With offices in New York, Virginia, and Alabama, asset manager Madison Energy Investments (MEI) serves public and private entities and capital partners looking to add or invest in distributed energy resources across the U.S. MEI’s knowledgeable team works to structure financing and develop, construct and own/operate onsite solar, storage and solar-plus-storage projects, as well as offsite community solar generation and electric fleets with associated charging infrastructure.
This collaboration enabled Madison Energy Investments to scale operations, optimize energy production, and achieve financial goals, solidifying their position as a trusted renewables industry leader.
Despite energy efficiency upgrades, operating heavy machinery throughout the plant still creates excessive heat that’s expensive to control. Additionally, equipment start-up at the beginning of shifts can create huge demand spikes. With strict production demands to meet, Saint-Gobain can’t afford to restructure operations just to manage time-of-use charges on the plant’s energy bill.
With Athena, Saint-Gobain not only automatically saves on its operation costs but also its facilities team now gains deeper insight into the plant’s energy use. And when signaled by the grid, the facility’s energy storage system earns additional revenues via demand response participation and allows the grid to reduce reliance on expensive, high-polluting forms of electricity.