Solar + storage in Virginia
What is solar + battery storage?
Solar systems with battery backup can provide individuals and communities with much needed resiliency in the face of natural disasters.
Progress in Virginia
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SB 1258, passed in 2017 expands the purpose of the new SolarEnergy and Battery Storage Development Authority to include positioning the state as a leader in research, development, commercialization, manufacturing, and deployment of energy storage technology.
- Solar United Neighbors conducted an in-depth analysis of the current “state of the art” of solar + storage. It sought to determine if solar + storage is a viable means to protect vulnerable communities from the impacts of climate change. The research used the Hampton Roads, Virginia region as a test case. We modeled the financial feasibility of these projects and identified means to scale up their deployment.
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Virginia Resources
- Resilient Virginia – Leaders from government, the private sector, academia, and Virginia Sustainable Building Network (VSBN) in July 2014 formed a new organization, Resilient Virginia, to accelerate resiliency planning in Virginia communities.
- Virginia Department of Environmental Quality – Provides information on small renewable energy projects utilizing solar energy.
- Making energy storage work in Virginia – How companies like Tumalow Energy Ingenuity are developing energy storage projects in the state.