Tag: grid management
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Intersolar opens with talk of DER integration strategies, system innovations
There is no rest for the solar industry, and the opening of Intersolar North America 2017 was a reminder of that. CALSEIA executive director Bernadette Del Chiaro kicked things off with a history lesson on how far her state has come since the passage of the California Solar Initiative inRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Smart grid, battery storage companies see big jump in funding to start 2017
Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, released its report on funding and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity for the Battery Storage, Smart Grid, and Energy Efficiency sectors for the first quarter of 2017. Smart Grid Venture capital (VC) funding (including private equity and corporateRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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How California’s Rule 21 inverter requirements expand grid capacity, limit energy (revenue) generation
A multi-year effort has been ongoing in California to update technical requirements for connecting Distributed Energy Resources (DER) to the grid, known as Rule 21. The experience of Germany was cited as one reason to take action. In Germany, significant grid destabilization problems arose when high penetration levels of solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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European Union makes move to replace electric meters with smart metering systems
The European Union is aiming to replace at least 80 percent of electricity meters with smart metering systems by 2020, which could reduce emissions across European states by up to 9 percent and cut annual household energy consumption by similar amounts, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData. The company’sRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar energy is the only thing that bridges the partisan divide (Senate passes big energy bill)
Wow, something in the air is bringing about big energy compromises. Congress can’t agree on the color of money, but so far this year the ITC has been extended and now an actual bi-partisan energy bill has passed the Senate. Inherently, anything bipartisan these days has some serious concessions fromRead More — Solar Builder magazine