Ice Energy Explained

Ice Energy
Type:Private
Industry:Energy storage
Hq Location City:Santa Barbara, California
Hq Location Country:United States
Area Served:California
Products:Ice Bear, Ice Cubnum_employees =

Ice Energy was an energy storage company serving utility companies in the U.S. state of California.[1] Its main product was the Ice Bear system, developed for small to mid-sized commercial buildings.[2] The Ice Bear freezes water at night when electricity is cheaper and uses that ice for space cooling during the day.[3]

History

Ice Energy was founded in 2003. The assets of Ice Energy were reformed into Ice Energy Holdings in 2012.[4] In August 2014, Ice Energy revealed a version of the Ice Bear for single-family homes called the Ice Cub.[5] In November, the company won sixteen contracts with Southern California Edison.[6] [7] The contracts totaled 25.6 megawatts.[8]

In December 2019, the company filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. News: St. John. Jeff. Ice Energy Finds Profits in Thermal Energy Storage. 8 January 2015. Greentech Grid. Greentech Media, Inc.. 20 June 2012.
  2. News: Cordner. Christine. SoCalEd's energy storage winners say RFO results legitimize the resource. 8 January 2015. SNL. SNL Financial LC. 14 November 2014.
  3. News: Wald. Matthew. Energy-Storage Plans Gain Ground in California. 21 January 2015. The New York Times. 21 December 2014.
  4. Web site: St. John. Jeff. SCE Chooses Ice Energy for 25MW of Rooftop Thermal Energy Storage. Greentech Grid. Greentech Media, Inc.. 19 January 2015.
  5. Web site: Handova. Derek. Ice Tech Enables Time-Shifting for Single-Family House Cooling. Medium. 22 January 2015.
  6. Web site: Richardson. Jake. 25 MW Of Ice Energy Storage For Southern California Edison. Clean Technica. 22 November 2014 . Sustainable Enterprises Media, Inc.. 30 December 2014.
  7. Web site: Welter. Ben. Ice Energy lands 16 contracts with Southern California Edison. PureTemp. Entropy Solutions, LLC. 12 January 2015. 12 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150112200704/http://www.puretemp.com/pcmatters/ice-energy-lands-16-contracts. dead.
  8. Web site: Trabish. Herman. Big storage procurements leave more questions than answers. Utility Dive. Industry Dive. 20 January 2015.
  9. Web site: Ice Energy Holdings, Inc. Bankruptcy (8:19-bk-14865), California Central Bankruptcy Court. www.pacermonitor.com. 2019-12-30.

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