The manufacturing industry can benefit from energy storage in the following ways:

• Automate energy cost reductions by up to 10-30% or more with no upfront cost, guaranteeing immediate returns. Storage can cut the peaks off demand spikes by injecting stored energy during periods of high energy consumption, eliminating demand spikes and their related costs.
• Reduce manual processes to optimize energy costs without requiring any staff time to monitor energy rates, manually turn off equipment at certain times, or align your production schedule with the utilities rate schedule. Smart energy storage optimizes energy costs for production schedules tailored to employees’ safety and customers’ needs, without worrying about the impact on the utility bill.
• Instantaneously switch from energy cost savings mode to backup power mode as local power conditions change. Whether it’s a severe weather event or unreliable grid supply, storage can help avoid costly outages and restarts.
• Energy storage is considered critical infrastructure that modernizes the future of energy, enabling businesses to take control of their energy use and support the adoption of renewables.

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The transportation & logistics industry can benefit from energy storage in the following ways:

• Warehouses and depots can spend significant time tracking time-of-use rates and energy consumption in an effort to lower energy costs. Strategies like operating during non-peak hours, staggering operations to lower peaks, or manually curtailing energy use can reduce costs but are time-consuming and disruptive.
• Severe weather and extreme temperatures are straining the electric grid and increasing the risk of power disruptions and outages, which could significantly impact companies’ ability to meet customer expectations for timely delivery.
• Freight transportation is a large and growing contributor to U.S. air pollution. Fleet electrification brings down emissions, particularly when charged by clean electricity. An intelligent clean energy platform will help companies meet their ESG goals.
• Energy is typically among companies’ top three operating expenses, and traditional investments to bring down energy costs (e.g., energy efficiency retrofits) can involve CAPEX investments with long (~7 yr) payback periods.

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• After years of growing consumer interest in sustainability, U.S. consumers now consider the environment when making food purchases and want companies to provide more information about sustainability performance. A clean energy platform helps food processing facilities’ public relations by creating a “green” brand.
• Energy consumption is among the key ways companies differentiate their sustainability strategies, and the increasing popularity and affordability of onsite clean energy options – including solar and energy storage – now make it easier than ever for companies to take control of their energy use and sustainability profile.
• Stem’s intelligent energy software – Athena® – increases resilience by avoiding costly power outages, enhancing operational efficiency and flexibility, and delivering durable, guaranteed energy savings to strengthen balance sheets.
• Align with and support an industry-wide trend toward digitization and automation to realize energy cost savings other technologies accomplish elsewhere.

The retail industry can benefit from energy storage through Stem’s:

• Financing capabilities and shared savings approach, which mean companies can realize immediate savings without an upfront capital investment.
• Best-in-class Athena software, which optimizes battery storage systems to provide automated, set-and-forget utility bill savings via demand charge management and energy arbitrage.
• Design and deployment experts who ensure maximum savings over a 15-year lifetime.
• Guidance on achieving corporate sustainability goals and hitting ESG targets.

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College campuses can benefit from energy storage in the following ways:

• Reduce operating costs and put more funds into student programs.
• Achieve carbon neutrality across all sites and zero net energy across all buildings.
• Minimize any disruptions caused by natural power outages or planned outages by going into Island mode (read the FAQ on microgrids).
• Stem’s Athena software calculates rate structure, energy consumption, and other factors to optimize automatic deployment of stored energy  helping to reduce grid demand and shield colleges from unnecessary costs.

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Construction plants benefit from energy storage solutions in several ways:

• Gain the flexibility to buy energy at the most inexpensive times and use stored power when costs are higher.
• Take advantage of storage-friendly tariffs.
• Leverage Stem’s market-leading intelligent energy software capabilities that are essential to optimizing batteries to maximize savings.
• Learn from Stem’s expertise partnering with 40+ utilities.

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Stadiums & sport complexes benefit from energy storage and their smart energy strategies can also help benefit the community to:

• Help set the standard for green stadium operations for public relations and community good like installing LED stadium lighting and irrigating recycled water.
• Adapt to constantly changing energy use and prices that align with game times and sport seasons.
• Link to Stem’s storage network that can be called upon by utilities as a cost-effective alternative to fossil-fuel powered resources and enable greater utilization of renewables like solar.

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The hotel industry can benefit from energy storage in the following ways:

• Reduce energy costs through Stem’s proprietary combination of real-time data analytics, energy storage, and actionable insights.
• Deploy Stem’s energy storage during energy spikes caused by energy-intensive systems like HVAC, elevators, and laundry equipment that are running simultaneously.
• Leverage Stem’s smart energy software to know precisely when to stagger the start-up of other devices.

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Electrical contractors have much to benefit when they partner with Stem:

• Partner with Stem  when providing renewable energy and microgrid services with an energy storage solution for your agricultural, industrial, and government customers.
• Gain exclusive access to Stem University for customized training and sales support.
• Provide energy storage solutions to your customers to protect them from power outages, and high energy costs while helping them meet ESG goals.

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An energy storage solution (ESS) can benefit municipalities to:

• Minimize facilities’ import of energy.
• Energy storage solutions mitigate risk to power disruption when operations must be running 24/7/365.
• Monitor plant generation capacity, metering information,varying load conditions, and cogeneration operating conditions to quickly control the ESS and maximize demand savings while meeting the utility’s demand needs.
• Enable four value streams:
  • Receive revenue by allowing the ESS owners to use the available plant demand.
  • Achieve energy savings and utility bill optimization with Stem by charging the batteries during lower energy costs and discharging at peak energy costs.
  • Discharge when a momentary peak demand exceeds the average monthly peak during an unexpected cogeneration system shutdown.
  • Benefit from local incentive programs – like California’s Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) – while funding remains available.

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• The Federal Standalone Storage ITC
• How the Direct Pay option is a game changer for electric cooperatives
• The Reconciliation Bill’s broader impact on co-op storage projects

• Developing Virtual Power Plants (VPP)
• Leveraging energy storage when land is limited for new development
• Providing thought-leadership to develop program rules, enrollment strategies, and incentives
• Jointly recruit customers, including hotels, schools, and other businesses