CESA Webinars & Events

Below is the list of our upcoming and most recent webinars. All of our webinars are free to attend, but registration is required. Click on the titles of the upcoming webinars below to read more and register.

Upcoming

Energy Storage Interconnection – Challenges and Solutions

May 21, 2024

Energy storage projects face unique operational attributes that are often not well accounted for in current interconnection processes, and this can lead to storage projects facing undue burdens that may ultimately cause them to become uneconomical. In this webinar, policy experts will examine the problem and discuss new initiatives designed to address interconnection challenges.

Batteries 101, Part 2: Benefits and Applications of Battery Energy Storage in Massachusetts

May 30, 2024

In a special, Massachusetts-focused webinar series by CEG and CESA, experts will answer your questions about energy storage. This second webinar in the series will cover battery storage benefits and applications.

CESA 2024 Members Meeting

June 3, 2024

CESA’s 2024 Members Meeting will take place on June 3-4 in Chicago, Illinois. This annual event is filled with learning, networking, and information-sharing activities.

Recent

Hydrogen and Fuel Cells for Resiliency: Fuel Cells for Telecom (Renewable H2)

March 17, 2016

Guest speakers from Altergy and T-Mobile discuss how fuel cells have become a significant part of their company’s mission to reduce environmental impact and dependence on fossil fuels while ensuring continuity of service for their customers.

Hawaii’s 100 Percent RPS and Vermont’s New RPS

March 14, 2016

This webinar will look at two states that last year took important actions to advance renewable energy. Program developers and managers from Hawaii and Vermont will present.

Resilient San Francisco: How to Develop a Citywide Solar+Storage Disaster Plan

March 7, 2016

This webinar, hosted by Clean Energy Group’s Resilient Power Project, features a presentation on efforts in San Francisco to develop solar+storage systems to provide resilient power during grid outages.

NREL’s STAT Network—Explaining the Opportunity and Process for Requesting Solar Technical Assistance

March 3, 2016

NREL’s STAT program provides direct technical assistance to state and local governments on matters that require solar market expertise to either answer a specific question or to provide expert testimony on policy best practices. Attendees will learn how to obtain solar technical assistance and hear about past solar technical assistance responses.

Optimizing Energy Storage Sizing, Location and Operation: Current R&D Efforts at Sandia National Laboratories

February 25, 2016

This webinar, presented by CESA’s Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP), will feature a presentation on modeling software that can help developers optimize energy storage size and location. Panelists include Dr. César Silva-Monroy, Dr. Raymond Byrne, and Dan Borneo from Sandia National Laboratories.

Energy Storage in PJM: Wholesale Market Rules and Requirements

February 23, 2016

This webinar, hosted by Clean Energy Group’s Resilient Power Project, features a presentation by Scott Baker of the PJM regional transmission organization on the rules and requirements for distributed energy storage to participate in the PJM wholesale energy markets.

Hydrogen and Fuel Cells for Resiliency: Financing Energy Resiliency

February 18, 2016

Guest speakers from the CT Green Bank and the NY Green Bank will discuss their programs. Participants will also learn about ways to finance projects and utilize existing financial tools, such as long-term and low interest rate loans, revolving loan funds, and low-cost public investments to leverage hydrogen and fuel cell projects for resilient power.

New Jersey Energy Storage Rebate Program

February 17, 2016

The New Jersey Energy Storage Program is back, this time in the form of an open enrollment prescriptive rebate that will offer $300/kWh for eligible systems. The $3 million rebate program opens March 1. Join us to learn about program rules and requirements from the New Jersey BPU.

Clean Energy Group’s Resilient Power Project: Providing “How To” Resources for Building Energy Resilient Communities

February 10, 2016

Clean Energy Group will be hosting a webinar to provide an introduction to the Resilient Power Project and an overview of the project’s free resources, which include reports, webinars, newsletters, and several new web-based tools.

Financing Solar+Storage with Federal Tax Credits

February 3, 2016

Join us for a presentation on ITC considerations for solar+storage projects from tax and financial advisory experts from DeLoitte Tax.