BoxPower vies for $1 million grant to expand self-contained electric power technology

BoxPower, the company that builds turnkey solar power and battery units, is vying for a $1 million grant from the California Energy Commission to further commercialize its products. The Grass Valley company builds self-contained and automated solar power systems out of shipping containers or on shipping pallets that can power businesses or groups of homes. BoxPower is one of nine companies vying for grants from the commission at its hearing July 8 to develop non-battery, off-grid electric power. The…