Articles from Wattch

Wattch, a next-generation provider of cloud-based energy monitoring, intelligence, and controls solutions, today announced it has been selected by Encore Renewable Energy, a leading community solar independent power producer (IPP) listed among Solar Power World's 2026 Top Solar Contractors, to serve as the data acquisition and control backbone for Encore's growing fleet of community solar, solar-plus-storage, and standalone battery energy storage assets. Under the agreement, Encore has transitioned 31.5MWdc of solar and 7MWac/28MWh of existing operating assets across nine sites to the Wattch platform and will soon incorporate an additional sixteen projects, adding 79.4MWdc of solar and 5MW/20MWhr of BESS to the portfolio.

Wattch, a leading monitoring and controls provider for commercial and distribution-scale solar and battery storage, has secured $6 million in Seed funding from prominent cleantech investors. The investment round was led by Spero Ventures with participation from cybersecurity pioneer Christopher Klaus. Additional energy industry investors include former CEO of GE Power Steve Bolze and Helioscope Founder Paul Grana. As part of this investment, Marc Tarpenning, co-founder of Tesla and Venture Partner at Spero Ventures, and Michael Chanin, the founder of Cherry Street Energy, have joined Wattch's board of directors.

Standard Solar, a leading commercial and community solar developer and asset owner, today announced it is working with Wattch, a next-generation provider of cloud-based energy monitoring, intelligence, and controls solutions. Strengthening observability and dispatchability is a move that will enable Standard Solar to operate more efficiently, adapt to evolving market conditions and meet the increasing operational demands of a dynamic energy market. Under the agreement, Standard Solar will migrate approximately 370 Megawatts (MW) of its existing portfolio to the Wattch platform and leverage Wattch’s hardware, software, and services to support additional solar and storage developments planned over the next few years.