How Leaders Enabling the Clean Energy Transition Celebrate Earth Day
Stem is committed to providing AI-driven energy optimization to rapidly scale a low-carbon economy. This means avoiding the most damaging impacts of climate change and protecting our ability to thrive on this planet. To accomplish our mission, we are committed to fostering a sustainable business focused on meeting environmental, social, and governance goals that benefit […]
Stem Employee Insights Series: Keith Grassi, Senior Vice President of Product
Tell us about yourself. I’ve been in the energy industry for approximately 30 years, starting as a software developer predominantly in energy trading, risk management, and data acquisition systems. I have worked across major utilities in the U.S. and for a few multinational corporations, including a stint in Europe at Vestas Wind Systems (the largest […]
Why Solar Partners Buy Battery Storage from Stem
Today’s global supply chain has evolved into a highly integrated environment that is now experiencing a disruption like we’ve never seen before. Labor and material shortages are the root cause of the issues, in no small part due to COVID-19, and are adding to the reality of increased inflation, raw materials, and freight fees all […]
Unveiling Stem University 2.0 for Stem Channel Partners
About two years ago, Stem launched the first of its kind energy storage training curriculum known as Stem University. Since that time, hundreds of our partners have learned how to sell energy storage. Now, we have launched a new and enhanced version of Stem University. To apply to access the new Stem University, click here. […]
Stem Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2022
Recognized for Stem’s Athena® software, management of virtual power plants, and enabling the clean energy transition Fast Company has named Stem to its prestigious annual list of The World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2022 in the top ten of the Energy segment. This year’s list honors businesses that are making the biggest impact on their […]
Webinar Recap: How to Jumpstart Better Returns in ERCOT
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) territory has seen extensive adoption of energy storage projects, with much more expected, due to the valuable project returns available and the need for greater grid resilience. In Stem’s recent webinar, project developers looking for insights into the ERCOT storage market learned about Stem’s front-of-meter (FTM) offerings for […]
Energy Storage Opportunities for CCAs in the CAISO Wholesale Market
Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs) are alternatives to investor-owned utility energy supply systems in which local entities aggregate buying power of individual customers within a defined jurisdiction in order to secure alternative energy supply contracts. In California, CCAs are currently pursuing short- and long-term contracts with a variety of power suppliers to meet the energy needs […]
Stem Employee Insights Series: Kim Perelli, Regional Sales Manager
Q: Tell us about yourself and your background? I started my career in energy working for a utility auditing company in New Jersey. I then moved to a mechanical contractor doing work as an ESCO – very similar to Stem’s channel partners today – where I lead energy efficiency projects. So, those were great experiences […]
Stem Employee Insights Series: Yuna Saiki, Technical Program Manager
Q: Tell us about yourself and your background? A: I’ve always been interested in the renewable, cleantech space, and that was pretty intentional. I completed a Bachelor of Science in engineering from Brown University and earned a Masters of Science from Columbia. I could have gone in a few different directions, like plant engineering at […]
Texas’s Energy Storage Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush of the 1800s brought a slew of innovation, growth, and prosperity for those bold enough to seek their fortune. While the times and circumstances have changed, there’s a new kind of gold rush taking place in Texas, and it’s focused on renewable energy and energy storage. Texas is the fastest growing […]
Q&A with Inter-Island Solar Supply: Commercial Energy Trends & Demand Response in Hawaii
Inter-Island Solar Supply is a Stem distribution partner and full line solar, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and automation distributor, serving the contractor, design professional, government, OEM, and industrial end-user markets in Hawaii. Together, Stem and Inter-Island provide solutions and equipment for behind-the-meter energy storage projects serving commercial & industrial (C&I) businesses. Tom Schmidt, Vice President of […]
Stem Employee Insights: Irina Elent, Director Software QA
Q: Tell us about your background I was born and raised in the USSR, a country that doesn’t exist anymore. I earned a master’s degree in civil engineering before moving to the United States. That was over 25 years ago, and when I first arrived, I was told, if you’re a woman, forget about civil […]
How Clean Energy Intelligence will Drive the Grid Transformation – now with AlsoEnergy
Through this acquisition, we are expanding beyond battery management into cleantech management, optimizing solar and battery storage systems through data and software.
Unlocking the Storage Retrofit and Standalone Storage Market
December is a time of planning, strategizing, and looking forward to a new year filled with so many opportunities. And 2022 couldn’t look any brighter for the energy industry! Many important upcoming policy changes at the federal-level are coming down the pipe. Of course, one of the most important to decarbonizing the power sector is […]
Stem’s Perspective for ESA Members: Storage is Software
The Energy Storage Association (ESA) knows the U.S. power sector is in the midst of profound transformation and envisions a path to 100 GW of new energy storage in the next decade. Based on an exploration of their original 35×25 Vision report, experts’ growth projections, and the impact of accelerating the clean energy transformation of […]
Stem Employee Insights Series: Bill Bush, Chief Financial Officer
Q: Tell us about yourself and your background. I started with Stem five years ago when the company was a Series C startup. These were the early days, when we had a couple hundred systems, were about to install some of the first local capacity requirement (LCR) systems in Los Angeles, and we had just […]
Everything Electric Cooperatives Should Know About the Federal Storage ITC
Stem’s recent webinar on the topic of everything electric co-ops should know about the upcoming passage of the Federal Storage Investment Tax Credit (ITC) will bring you up-to-date with not only the Build Back Better (BBB) bill, but also how a new Direct Pay option can be a game changer for co-ops and how the […]
How AI and Software Are Transforming Virtual Power Plants
With the rapid adoption of renewable energy and battery storage – including commercial systems, residential systems, electric vehicles (EVs), and EV charging stations – virtual power plants (VPPs) are going to be far more prominent and dynamic than in the recent past. The only way for grid operators to capitalize on the aggregate power of […]
What a Standalone Storage ITC Means for a Resilient Future
Even though the weather is starting to get cooler and fall is nearly upon us, things are starting to heat up in our nation’s capital. That’s because we are standing on the cusp of transformational clean energy legislation that will accelerate the transition to a fully decarbonized power grid. While we have seen tremendous investment […]
Stem Employee Insights Series: Sam Maslin, Director of Product Marketing
Q: Tell us about yourself and your background. I’ve been working in the clean energy and renewables industry since 2008. Originally I had a politics and policy bent, and I started my career as an aide to Gov. Newsom when he was the mayor of San Francisco. This was during a time in the industry […]
