Renewable Energy World – Hope for the BESS: An energy storage evangelist surveys the industry’s next charge

Jacqueline DeRosa, Ameresco vice president of energy storage systems, is a self-proclaimed energy storage evangelist.

“Since the beginning,” she attests.

“I helped author the Massachusetts State of Charge report back in the day when that was one of the first reports advocating for the benefit-to-cost ratio of energy storage being greater than one.”

DeRosa cheerily rattles off accolades as we introduce ourselves on a video call, occasionally interrupting herself to sneak another bonafide in.

“I’ve been on executive boards for the Energy Storage Association,” she recalls. “I also had two terms on the Board of the American Clean Power Association.”

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