Energy Insights

The Challenge More than a decade ago, a California community college district (name redacted for client confidentiality) partnered with a solar installer to bring solar energy systems to its campuses. The projects came with a familiar promise: reliable production, backed by performance guarantees and equipment warranties. Years later, the numbers stopped adding up. Production was falling short, key components were failing, and the compensation owed under the original agreemen

As clean energy projects become larger, more technically complex, and more financially significant, owners are being asked to make critical decisions long before construction begins. From defining project requirements and evaluating technologies to managing consultants, mitigating risk, and coordinating stakeholders, successful delivery requires more than traditional project management. That's where an owner's representative can make the difference. To help organizations bett

Clean energy only works if the power stays on. That’s why at Optony, we take an integrated, implementation-focused approach to distributed energy generation and microgrid development, recognizing that success isn’t measured by just one outcome.

For over 15 years, Optony has been a trusted partner to government agencies, utilities, and institutions across the U.S., delivering...

The Future of Energy and Agriculture The demand for large-scale solar projects on US agricultural land has reached new heights....

The Comprehensive Guide to Optony’s Electric Vehicle Lifecycle Analysis

Durham County’s full clean energy plan provides a roadmap to enable the county to achieve their sustainability goals through a combines of strategic policy and program design.

Optony’s Lifecycle Carbon Analysis is set to decode the realistic cradle-to-grave carbon footprint of zero-emission vehicles.

Optony and Boulder-based partner CEG began work on a citywide local energy masterplan that includes a focus on solar and storage for the City’s own facilities. Within a few weeks, the Optony and Colorado Energy Group strategy grabbed media attention in a front-page article in Boulder’s principal daily news service.

In 2015, the City of Berkeley passed an ambitious resolution for 50% of the community’s energy needs to be met by solar energy by the year 2030. In order to turn that goal into a concrete plan, the City moved to bring in a solar strategy team, led by Optony and working closely with the City’s Energy Commission.