Category: Solar Power & Energy
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After some drama, California’s major utilities have published updated Interconnection Capacity Analysis maps
California has just taken a major step forward in bringing clean local energy online. The Clean Coalition played a major role in this progress as a leading advocate for streamlining the interconnection of distributed energy resources (DER) to the electric grid. On Dec. 28, 2018, California’s major utilities, Pacific GasRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Clean Coalition identifies 500 MW of large-scale commercial rooftop solar potential in San Diego
The Clean Coalition has released a Solar Siting Survey that highlights the significant level of commercial-scale solar that may be generated within the City of San Diego. The Solar Siting Survey was conducted as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Solar Energy Innovation NetworkRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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New standard emerging for grid operators to communicate with DER smart inverters
A collaborative team published a new Application Note to help grid operators communicate with distributed energy resources (DER) and enhance use and value of energy storage and solar generation connected to smart inverters. Led by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the group includes the DNP Users Group, the MESA StandardsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Grid Neutral: How this DC transformerless inverter brings affordable off-grid power to the grid
The latest advancements in solar + storage systems have been a departure from the history in this category — mainly, doomsday preppers and hippies getting off the grid, man. No, the solutions of tomorrow are grid-tied but built to reduce a home’s dependency on the grid, using time of useRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Mercom: Solar sector sets record for project acquisitions in 2018 as total corporate funding drops
Mercom Capital Group’s annual report on funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for the solar sector in 2018 shows a 24 percent drop in total global corporate funding compared to the $12.8 billion raised in 2017. “2018 was a year filled with uncertainties which started with Section 201 tariffsRead More — Solar Builder magazine