Main Street Power selects AlsoEnergy’s monitoring suite for distributed solar project in California

September 15, 2011
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Solar financier Main Street Power revealed that it had selected AlsoEnergy’s software platform for a nearly 3MW distributed generation solar project in California. AlsoEnergy’s technology will support the energy monitoring and user interface requirements for the multi-site project.

“AlsoEnergy is providing web-based PowerTrack performance monitoring and financial tracking software in addition to our PowerLobby kiosk display systems,” said AlsoEnergy CEO Robert Schaefer. “AlsoEnergy's mission-critical and real-time monitoring technology helps make it possible to deliver cost-competitive solar energy as solar moves toward electric power grid parity.”

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Scheduled to be operational by the end of the year, the solar project will see installations completed at 35 sites in California including San Diego Unified Schools, the University of California at Davis and Contra Costa County. Main Street Power will own and operate all the installed systems.

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