Tag: News
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Covid impact: Home electrical usage increased 9.3 percent through spring, summer 2020 says Sense
Based on an analysis of anonymized energy data in more than 5,200 homes that have the Sense home energy monitor, Sense found that, since Covid-19, average electrical usage increased 9.3% from April through August 2020 compared to 2019, a reflection of people using more electricity while they stayed home, combinedRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Lock that box: Deadly hazard posed by switch disconnects in PV systems addressed in NEC 2020
While we’ve all been busy figuring out the various ways to comply with NEC 2017 and 2020 rapid system shutdown, NEC 2020 includes another PV system-specific code update that’s arguably more of an everyday potential safety hazard, specifically for children. Highlighted by world-renowned electric code guru Mike Holt in aRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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ConnectDER patents easier-to-install, DER-focused smart meter
ConnectDER, a company that enables utilities and homeowners to expand access to distributed energy resources, has received a patent for innovations to their ‘plug and play’ solutions for distributed energy resources (DER’s). The patent is for a reinvention of the standard utility power meter that combines the ubiquitous metering andRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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The Pitch: How carbon improves flooded lead-acid batteries in off-grid solar with Rolls Battery
On this edition of The Pitch, we look at how applying a carbon additive in traditional flooded lead-acid batteries significantly improves their performance in off-grid solar applications. Here to give us the details is Jeff Myles, marketing manager for Rolls Battery. First we get into the science behind the carbonRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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AutoGrid nets ARPA-E funding to scale its virtual power plant management software
AutoGrid was awarded $2.25 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to increase the scalability and electric vehicle (EV) management capabilities of its Flex Virtual Power Plant (VPP) platform. The expanded Flex capabilities include scaling real-time co-optimization up to 100,000 assets, and expanding theRead More — Solar Builder magazine