Session Recap: The Road to Fleet Electrification & Strategies for a Successful Transition
Fleet electrification isn’t a single decision—it’s a systems transformation. That was the central message of Thursday morning’s session, The Road to Fleet Electrification: Strategies for a Successful Transition, where industry practitioners laid out the unglamorous realities of moving from pilot projects to scalable programs. Moderator Joanna Hamblin, senior marketing consultant at Iron Core Marketing, set […]
Session Recap: Anticipating the Data Center BuildoutÂ
The data center boom is reshaping the grid faster than traditional planning models can keep up – and nobody in the room needed convincing. What the session, moderated by Eva Guadamillas of Carbon Direct, actually wrestled with was harder: how do you plan for growth at this scale when the numbers themselves are uncertain, the […]
Keynote Recap: State Level Blueprints for a Clean and Resilient Energy Economy
With federal clean energy policy in flux, the opening keynote at the Intersolar & Energy Storage North America (IESNA) Flagship event made one thing clear: the states aren’t waiting. Moderated by Sammy Roth, independent climate writer and author of the Climate Colored Goggles Substack, the panel brought together four regional energy leaders to examine how […]
Session Recap: The Future of U.S. Solar Manufacturing
The backdrop for Wednesday afternoon’s session, Driving the Future of U.S. Solar Manufacturing at Intersolar & Energy Storage North America (IESNA)’s Flagship event, was timely: moderator Suzi Emmerling, founder of Calina Strategies, opened by citing explosive solar growth forecasts: utility-scale generation rising 17% this year, with 63% growth in PJM and 92% in ERCOT. She also […]
Session Recap: HR1, Trade Rules, and the New Reality for Renewables
“$625 million was a direct financial benefit to the coal industry,” noted moderator Mark Crowdis, CEO of 127 Energy, describing recent policy moves forcing uneconomic coal plants to continue operating. “We are in weird times.” Against this backdrop, industry professionals filled Tuesday morning’s policy session, Policy Shifts in Motion: HR1, Trade Rules, and the New […]
Summit Recap: Expert Strategies for Affordable Solar Construction
With federal subsidies on hold and market pressures intensifying, solar and storage developers gathered for a pre-conference summit during the Intersolar & Energy Storage North America (IESNA) Flagship event that couldn’t have been more timely. The three-hour afternoon session promised insider strategies for reducing construction costs early in the development process – and delivered exactly […]
SOLRITE Launches $20/Month Battery-Only VPP for Texas MarketÂ
SOLRITE Energy has launched a sonnen battery-only Virtual Power Plant Agreement (VPA) offer for the Texas ERCOT market. It features 60 kWh of sonnen energy storage per home and a 12¢ per kWh all-in retail energy rate for $20 per month. Already, 3,000 customers across Texas have joined the first-of-its-kind SOLRITE sonnen VPA. With the […]
ChargerHelp Triples Stations Under Management with RaaS Model
ChargerHelp announced it has tripled its stations under management, formalized a new partner program, and bolstered its executive team to scale its operations. The company credits the rapid adoption of its Reliability as a Service (RaaS) model for these achievements. As EV infrastructure has expanded, operational complexity has outpaced traditional maintenance models; the result is […]
El Paso Electric, Base Power Launch Home Battery Pilot
El Paso Electric Company (EPE) and Base Power announced a new pilot program that will use home battery systems to help ease strain and strengthen the grid during times of high electricity demand. The program represents a scalable model for utilities seeking to add flexible, customer-sited capacity to the grid on significantly shorter timelines than […]
Startup Spotlight: Emerging Leaders in Clean Energy Innovation
The future of renewable energy is taking shape right now—and you can meet the companies driving it forward at the Startup Pavilion, located on the exhibit hall floor during Intersolar & Energy Storage North America’s Flagship event, taking place February 18-20, 2026. This dedicated exhibit space brings together the most promising emerging companies in solar […]
Advanced Energy United Report:Â The Value of Integrating Distributed Energy Resources in Texas
Unlocking Billions in Grid Savings: How Texas DERs Can Lead the Way Texas is growing fast, and with that growth comes rising energy demand. A new report released by the Texas state chapter of Advanced Energy United—a partner of the Intersolar & Energy Storage North America (IESNA) Flagship 2026 event—finds that Texas could save billions […]
Enlight Advances 1.2 GW Arizona Solar+Storage Complex
Enlight Renewable Energy announced it has reached major development milestones for the Arizona-based CO Bar Complex and will now move the project into full-scale execution. Among the largest clean energy projects in the U.S., the Complex includes five stages, for a total of 1.211 gigawatts (GW) of solar generating capacity and 4 gigawatt hours (GWh) […]