Tag: grid management
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SEPA comments on Department of Energy’s Grid Modernization funding
The solar industry is ready to expand at a ridiculous rate, but if the grid lags behind, progress will fall short of potential. Hopefully, the Department of Energy’s latest announcement of up to $220 million in new funding will keep grid modernization moving the right way. The funding is forRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SunLink to build out PowerCare security tech with new exec hire
SunLink Corp. continues to grow its executive strength with the addition of James Ray as vice president of software engineering. Ray brings a wealth of experience from the financial security space and joins SunLink at the perfect time as the company rolls out its expanded suite of PowerCare services, including intelligent, next-generationRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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How energy storage helps solar’s long-term value problem
There has been noise recently about the future economic viability of solar energy generation. The thinking is basic supply-and-demand: Solar hits peak generation during the day, when there is limited demand. So, the more solar that gets installed, the more it will compete with itself and drive down the pricesRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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New England energy leaders trying to modernize their grid (we start slow clap)
The Advanced Energy Economy reports that top energy leaders from the six New England states met with utility and advanced energy industry leaders in a session to explore common efforts to modernize the electric power grid and design electric rates to maximize the benefits of new, distributed energy technologies likeRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Ideal Power sees Asian demand for new grid-resilient power conversion system
Ideal Power Inc. received initial purchase orders from two separate customers for multiple units each of its Grid Resilient 125-kW Power Conversion Systems that use the company’s patented Power Packet Switching Architecture (PPSA). The systems will be incorporated into energy storage projects in Japan and China and represent the company’s firstRead More — Solar Builder magazine