After successfully making it through the first and second stages of the competition, Orison is now competing against nine other remaining companies in the third and final round of the U.S. Department of Energy’s American-Made Solar Prize contest. The American-Made Solar Prize is a $3 million competition that encourages bright minds to deliver technology innovations in the solar […]
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s American-Made Challenges has named Orison a Solar Prize Round 2 semifinalist. Orison is one of 20 semifinalist teams selected from over 125 applicants to continue onto the Set! Contest of the American-Made Solar Prize. We are excited to join a movement of problem solvers. Watch our […]
Solar as a Mainstream Solution is Dependent on Storage The existing electric grid was built to move power in one direction, from a centralized generation source (power plant) to distributed loads (buildings, homes). It was not built to accommodate bidirectional energy flow. The current influx of distributed solar is putting strain on the grid […]
ORISON Nanalyze: 10 Companies Selling Home Batteries …Orison received a lot of press for being one of the first home batteries to plug directly into an outlet, alleviating the need for expensive installation. Using the cloud to access their own network, Orison units automatically store energy when rates are low and use stored energy when rates […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
