Tag: grid management

  • AlsoEnergy releases ‘Zero Export Solution’ to manage PV production

    AlsoEnergy, a provider of solar monitoring and SCADA systems, has developed a new fully automated PV SCADA solution specifically designed for solar PV systems with “zero export” requirements. These Zero Export Solutions provide automated curtailment commands to manage solar production and keep power contained on-site. “AlsoEnergy developed Zero Export SolutionsRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Hawaiian Electric Co. looks to improve grid reliability, boost rooftop solar with Varentec deal

    Here at the NABCEP 2016 Conference in San Diego, no matter what the panel is about, talk always seems to lead back to the effect on the grid and how utilities may or may not react. The first state mentioned every time in any of these discussions is usually Hawaii.Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Here’s a report on how utilities are planning for the distributed energy future

      Electric utilities are facing a variety of challenges because of rising amounts of solar, storage and other distributed energy technologies on their systems. In response, some of them are speeding their integration planning efforts. That is the finding of a new paper from Black & Veatch and the SolarRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • PV system operators get precise energy regulation with WEB’log

    meteocontrol North America, Inc., a subsidiary of meteocontrol GmbH and a provider of solar performance monitoring software, services and hardware, has upgraded its WEB’log data logger with a new intelligent control algorithm that gives photovoltaic (PV) system operators a higher degree of flexibility in regulating what proportion of self-generated energyRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • DTE Electric files for update to electric distribution infrastructure

    DTE Electric has filed a request with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) to continue a multi-year modernization of southeast Michigan’s electric distribution infrastructure. Average residential customer bills are expected to remain at 2012 levels or lower. The request was filed Monday. “Our customers want us to provide more reliableRead More — Solar Builder magazine