OUR EXPERTISE
We’ve figured it out.
Convergence Energy has been quietly leading the way in behind-the-meter commercial and industrial storage and solar since 2008. With more than 200 completed projects, knowing how to plan for and deliver consistent positive results and returns while reducing global dependency on fossil fuels, is our job one.
Intelligent Energy:
Storage + Solar + Software
HEALTHCARE
Advocate Health Systems (multiple locations)
Advocate Health Care is the largest health system in Illinois, serving patients across 10 hospitals, more than 400 sites of care, and 6,300 physicians. It has since joined with Atrium Health and Aurora Health Care to form Advocate Health, a larger nonprofit system now headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, with a combined presence across six states. CE has installed solar arrays at seven of their health care sites totaling 1.6MW. Additionally CE has under construction a storage + solar project at their South Suburban hospital consisting of 979kW Tesla MegaPack 2XL and a 686kw solar array.
Gundersen Healthcare Systems, Tomah, WI
Gundersen is a leading healthcare provider in Wisconsin, one of the most sustainability-minded healthcare providers in the United States. They own and operate a network of wind and solar assets that offset 100% of their carbon emissions. In addition to this offsite generation, they recently began deploying solar assets on their facilities.Their newly constructed clinic in Tomah includes a 258kW solar array and 210kW/430kWh Tesla ESS Powerpack. The ESS replaced a gas generator, further reducing their carbon footprint, backing up the facility’s critical loads in the event of a power outage. As the wholesale power market continues to evolve in Wisconsin, the ESS could be deployed to create additional operational savings through frequency regulation revenue streams.
EDUCATION
Glenbrook High School District 225, Glenview/Northbrook, IL (under construction)
Glenbrook High School District 225, serving approximately 5,000 students in Glenview and Northbrook, IL, is comprised of two facilities, Glenbrook North and Glenbrook South. This project consisted of implementing storage + solar project at each of the schools: Two Tesla Megapack 2XL batteries providing 1,958.4kW / 7,833.6 kWh and a 220kW solar array at the North campus and one Tesla Megapack 2XL battery providing 979kW / 3,916kWh and a 190kW solar array at the South campus.
Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL
Wheaton College is a private liberal arts college in Wheaton, Illinois. Wheaton College has implemented a 2MW Battery storage system along with 1.1MW of solar photovoltaic panels on its music center, athletic complex, and on a large carport array. To anyone driving onto campus, the carport solar presents a highly visible demonstration of the College’s commitment to a sustainable future with energy resilience, financial savings, hand-on learning, and creation care.
Deerfield Public Schools, Deerfield, WI
This project was developed by Convergence on behalf of the Couillard Solar Foundation to benefit the city of Deerfield and its residents. This unique co-ownership model allowed the municipality to enjoy the benefits of solar energy with a 235kW ground installation at the public works facility and 474kW array on the high school.
INDUSTRIAL & LOGISTICS
Magid Glove & Safety, Romeoville, IL
The 3.5MW solar array, the largest rooftop array in the Midwest, went online in mid-2019 and followed up with a 2MW ESS Tesla Powerpack. The array was designed to offset 100% of the facility’s electric load with the ESS placed in PJM’s wholesale power market, again creating a revenue stream and bill savings.
Electrical Materials Company, Earlville, IL and Genoa City, WI
EMC is a supplier of materials to the electric utilities industry. The Earlville project (pictured) is a combination of ground and rooftop installations totaling 974kW. The Genoa City array is a 126kW rooftop array located at the company’s headquarters.
G&W Electric, Bolingbrook, IL
The 2MW solar array, 2MW CellCube ESS, 2MW generator and 1.3MW flywheel is one of the largest customer owned microgrids in Illinois. In addition to providing resiliency to G&W’s manufacturing processes, the ESS also participates in PJM’s wholesale power market providing revenue generation and bill savings opportunities. The microgrid also serves as a business development platform for G&W.
Michael Lewis Company, McCook, IL (BESS under construction)
MLCo is a global logistics company supplying dry, refrigerated, and frozen goods to the airline industry. The corporate headquarters, a LEED Gold designated building, was enhanced with a 2MW rooftop solar array, further supporting their corporate sustainability mission and goals. The array offsets their historical electric load by an estimated 50% with an exceptional IRR and short payback, providing operational savings in addition to the positive environmental impact. Phase two of the project included adding two Tesla Megapack 2XL batteries providing 1,958.4kW / 7,833.6kWh of energy storage.
The DeLong Co., Inc. (multiple locations)
The DeLong Co., Inc. is a sixth-generation, family-owned agricultural and logistics business headquartered in Clinton, WI, operating 37 locations across the U.S. with six divisions spanning grain, exports, agronomy, seed, transportation, and wholesale feed. The company is the #1 U.S. exporter of containerized agricultural products and has grown to operate 39 facilities and offices across Wisconsin, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Ohio. CE has developed storage projects at eight facilities totaling 5.7MW / 23.8MWh of Tesla Megapack 2xl batteries.
MUNICIPALITIES
Medical Center Company (MCCo), Cleveland, OH (under construction)
MCCo is a not-for-profit corporation, dedicated to providing utility services—including electricity, steam, hot water, and chilled water—to educational, charitable, and religious institutions within Cleveland's University Circle neighborhood. Their mission is to deliver reliable, environmentally responsible utility services at below-market prices to their tax-exempt member organizations. CE provided eight Tesla Megapack 2XL batteries providing 15.4MW / 30.8MWh of energy storage capacity.
Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI
The Milwaukee Public Museum project is considered one of the largest building integrated solar projects in the country. The 90kW vertical array is used by the museum to not only off-set their energy expenses, but also to educate their guests.
RETAIL
Buddy Bear Car Wash, Broadview, IL
Buddy Bear Car Wash is a family-owned Chicagoland institution founded in 1972 on Chicago's West Side, now operating 18 locations across the city and surrounding suburbs. CE developed a storage + solar project for their facility located in Broadview, IL. Consisting of a 27kW solar array and a 979kW / 3,916kWh Tesla Megapack 2XL.
Abt Electronics, Glenview, IL
Abt is the largest single-store appliance and electronics retailer in the world. The project includes a 2.4MW solar array with 450kW/1MWh Tesla Powerpack Energy Storage System (ESS) and a software platform to optimize savings and revenue. The ESS is used to back-up Abt’s IT/.com infrastructure as well as provides an ongoing revenue stream from the wholesale power market as well as reducing their peak load contribution (PLC)/capacity charges.
Kunes Country Auto Group, Delavan, WI
Electricity generated from this 151kW array will offset approximately 50% of Kunes’ Ford dealership located in Delavan, WI. As the automotive industry transitions to electric vehicles, more and more dealerships will find distributed solar energy an attractive option to fossil fuel-based grid power.