A bill to fund $1.5 billion for clean energy microgrids has been reintroduced to the House of Representatives. With the federal government being aligned in a more favorable way, this is great news for Charge Bliss and our customers. Charge Bliss has a great track...
After Hurricane Sandy in 2012, government agencies nationally began to underwrite building and installing resilient energy microgrids for critical facilities such as hospitals. As a part of the California Energy Commission’s Electric Program Investment Charge grant...
A profitable prescription: More US hospitals are going green to keep them out of the red. Hospitals are energy hogs. With their 24/7 lighting, heating and water needs, they use up to five times more energy than a fancy hotel. Executives at some systems view their...
The road to renewables will not be paved by the environmentalists. Instead, the path is being cut by the accountants, and health care provider Kaiser Permanente is showing how to do it right. Kaiser is on a mission to slash its carbon emissions on the road to full...
Is it possible for a hospital to save money on energy, reduce its carbon footprint, and add the option of critical power during power outages in one project? That is the goal of a microgrid demonstration project installed at the Kaiser Permanente Richmond Medical...
The 250kW solar + 1MWh battery microgrid at the Kaiser hospital in Richmond, California was a major stepping stone to helping one of the largest health care providers in the nation become carbon neutral. The system, active since the beginning of 2018, is being...
