By Lee Krevat CEO of Krevat Energy Innovations Founder/Host of The Climate Champions Podcast Introduction This article focuses on the benefits of the Orison Energy Storage Solution (Orison). Compared to other residential energy storage systems, Orison provides an installed base system at less than one fifth the cost of other systems. Orison can grow to any size […]
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As originally published on WattWatchers. On My Watts: Murray Hogarth It’s an intense experience to be part of a startup accelerator program, even if only for a short period. Make that an international program and the stakes go higher. This post comes from the heart of Free Electrons, which identifies itself as the world’s first […]
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If you’re anything like me, you usually think of what your electricity usage is costing you about once a month—when you get your bill in the mail. After opening your bill, you immediately go on a campaign to reduce your overall usage…starting by telling everyone in the house to turn off the lights! In some […]
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As published on Meeting of the Minds. Over the past 15 years working in the sustainability industry I have witnessed many businesses sacrifice environmental goals to uphold quality and profit. Although sustainable resources and green technologies abound, increasing return on investment while achieving and maintaining meaningful sustainable development practices and environmental stewardship ideals is a […]
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Orison was selected as a HIVE 50 Innovator for 2017 by Hanley Wood, the premier information, media, event, and strategic marketing services company serving the residential, commercial design and construction industries. This honor was recognized at the HIVE conference, short for Housing Innovation, Vision & Economics, at the Intercontinental Los Angeles Downtown December 6-7, 2017, […]
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Orison has been selected as a finalist in CONNECT’s Most Innovative New Product Awards in its Cleantech, Sustainability, and Energy category . CONNECT, a premier innovation company accelerator in San Diego that creates and scales great companies in the technology and life sciences sectors, continues its thirty-year tradition of celebrating innovation leaders in the local San […]
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In May 2017, Orison’s founder & CEO Eric Clifton presented at the Internet of Things World conference, as a panelist on both the Smart Cities track and the Smart Home track. IoT World 2017’s Smart Cities track session entitled “Looking into the future: Smart Cities Utilities Infrastructure” covered: Smart electric power solutions for smart cities Smart gear and devices to enhance connectivity Advanced […]
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Orison is honored to be recognized by Fast Company magazine as one of the Energy category finalists in its first annual World Changing Ideas Awards. Fast Company is devoted to writing about the people and companies making positive and world-changing differences in business. World Changing Ideas Awards honor groundbreaking social impact companies, products, policies, designs, […]
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ENERGY STORAGE Greentech Media: In Shift to Longer-Duration Applications, US Energy Storage Installations Grow 100% in 2016 Led by a record-breaking fourth quarter, energy storage deployments in the United States totaled 336 megawatt-hours in 2016, doubling the megawatt-hours deployed in 2015. According to GTM Research and the Energy Storage Association’s U.S Energy Storage Monitor 2016 […]
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ENERGY STORAGE Greentech Media: C&I Storage Expected to Grow Threefold in Germany and the UK by 2021 Germany and the U.K. could see a combined 210 megawatt-hours of commercial and industrial (C&I) storage installed per year by 2021, new research shows. The volume of installations would represent an almost tenfold increase on the roughly 22 megawatt-hours […]
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ENERGY STORAGE Oilprice.com: Energy Storage Set To Boom In 2017 Three new storage plants are in the works and they’re unlike anything before. The plants will be completely reliant on lithium ion storage…These plants will reduce the number of blackouts due to power shortage at peak hours and prevent loss of power generated but not used. […]
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Time-of-use (TOU) is a pricing scheme under which utilities charge customers according to what time of the day they use energy. Under this model, utilities charge lower rates during hours of the day when people are not using much electricity, and then raise prices when electricity is at peak demand. One of the primary purposes […]
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ORISON Greentech Media: Energy Storage Startup Speed Pitch: Orison, Moixa, Kisensum …”The most compelling thing about Orison is that we’ve gotten rid of all of the soft costs — no permits, no interconnect agreement and no electrician. We ship it to your door, you place it in your home and you plug it in.” ENERGY […]
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So what does Orison do when it isn’t saving the day during a blackout? On a typical day, as you pass Orison on your way to make your morning cup of coffee, or head to the office to get started on the work day, you don’t have to do anything. Orison is configured to respond […]
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ORISON Greentech Media: Here’s Every Company That Entered the US Energy Storage Game in 2016 …The company is pitching storage as a true home appliance: The two options, a sleek wall panel or a standing unit that looks more like a futuristic lamp, simply plug into a wall socket and store energy for that circuit. […]
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Before you hopped on to your computer to read this article, you didn’t have to first program your computer to use your mouse, right? You can thank Windows 95 because 22 years ago computer users had no choice but to spend significant amounts of time entering the proper configurations to use their external devices with […]
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ENERGY STORAGE JDSupra Business Advisor: Massachusetts DOER to Set Energy Storage Targets On December 27, 2016, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) announced that it is prudent for the Commonwealth to adopt an energy storage target for electric companies to procure viable and cost-effective energy storage systems to be achieved by January 1, 2020. […]
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Imagine getting through a blackout without having to burn all of your candles, eat all the ice cream in your freezer before it melts, or run a noisy generator to power your home. With Orison, you can save your ice cream for later! Every day Orison is on the alert for blackout notifications from the […]
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ENERGY STORAGE Bloomberg: A Testing Ground for Energy Storage in the Shadow of Mt. Fuji A patch of land in the shadow of Mount Fuji is becoming a testing ground for energy storage, with some of Japan’s leading companies trying to develop technologies such as spinning flywheels and fuel cells. The Yamanashi Prefectural Government is […]
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On December 15th, 2016, Advanced Energy Economy hosted a one hour webinar to review major energy events from the last year, and to discuss 2017 prospects. The webinar featured positive updates as well as promising predictions regarding federal and state policy initiatives, a summation of the AEE’s 21st Century Electricity System (21CES) program’s progress, and […]
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ENERGY STORAGE Greentech Media: Lessons From 40 Years of Electricity Market Transformation: Storage Is Coming Faster Than You Think What do Gerald Ford, a fossil-fuel plant on the Houston Ship Channel, the second-largest utility in Vermont, and the California legislature have in common? They each ushered in a major national market transformation in the U.S. […]
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ORISON Consumer Electronics Net: DDSTUDIO Design Thinking Approach Nets GOOD DESIGN® 2016 Awards for 3 Clients Orison energy storage is recognized by GOOD DESIGN®. The Orison Tower and Orison Panel store energy and intelligently power a home or business with the first ever plug-and-play solution. Whether energy comes from the grid or solar, users can control when […]
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Orison is pleased to announce that our energy storage products are a recipient of the 2016 Good Design Award. Orison energy storage was invented by our founder and CEO Eric Clifton, and designed with DDSTUDIO, a premier design firm founded in 1984 by Charles Curbbun. We teamed up with DDSTUDIO to apply design-thinking principles to our […]
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“Looking for Answers in a Tumultuous Time for Energy Storage?” The headline of Greentech Media writer Julian Spector’s article was followed by the subtitle: “The 2016 Energy Storage Summit is the place to find them.” Spector continues his article to recount events, policies, and business actions of 2016 that have and will directly influence energy […]
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