Download Free (.pdf)Energy Toolbase at RE+ 2026: New Microgrid Features, Coincident Peak Optimization & More
The countdown to RE+ Las Vegas is on, and the Energy Toolbase team is excited to return for our 12th appearance at RE+. As one of the industry’s premier events for solar and storage experts, RE+ provides the perfect opportunity to connect with developers, EPCs, asset owners, and energy professionals who are shaping the future […]
California Resource Adequacy: What Every Energy Storage Developer Needs to Know
California’s Resource Adequacy (RA) program is one of the most important and longstanding capacity procurement programs for commercial energy storage projects. Since 2006, the RA program has frequently provided a stable, long-term revenue stream that has helped make energy storage projects bankable. Funding for the more recent Demand-Side Grid Support (DSGS) program is expected to […]
FEOC Compliance FAQs: What Solar and Energy Storage Developers Need to Know for Projects
Solar and energy storage developers have questions regarding Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) and Prohibited Foreign Entity (PFE) rules and restrictions, which is why our recent “Navigating Prohibited Foreign Entity Compliance for Energy Storage Projects in 2026-2027” webinar went into detail to explain the many complexities of these evolving rules and answer as many questions […]
Navigating Prohibited Foreign Entity Compliance for Energy Storage Projects
Over the past year, the IRS has released additional guidance surrounding Sections 45Y and 48E tax credits, introducing new restrictions designed to limit foreign influence. These rules add a new layer of complexity to storage project development by examining ownership structures, financing arrangements, supplier relationships, and equipment sourcing. Failure to comply with Prohibited Foreign Entity […]
Energy Toolbase Launches Groundbreaking Feature Enabling Grid Services and Utility Bill Savings Modeling for solar and energy storage Projects
Energy Toolbase is thrilled to announce a significant enhancement to its ETB Developer product, marking a new era in solar and energy storage project optimization. The ability to model grid services and utility bill savings empowers solar and energy storage projects to leverage a wide variety of value streams, enhancing overall project economics and reliability.
Energy Toolbase – Chint Power Systems (CPS) Energy Storage Integration Resource Guide
Overview CPS ESS Integration on Energy Toolbase 3 Energy Toolbase iEMS 4 Signing up CPS Commercial ESS Integration 5 Using CPS ESS Integration 6 Transactions When using the CPS ESS Integration 9 Final Checklist 12
Development Hurdles Facing the Energy Storage Market and How to Overcome Them
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A Guide to Modeling solar and energy storage on CCAs
If you’ve been paying attention to what’s happening in California’s solar market in the slightest bit over the past 10 years, you’re somewhat familiar with community choice aggregation (CCA). Since Marion County launched the first CCA program in 2010, the adaptation from several other counties soon followed. There are now …
Simplifying the process of retrieving usage data
Retrieving and obtaining data from a utility can be difficult and time-consuming, but completely necessary in accurately modeling solar and energy storage projects. It varies from utility to utility, and when you’re a developer, working on several projects, retrieving data for each project can take days, even weeks. If you’re going …
We Updated our SGIP Incentives
We made a small update to the logic we use to calculate (SGIP) Self Generation Incentive Program energy storage incentives that we want to make users aware of. The SGIP Program Handbook states that the energy capacity of a storage system, which the SGIP incentive is paid based on, is …
A Historic Moment for Residential Energy Storage Economics: California’s new Time-of-Use Rates
A historic thing happened earlier this month for residential energy storage economics. For the first time ever, the project economics of a solar and energy storage project operated in time-of-use (TOU) arbitrage mode, beat the economics of a standalone solar PV project. This noteworthy occurrence happened in the Southern California Edison …
Energy Toolbase + Stem Integration: What You Should Know
When it comes to energy storage modeling, Energy Toolbase has consistently made improvements to our platform that allows our users to accurately model, propose and optimize the economics of any behind-the-meter storage project. Our latest integration with Stem , the world leader in AI-driven energy storage services gives project developers …