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23 additional storage facilities in Colorado and Illinois are slated to go from green to greener in 2018. Denver, CO – November 27, 2018 – Pivot Energy is pleased to announce its partnership with Extra Space Storage (NYSE: EXR), to further EXR’s mission to reduce its carbon footprint by adding 2.7 megawatts (MW) of new…
By: Pivot Energy
November 27, 2018
Corporations continue to ignore President Trump’s charade over the Paris climate agreement. During Climate Week NYC, the Climate Group announced a record number of companies have signed on to a 100 percent renewable power commitment by 2020. Major financial institutions Citi and JPMorgan Chase & Co. joined the pledge, bringing the group to 110 companies.…
By: Pivot Energy
September 22, 2017
Microgrid is currently wrapping up the installation of solar arrays on twelve Whole Foods Markets across the country. The first projects were installed in Massachusetts and Texas at the end of 2016, and the last projects are being installed in California this summer. The portfolio totals more than 1.6 MW, with sites ranging from 27…
By: Pivot Energy
July 31, 2017
The following is a blog written by Kacie Peters, Sales Director- Mountain Region at Microgrid Energy: When I entered the solar market in 2010, the world was my PV oyster. My markets in Pennsylvania and Delaware just instated generous rebates and REC prices were north of $300. Sure, solar was at $7/W, but with high…
By: Pivot Energy
November 16, 2015
Chances are that if you’ve stayed in a hotel lately, you’ve seen cards inviting guests to choose to re-use their towels and have their beds made without changing the linens. This certainly began in areas where water is less abundant, like California, but has made its way into even mainstream hotels in the Midwest. Laundering…
By: Pivot Energy
February 10, 2015
The up front costs and challenge of making the shift to renewable sources of energy is now easier than ever. PACE enabling legislation is being passed in states across the country, helping make building energy improvements more feasible, by allowing for finance terms that are hard to come by, including zero upfront cost, and off-balance…
By: Pivot Energy
January 21, 2015
A typical solar installation is grid-tied, meaning it does not operate independently from the grid, and a building with solar will use the power from the solar, and supplement it, as needed, with Utility grid power. In some cases, the solar array may produce more more power than is needed in the building at certain…
By: Pivot Energy
January 9, 2015
Park Avenue Coffee opened their newest and greenest cafe, located at 5105 Columbia Avenue on The Hill, on April 8, 2014. Microgrid Solar installed 200 solar panels to enable Park Avenue Coffee to operate the cafe and roasting facility at net zero, providing all electricity for the building. The Microgrid Solar turnkey solar installation provides…
By: Pivot Energy
June 25, 2014
Microgrid Energy and all solar companies in Missouri need your help. The Missouri solar rebate is in jeopardy, which will cut not only thousands of Missouri jobs, but will cut even more in revenue. MOSEIA asks that on April 9th at 11:30 a.m. MOSEIA members and solar advocates will make a Thunderclap, letting people know we support…
By: Pivot Energy
April 4, 2014
The primary goals of an energy audit are to qualify and quantify how the building energy systems are performing, how it can be improved, and what is the outcome...
By: Pivot Energy
January 2, 2014
