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Top 10 💨 Wind 🍃 Developers to Brush Shoulders with at AWEA 2018
Energy Acuity is the leading provider of power generation and power delivery market intelligence. Below are the Top 10 Wind Developers by MWs brought online in 2017 and a short description of each company. Descriptions also have a link containing company contact...
📈📊 Analyzing LMP (Locational Marginal Pricing) with Energy Acuity 📈📊
Download: Analyzing LMP (Locational Marginal Pricing) with Energy Acuity report available 👉 HERE What's Included? — Tool Overview - EA’s LMP tool provides users with a unique ability to access, visualize and analyze LMP across different ISO Regions. The tool provides...
💥 Feature Update 💥 Utility Interviews 2.0
Energy Acuity has recently made efforts to expand our primary research that drives our Grid product. In order to supply our customers with more actionable leads, we have recently revised our utility interview process to include specific investment ranges as well as...
📈 Using Energy Acuity’s LMP Tool for Basis Risk Analysis 📈
Let’s say you were in the early stages of siting a wind project in Texas that will be settled at the West Texas Pricing Hub and need a better understanding of nodal-to-zone basis risk at different potential project sites. You can use EA’s mapping tools to identify...
📍🗺️ LMP Price and Node Mapping with Energy Acuity’s LMP Tool 🗺️📍
Our tool provides LMP heat mapping for all ISO regions across the U.S. This interactive mapping feature allows users to view heat maps for a single time period down to the hourly level, or to visualize LMP changes over time. Source: Energy Acuity LMP Platform The LMP...
Energy Acuity’s LMP Tool has over 3 Billion Hourly Prices Available for Analysis
Energy Acuity’s LMP tool contains 3 Billion hourly prices from 53,370 Nodes, 112 Price Zones, and 29 Price hubs. The tool provides historical real-time and day-ahead hourly LMP, Congestion and Line Loss pricing for nodes, hubs, and zones located in PJM, CAISO, MISO,...
Locational Marginal Pricing (LMP): Components of LMP
#1 System Energy Price LMPs are made up of System Energy Price, Congestion Costs, and Losses. System Energy Price represents the cost to serve power on a system, ignoring transmission and congestion costs. In organized markets, power plants are dispatched lowest cost...
Locational Marginal Pricing (LMP) Component #3: Cost of Marginal Losses
The third component of LMPs is the cost of marginal losses. Losses are just electricity that is lost during long-distance transport. So, the closer your power plant is to the load that it is serving, the lower your Losses are, and the further away it is, the higher...
Locational Marginal Pricing (LMP) Component #2: Congestion Costs
Congestion costs represent the price of congestion at binding constraints on the power system. Congestion costs arise when, in order to respect constraints in the transmission system, higher cost generation must be used to meet load as opposed to lower cost generation...
Locational Marginal Pricing (LMP) Component #1: System Energy Price
LMPs are made up of System Energy Price, Congestion Costs, and Losses. System Energy Price represents the cost to serve power on a system, ignoring transmission and congestion costs. In organized markets, power plants are dispatched lowest cost to highest cost;...
What is Locational Marginal Pricing (LMP)?
What is Locational Marginal Pricing (LMP)? LMP stands for Locational Marginal Pricing and represents the cost to buy and sell power at different locations within wholesale electricity markets, usually called Independent System Operators (ISOs). Examples of ISOs...
❓ Frequently Asked Questions ❓
Energy Acuity FAQs How does EA get its data? Primary & proactive research, web & news monitoring, public resource aggregation, and expert analysis. How often is the tool updated? Energy Acuity’s platform is updated every 24 hours. How does EA ensure the accuracy...
Transmission Project Primary Research 👩💻👨💻
To complement our existing Smart Grid primary research, Energy Acuity has begun interviewing electric utilities about upcoming transmission and substation projects in order to identify pre-RFP investment opportunities. Source: Energy Acuity Grid Platform Request a...
Operating Stats, Capacity Factors, and Transaction Price Data
With tools built to allow easy analysis on both a macro and micro level, EA provides even more layers to help you better understand PPA landscapes, plant output, and plant efficiency. Specifically, target at the plant level, or get a broader market level analysis by...
🗺️📍 Energy Acuity Maps 2.0 — Maps Just Got Even Better! 📍🗺️
The ability to view Energy Acuity data in map view just got even better. In addition to solar, wind, transmission, substation and downstream energy project mapping, users can now take advantage of the following new and improved features. Energy Storage Project Mapping...
☀️🏛️ Reactions To The Section 201 Solar Trade Case 🏛️☀️
The Section 201 Solar Trade Case is a tariff dispute focused on the price of solar panels in the U.S. imported from China. The U.S.-based solar panel manufacturing company Suniva claims that Chinese solar panel manufacturers are “dumping” panels into the U.S. market...
💨🚧 5 Wind Development Projects To Know In 2018 🚧💨
As wind power becomes more competitive with traditional energy sources, big-name companies are making a push to stake their claims in the industry. Over the next few years, a significant amount of wind power will enter the U.S. energy mix through wind farms under...
☀️⚡ 2 Factors That Affect Utility-Scale Solar Projects ⚡☀️
If you’re wondering what factors play into whether or not utility-scale projects become reality, you’re in the right place. Here are two of several predictors you and your team can use as a framework for determining which development projects have the greatest...
🏗️💨 How To Find Wind Developers + 5 Worth Contacting 💨🏗️
If you’re looking to get in on the ground floor of wind development projects in the U.S. and Canada, building relationships with wind energy developers and wind turbine companies and suppliers are critical to your success. Because wind energy developers are involved...
What You Need To Know About Renewable Energy Project Financing
When we talk about renewable energy project finance, we separate the audience into two types of people: developers who build and sell when the project is live, and others who build a project to own. For developers who build to sell, finding buyers is a key component...
⚡🔌 2017 Smart Grid Market Forecast: A Comparison By State 🔌⚡
Where is it “smart” to look for opportunities with smart grid companies? We took a look at data from across the United States (featured in our Energy Acuity Grid Platform) in order to provide a smart grid market forecast comparison for vendors and other interested...
What Is A Smart Grid Technology Roadmap? 📍⚡🗺️
Recently, I dropped my phone on a hot sidewalk. The screen cracked like a piece of peanut brittle, and I was forced to use an old phone I’d saved until I could get a replacement for my broken phone. I had to laugh—that old phone was simply inadequate. It couldn’t do...
3 Up-And-Coming Smart Grid Companies To Keep Your Eye On
Over the past decade, the U.S. smart grid industry has exploded in response to aging utilities in need of repair. Just five years ago, in 2012, the smart grid market represented $33 billion for the utility industry. As quoted in this article from Pinnacle Business...
⚡🔋 Energy Acuity Launches Energy Storage Database 🔋⚡
DENVER, CO SEPTEMBER 07, 2017 Energy Acuity, the leading provider of data, intelligence, and analytics on the power markets, announced that it has added a new database focused on Energy Storage to its product suite. The addition is one of many product enhancements...
📚⚡ U.S. Smart Grid Project Leads Report 2016 ⚡📚
For vendors interested in energy opportunities with smart grid companies, learning about and understanding smart grid opportunity trends is simply something you can’t ignore. By paying attention to what’s going on in the smart grid industry, you’ll have a better grasp...
What Is An Integrated Resource Plan & Why Is It Important? 🤔💭
Are you familiar with integrated resource plans (IRPs)? Take a look at this primer on IRPs and see why you should be aware of them. What is an integrated resource plan? An integrated resource plan is a roadmap that large utilities use to plan out generational...
How Should I Choose an EPC Firms to Partner with? 🤝✔️
If you’re a developer about to invest nine figures into a renewable energy project, the most important thing you can do is make sure your project’s return on investment is sound. It’s not easy to build these massive projects. So much goes into the process—from...
✔️ Nodal Pricing Added to Energy Acuity Product Suite ✔️
DENVER, CO AUGUST 14, 2017 Energy Acuity, a leading provider of data, intelligence, and analytics on the power markets, announced that it has added new data on locational marginal pricing (LMP) to its product suite. The newest update includes information on nearly...
📣📰 6 Sites For Up-To-Date Wind Energy News 📰📣
With the term “fake news” at the forefront these days, we wanted to do our due diligence to make sure you have the best, most reliable sources for wind energy news. With that in mind, we identified a handful of trustworthy sites (and a bonus site!) we suggest turning...
USA Solar Report: Examining 8,097 MW Of Projects ☀️📊
2016 was an interesting year for the solar industry. The industry grew, policies changed, and solar continued to surpass expectations. Three Quick Facts About Solar Projects In 2016 According to SEIA, 2016 was an unusually strong year for solar. Solar ranked as the...
📣📰☀️ 6 Reliable Places For Solar News ☀️📰📣
Who do you turn to for reliable news about the solar energy industry? We’ve identified seven trustworthy websites (and a bonus site!) you can turn to for the latest in solar news, industry changes, upcoming renewables projects, and more. Check out the list below and...
⚡💨 USA Wind Energy Report: 7,746 MW Of Projects Analyzed 💨⚡
If you’ve been watching the news lately, chances are you’ve heard about wind causing a storm in recent events. A quick Google search returns the following in less than a second: President Trump recently made remarks questioning the direction and value of wind power in...
✔️💨 Top 3 Wind Turbine Suppliers You Should Know 💨✔️
If you’re interested in jumping into renewable wind energy, there are three turbine suppliers you need to know about. These wind power companies blew past the competition in 2016 to become the top wind energy turbine suppliers—and paying attention to what they are up...
An Overview of Renewable Energy Tax Credits for Developers 🏛️💳
Renewable energy tax credits are essential to early-stage and small developers. These tax credits allow developers to sell energy cheaper so they can compete with traditional energy sources, like coal and natural gas, because these developers get money on the back end...
✔️📝☀️ 3 Secrets To Winning Solar RFPs ☀️📝✔️
In the renewable energy industry, winning a request for proposal (RFP) can help you to not only close a single project—it can help you build a business relationship with lasting potential. So, what’s the secret to winning that solar RFP? Get your foot in the door...
A Check-In On The U.S. Renewable Energy Policy Landscape 📝
Across the United States, the renewable energy policy landscape varies as much as the terrain. Solar and wind policies are driven largely by individual states—each with its own focus (or lack thereof). Following are highlights of the most-promising and least-promising...
Stop the Endless Searching with our Industry Policy Resource 🛑🔎
Are you tired of combing through endless PUC websites and documents, slowly piecing together information on policy filings and proceedings? We thought so, and we think we can end your suffering. Energy Acuity is excited to introduce Policy as the latest addition to...
🤯 12 Wind Energy Facts That Will Blow Your Mind 🤯
The importance of — and potential for — wind energy has become more and more apparent in the last several decades. In fact, 2016 was a record year for renewable wind energy in the United States (just check stat number one below!). That’s why we’ve put together this...
📊☀️ 14 Illuminating Solar Industry Facts & Stats ☀️📊
At a crisp 5,778 degrees Kelvin, the photosphere of the sun wouldn’t be a pleasant place for humans to vacation. But despite its unbelievable heat, the sun—and the solar energy it provides—is really pretty cool. Take a look at this compilation of solar energy facts...
📣 Spotlight on Array Technologies 📣
Here at Energy Acuity, we pride ourselves on getting the most out of the partnerships we form with clients. This not only helps us to build out our database in the most robust and accurate way possible, but it also helps us to find out what clients are looking for in...
📈☀️ Top 5 Solar States For Operating Projects in 2016 ☀️📈
When you think about the top solar states in the U.S., you may have a preconceived idea of which ones make the list. And while some of the leaders in the U.S. solar market are probably those you’d expect, others may surprise you. (For example, the Sunshine State is...
🔍🔌 4 Ways To Find Smart Grid Projects Pre-RFP 🔌🔎
If you’re a vendor trying to win business from utility companies, you’ve probably gone down this path: Look for proposals in the market, decide if the proposals match your products, wait for a response, and cross your fingers you win the bid. Historically, this is the...
📈☀️ The Top 10 Solar Developers Of 2016 ☀️📈
For many people in the solar business, identifying and evaluating solar companies to partner with is a tedious task. One helpful question that can jump-start the evaluation process is: Which solar companies have been the most active and had the most success? At Energy...
Energy Acuity Quickly Becoming the Energy Industry’s One-Stop Shop for Energy Policy Information
DENVER, COLORADO OCTOBER 27, 2016 Energy Acuity LLC, the leading provider of energy industry intelligence, is excited to announce the addition of energy legislation to their EA|Renewables and EA|Grid databases. With this rollout, Energy Acuity is now actively tracking...
Energy Acuity Rolls Out New Competitive Intelligence with Property Energy Usage and Credit Risk Scoring
DENVER, COLORADO OCTOBER 06, 2016 Energy Acuity, the leading provider of energy industry intelligence, adds more depth to their commercial property intelligence by rolling in both energy usage and credit risk scoring to their property profiles. These new data sets...
New Mobile App Streamlines Research and Business Development Efforts for Energy Industry Professionals
DENVER, COLORADO SEPTEMBER 14, 2016 Energy Acuity LLC, a leading provider of energy industry intelligence, launched their much anticipated mobile app this week. Energy Acuity's App allows sales professionals working in the power generation and energy infrastructure...
Industry Report Breaks Down New Wind Energy Projects and the Top Wind Energy Companies in 2015
DENVER, COLORADO AUGUST 18, 2016 Energy Acuity LLC, the leading provider of energy industry intelligence, has released a new report that observes the United States wind industry in 2015. The ‘2015 Wind Energy Report’ highlights an increase in newly operating wind...
⚡💨 5 U.S. Wind Projects to Watch in 2016 💨⚡
Even though we are still smack dab in the middle of 2015, it couldn’t hurt to start looking ahead to what the U.S. wind industry has in store for next year. Whether you’re looking to get involved in the project or you’re just fascinated by wind farm development, keep...
Policy Intelligence: The Original Pre-RFP
In every industry, professionals are keeping an ear to the ground and trying to stay one step ahead of events and changes coming down the pipeline. No one wants to get caught playing catch-up; anticipating what's ahead allows you to make adjustments and keep daily...
🗺️ Energy Acuity Debuts New Mapping Features! 🗺️
Energy Acuity recently launched a new release of our mapping functionality within our product. This new functionality enables increased ability to visualize projects in relation to the respective project’s actual location and nearby infrastructure. In addition to...