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A Developer’s Framework for Control Architecture Decisions

December 22, 2025

Executive summary: Making control architecture decisions late in hybrid solar-plus-storage project development, or treating them as procurement details rather than strategic choices, forces developers to accept compromised performance and revenue erosion. This concluding article provides a practical framework for evaluating architecture options when they can…

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Control Layer Complexity

December 9, 2025

Executive summary: Complex control layers with separate EMS and PPC systems introduce delays at each handoff that can cause assets to fail qualification tests; this post explores how integrated control on unified hardware eliminates latency sources, enabling sub-second response times and access to ancillary markets….

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The Grid Services Gap

December 2, 2025

Executive summary: Traditional PV controllers lack battery dispatch logic while BESS systems treat solar as an external variable; this post explores how hybrid control architectures enable real-time coordination, maximizing grid service value and unlocking multiple revenue streams. In our second series post, we examined how…

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Handout: PowerTrack™ EMS Solution Technical Overview

October 30, 2025
The clean energy sector’s growing complexity requires specialized expertise to maximize energy storage performance and returns. Our Managed Services team transforms these operational challenges into competitive advantages, providing end-to-end support from procurement through optimization to ensure reliable operations, regulatory compliance, and revenue generation throughout your…
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Handout: PowerTrack™ Software Overview

October 30, 2025
The clean energy sector’s growing complexity requires specialized expertise to maximize energy storage performance and returns. Our Managed Services team transforms these operational challenges into competitive advantages, providing end-to-end support from procurement through optimization to ensure reliable operations, regulatory compliance, and revenue generation throughout your…
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PowerTrack EMS Brochure

September 24, 2025

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Whitepaper: Maximizing CAISO Merchant Revenue amongst Resource Adequacy Obligations

December 18, 2024
This study examines how different RA contract variations influence bidding behavior and revenue, demonstrating how toll off-takers and asset owners can maximize value through CAISO merchant optimization while fulfilling RA obligations….
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eBook: Leveraging a Modular Approach to Large-scale Energy Storage

November 20, 2024
Explore challenges in hardware procurement for 100MW+ projects, the role of battery storage, and best practices for modular clean energy solutions….
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Whitepaper: Benchmarking ERCOT Performance of Stem’s Athena® Optimization Platform

December 15, 2023
Maximizing merchant revenue for battery energy storage systems (BESS) is complex. With an ever-evolving landscape affecting BESS participation in the ERCOT wholesale market, this paper assesses how Stem’s Athena® platform would have performed managing bid optimization for a sample of ERCOT BESS in 2022….
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