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The Future of Energy Storage: Trends Shaping the Industry
Industry InsightsTechnology
Jan 28, 2026
4 min read

The Future of Energy Storage: Trends Shaping the Industry

The energy storage industry has grown from a niche technology to a foundational element of the modern grid. Battery costs have fallen more than 90% over the past decade, deployment rates are accelerat...

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How Microgrids Work: Components, Benefits, and Use Cases
Energy StorageTechnology
Jan 21, 2026
3 min read

How Microgrids Work: Components, Benefits, and Use Cases

Microgrids are localized energy systems that can operate independently from the main electrical grid. They combine distributed energy resources; solar panels, battery storage, generators, and controll...

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Revenue Stacking for Battery Storage: Maximizing Your Investment
Energy StorageIndustry Insights
Jan 14, 2026
3 min read

Revenue Stacking for Battery Storage: Maximizing Your Investment

Revenue stacking is the practice of using a single battery energy storage system to generate income from multiple value streams simultaneously. It is the key to maximizing battery storage ROI and the...

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Energy Storage Financial Modeling: Understanding ROI, NPV, and IRR
Energy StorageIndustry Insights
Jan 7, 2026
3 min read

Energy Storage Financial Modeling: Understanding ROI, NPV, and IRR

Energy storage financial modeling is the process of projecting the economic returns of a battery storage investment over its operational lifetime. For project developers seeking financing, asset owner...

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How to Size a Battery Storage System: A Step-by-Step Guide
Energy StorageIndustry Insights
Dec 31, 2025
3 min read

How to Size a Battery Storage System: A Step-by-Step Guide

Battery sizing is one of the most consequential decisions in an energy storage project. An undersized battery leaves revenue on the table. An oversized battery wastes capital. Getting it right require...

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How Weather Data Acquisition Improves Solar and Storage Performance
SolarTechnology
Dec 24, 2025
3 min read

How Weather Data Acquisition Improves Solar and Storage Performance

Weather data acquisition is a foundational component of professional solar and energy storage operations. Accurate, real-time weather data enables everything from performance verification to predictiv...

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Solar Monitoring Best Practices for Asset Owners and Operators
SolarIndustry Insights
Dec 17, 2025
3 min read

Solar Monitoring Best Practices for Asset Owners and Operators

Effective solar monitoring is the difference between a high-performing portfolio and one that silently loses revenue year after year. For asset owners and operators managing utility-scale or commercia...

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What Is a Solar Energy Management System? Benefits and Key Features
SolarTechnology
Dec 10, 2025
3 min read

What Is a Solar Energy Management System? Benefits and Key Features

A Solar Energy Management System (Solar EMS) is a software platform that monitors, analyzes, and optimizes solar power generation. Unlike basic inverter monitoring that only shows whether panels are p...

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Peak Shaving with Battery Storage: How It Works and Why It Matters
Energy StorageIndustry Insights
Dec 2, 2025
3 min read

Peak Shaving with Battery Storage: How It Works and Why It Matters

Demand charges can account for 30-50% of a commercial electricity bill. Peak shaving with battery storage is one of the most straightforward and reliable use cases for energy storage; and one of the e...

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Storage EMS vs. SCADA: What's the Difference?
Energy StorageTechnology
Nov 25, 2025
3 min read

Storage EMS vs. SCADA: What's the Difference?

In the energy storage industry, the terms "Storage EMS" and "SCADA" are sometimes used interchangeably; but they refer to very different systems with very different capabilities. Understanding the dis...

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What Is a Battery Energy Management System? A Complete Guide
Energy StorageTechnology
Nov 17, 2025
3 min read

What Is a Battery Energy Management System? A Complete Guide

A battery energy management system (Battery EMS) is the software platform that controls and optimizes the operation of battery energy storage systems. Whether you call it a storage EMS, energy storage...

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How to Choose the Best Storage EMS for Your Energy Storage Project
Energy StorageTechnology
Nov 10, 2025
3 min read

How to Choose the Best Storage EMS for Your Energy Storage Project

Choosing the right storage EMS (Energy Management System) is one of the most critical decisions for any energy storage project. The storage EMS is the brain of your battery system; it controls when to...

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Energy Tech Company WATTMORE Launches New Intellect EnFORM Solar Monitoring Product
Media
Sep 28, 2025
3 min read

Energy Tech Company WATTMORE Launches New Intellect EnFORM Solar Monitoring Product

AI-Powered EnFORM seamlessly couples with WATTMORE's Energy Management System Intellect OPERATE, delivering a turnkey solution to project investors and developers.DENVER, Sept. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --...

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Update: Lincoln Electric Battery Project Under Construction!
Projects
Jun 25, 2025
2 min read

Update: Lincoln Electric Battery Project Under Construction!

LINCON ELECTRIS 13.8MWH project underway

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Logan City Light & Power, WATTMORE and Eos to Energize the Municipal Utility’s First Battery Energy Storage System
Projects
Nov 15, 2024
3 min read

Logan City Light & Power, WATTMORE and Eos to Energize the Municipal Utility’s First Battery Energy Storage System

Logan, UT (November 14, 2024)–  Logan City Light & Power, the electric utility for the City of Logan, Utah, and WATTMORE, an energy storage software and service provider, announced today the...

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WATTMORE’S patented Intellect Operate EMS to control and monitor 3MW Energy Storage Project for Lincoln Electric System
Projects
Oct 25, 2024
3 min read

WATTMORE’S patented Intellect Operate EMS to control and monitor 3MW Energy Storage Project for Lincoln Electric System

LINCOLN, Neb. (October 24, 2024) Bridge Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of Bridge Investment Group Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BRDG) (“Bridge”) and WATTMORE, an energy storage energy management system (“EMS”)...

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Wattmore Featured on Impact Podcast
PodCast
Sep 16, 2024
1 min read

Wattmore Featured on Impact Podcast

WATTMORE is an energy storage software company providing battery sizing, economic outcome forecasts, battery charging and discharging, and more.JW is a serial founder and clean power executive (Becaus...

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WATTMORE Earns US Patent
Media
Sep 11, 2024
2 min read

WATTMORE Earns US Patent

WATTMORE Earns US Patent for Flexible Energy Management Software for Energy Storage DENVER (September 11, 2024) - WATTMORE, the Denver-based battery storage energy management software firm, annou...

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Rincon Reservation Partnership with Wattmore
Projects
Aug 2, 2024
4 min read

Rincon Reservation Partnership with Wattmore

August 06, 2024 08:15 AM Eastern Daylight TimeSAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bridge Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of Bridge Investment Group Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BRDG) (“Bridge”), Solaris Energy and WAT...

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Successful Patent Application Filed
Media
May 31, 2023
2 min read

Successful Patent Application Filed

"WattCore" represents a significant leap forward in energy management technology.Exciting News! WATTMORE, the Denver-based climate tech company, has just filed a patent for a groundbreaking innovation...

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WATTMORE and Urban Electric Power selected to join Newlab’s Resilient Energy Studio, will team up to bring energy storage solutions to NYC.
Nov 2, 2022
4 min read

WATTMORE and Urban Electric Power selected to join Newlab’s Resilient Energy Studio, will team up to bring energy storage solutions to NYC.

Brooklyn, New York, Nov. 1 — WATTMORE, a climate tech start-up building an adaptive Energy Management Software platform for managing and operating the coming wave of scalable energy storage projects,...

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WATT’s in a name?
Jul 25, 2022
5 min read

WATT’s in a name?

Truth be told, I love being part of a team. I proudly sport gear and hats for my kids’ colleges, youth sports teams and my local basketball team (Go ‘Gate, UVA and East High School).  At my...

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NIKOLA POWER CORP. Closes Series A Financing, Bringing Game-Changing AI Energy Management Software to Fruition.
Media
Apr 13, 2022
5 min read

NIKOLA POWER CORP. Closes Series A Financing, Bringing Game-Changing AI Energy Management Software to Fruition.

Led by Arosa Capital with MaSa Partners, Pine Gate Renewables, Crosstimbers Ventures & Off Ramp Technologies. Denver, CO - Nikola Power, the Denver-based climate tech software firm, is thrill...

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