries. Home automation has now entered the energy storage market at multiple price points. Bay area startup ElectrIQ (pronounced “electric”) unveiled a new battery system this week that links up to […]
Sonnen Raises $71M and Kicks Off a Strategic Partnership With Shell
A big round to grow solar-storage market share in the U.S. and Australia and the latest partnership between a grid edge startup and a European energy giant. Sonnen, the German startup taking on Tesla and others in the nascent behind-the-meter energy storage market, has raised €60 million ($71 million) to grow in the U.S. and […]