NRG’s Annual Summer Barbecue was once again blessed with plentiful sunshine and an abundance of fun. Colleagues came together to enjoy a festive lunch complete with raffle prizes and lawn games. This important yearly event offers the perfect opportunity for the NRG team to connect and relax while reflecting on the successes of the year so far.
NRG’s solar solutions span beyond our purpose-built and easy-to-use hardware products. For this solar project, members of NRG’s Technical Services, Engineering, and Project Management teams were on site to install and configure Flare SRM Systems for our customer. This commitment to providing hands-on support is one of the reasons the world’s leading developers trust NRG to deliver the data needed for optimal solar production.
We recently relocated the 60m met tower installed on our Vermont campus. The full-day event brought together participants and spectators from across the company, providing employees with a unique, hands-on experience with one of our flagship products.
NRG is proud to offer our customers a fully turnkey solar resource assessment experience. This includes support with the design, manufacture, shipping, installation, and operation of their systems, including the delivery of independent campaign monitoring and finance-grade resource assessment reports. By offering end-to-end solutions, we help maximize project stability and efficiency every step of that way.
NRG had a productive week at RE+ 2023 (featuring Solar Power International), which saw a record-breaking 40,000 clean energy professionals in attendance. Our team was busy showcasing our resource intelligence solutions, catching up with colleagues, and engaging with other industry leaders. We look forward to keeping the momentum going.
NRG invited employees to partake in a tie-dye day that brought an abundance of color and creativity to our campus. The event was organized by NRGize, an internal committee dedicated to promoting holistic health and wellness at NRG, and highlighted our commitment to fostering a fun and welcoming environment for our team.
The 2023 NRG Annual Summer Barbeque was a success! The NRG team came together for a day of fun and relaxation, complete with delicious food, lawn games, and a top-notch raffle. We hold this event every year to celebrate our employees’ hard work and dedication, and to provide an opportunity for colleagues to unwind, connect, and strengthen their bonds, while enjoying the beauty of summer in Vermont.
We have been busy showcasing our leading-edge products and solutions at some of the industry’s most prominent tradeshows, including American Cleanpower and the WindEurope Annual Event. We welcomed a wide range of industry professionals to our booth at each event, sparking engaging conversations and fostering valuable connections. We look forward to the remaining events 2023 has in store!
NRG Systems recently installed a Flare SRM System alongside longtime collaborators, Harness Energy. A Flare solution is anchored by the resource measurement station for performance monitoring, which is thoughtfully designed to be easy to install, integrate, and maintain. For customers looking for a fully turnkey solution, NRG leverages it’s Technical Partner Network – a network of providers who are familiar with NRG equipment and can deliver economical and reliable ongoing maintenance and services no matter where a project is located.
The NRG headquarters offers some of the finest autumn views in Vermont. This year, we celebrated fall’s arrival by hiking on our campus, making apple cider from our own fruit trees, and trying to soak up as much of this fleeting season as possible.
To commemorate NRG’s 40th anniversary, we put an ‘80s twist on our annual summer picnic. Throwback tunes, festive fashion, and retro NRG memorabilia were in no short supply. We had a lot of fun, and it was a great opportunity to celebrate our people, the driving force behind these past four decades.
We are thrilled to return to the tradeshow floor this year. So far we have exhibited at numerous events across the globe, including Windergy in India, the WindEurope Annual Event in Spain, and Cleanpower in Texas. There is nothing quite like connecting with customers in person and we look forward to all of the events still to come!
The NRG team celebrated Green Up Day in our home state of Vermont by heading outside to clean up the roads and waterways surrounding our campus. It’s amazing the difference a little hard work can make!
NRG Systems’ sales team spans the globe. These invaluable employees provide NRG with unique sales, marketing, research, and technical support expertise for their individual regions. Having team members outside of the U.S. also enables us to provide the best support possible for our international customer base.
We are lucky to be surrounded by so much natural beauty at our headquarters in Hinesburg, Vermont. While every season has its own allure, there is something particularly special about fall in New England.
We believe that all NRG employees should be well-versed in the products we offer. We often organize internal trainings to give our team first-hand experience of what it’s like to handle and install our products. This fall, we led a training on one of our flagship products — the 60m XHD TallTower.
In September 2021, we introduced the LOGR-S Data Logger, an advanced data logging system for post-construction resource monitoring of utility-scale PV plants. LOGR-S is NRG’s first data logger designed specifically for the solar energy industry and is based on decades of data logger development and manufacturing experience.
At the NRG headquarters in Hinesburg Vermont, all employees are offered a garden plot to test out their green thumbs. Whether it is flowers or vegetables, the soil around here produces smiles throughout the summer season.
As the Solar industry matures, NRG’s solar solutions must too. The engineering team at NRG is always developing new and more effective methods of measuring solar irradiance. Here at our headquarters in Hinesburg, Vermont we test and retest all of our emerging technology so any customer can have confidence in their next project.
At NRG we take time to celebrate significant milestones. On June 15, 2021, at our headquarters in Vermont, employees celebrated coming back together after almost 16 months due to the global pandemic. The weather was perfect and the BBQ was a hit. NRG is ready to move forward in creating innovative solutions for the renewable energy sector.
In August 2019, Red Horse 2 installed NRG Bat Deterrent Systems on all 15 of its turbines. Located in Cochise County, Arizona, Red Horse 2 is one of the first combined wind and solar projects in the United States.
NRG’s Spidar Vertical Profiler has been rigorously tested and independently verified by several leading wind energy consultants. This includes eight separate tests by DNV GL, who consider it a Stage 2 remote sensing device, capable of adding value to wind farm developments with project finance requirements.
For more than 36 years, NRG Systems has stood by the belief that complete solutions offer the best outcomes for our customers. This holistic approach to design continues to inform the development and refinement of our solar resource solutions so that we can keep offering unrivaled ease-of-use and efficiency as our customers’ needs evolve.
During these unprecedented times, NRG remains dedicated to developing innovative products for the global renewable energy industry, while keeping our employees safe and healthy.
Employees from various departments came together to raise an 80m tower on our Vermont campus.
From the rainforests of Tanzania to the plains of the American Midwest, our network of installation partners works hard to get customers’ measurement campaigns up and running in all climates and terrains.
Whether we are in the field or at our desks, our team is driven by a common set of values and a unified vision – a world powered by sustainable resources.
NRG Systems has a long history of developing technologies that solve problems. Our Bat Deterrent System is the latest addition to our line of products designed to protect the world’s most precious resources.
Technical Support Specialist, Harrison Gatos, uses his rope access prowess to assist with an installation of our Bat Deterrent System.
Towers are an essential part of NRG’s history. We have been shipping 34m, 50m, 60m, and 80m towers all over the world for more than 36 years.
NRG Systems’ LEED Gold-certified headquarters is nestled in the hills of Hinesburg, Vermont. We are very fortunate to call this place our home.
Technical Support Specialist, Natalie Babij, traveled to Argentina to install a Solar Resource Monitoring (SRM) System for a customer. NRG has been hard at work developing new products for solar, including our SRM System which is used to monitor the solar resource conditions at utility-scale PV projects.
This 80m tower lives on the NRG campus and has played a key role in product testing as well as the development of our safety practices.
We believe that the need for more efficient energy, cleaner air, and a safer environment, is not bound by country or continent. That is why we developed groundbreaking systems that allow us to ship our products to any project site, anywhere in the world. It’s also why our team is constantly on the move, zigzagging the globe to speak at conferences, meet with customers, and lead trainings and installations everywhere from Yangshuo to Saskatchewan.
The NRG solar team has been hard at work developing new products and making improvements to existing ones, all with an eye toward simplifying our customers’ solar resource measurement pursuits.
In Vermont, it’s not uncommon to have Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s, show up at your office to dish out ice cream.
Production Technician, Liana Schneidman, field tests NRG’s Class 1 Anemometer.
NRG’s campus lends itself to a lot of outdoor activity. Our employee-run NRGize team encourages all forms of wellness around the office, including walks along our hiking trails when the weather permits.
We could not have asked for better weather for this year’s annual NRG summer barbecue.
Our campus’ beautiful surroundings serve as a powerful reminder of what we come to work every day to help protect.
2019 was a banner year for autumnal beauty on the NRG campus.
NRG’s Technical Services team is dedicated to making our customers’ lives easier. They are constantly on the move, zigzagging the globe to host seminars, meet with customers, and lead trainings and installations.
Technical Support Specialist, Drew Lepple, recently traveled to the Northwest Territories of Canada for an 80m tower installation.
In May 2019, NRG Systems traveled to Kawailoa Wind, Hawaii’s largest wind farm, to document the first commercial installation of its Bat Deterrent System. This video tells the story of that project and the partnerships that grew out of this experience.
Duke Energy Renewables played a pivotal role in the development of our Bat Deterrent System. The company announced in June 2019 that they would be installing our technology on 255 wind turbines at Los Vientos in Starr County, Texas, to help reduce their impact on local bat populations.
Our internal wellness committee, NRGize, focuses on supporting the health of our workforce. The Green Grub Get-together is an annual potluck organized by NRGize with the intention of bringing employees together to share a healthy and delicious meal.
One of the newer products in our sensor portfolio, the S1 Anemometer provides a unique balance of high accuracy and low cost.
In the summer of 2019, the NRG team shipped an 80m tower with an installation kit to the Philippines.
We rigorously test our equipment so that by the time our products leave the building, we are confident they can withstand anything Mother Nature throws their way.
The 34m tower on the NRG campus in Vermont is the perfect place to test new products.
In May 2019, NRG Systems traveled to Kawailoa Wind, Hawaii’s largest wind farm, to document the first commercial installation of its Bat Deterrent System. The deployment of this technology is a huge step for the wind industry, which has been working hard to find a solution to bat fatalities at turbines.
