Tag: News
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UL Solutions adds Frequency Regulation Modeling to battery system design tool
UL Solutions released the new 1.0 version of HOMER Front software, adding expanded performance and financial forecasting capabilities for designing complex utility-scale energy storage, solar, wind and hybrid systems. Battery energy storage system (BESS) stakeholders can model most electricity markets worldwide, including frequency regulation, capacity markets, real-time energy markets, and contractual power purchase agreements with……
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Takeaways from NABCEP 2024 CE: Crucial code insight, solar installer ethics
The NABCEP CE conference is the best annual info dump and networking event for solar nerds. Last week, I wandered around the 2024 edition in Raleigh, N.C., ingesting an overwhelming amount of code updates, product info, and coffee. Lots to relay from my notebook over the coming weeks and months in more depth, but here……
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Milestone decision by Calif. regulators approves DER schedules to avoid interconnection upgrades
The California Public Utilities Commission just issued a significant decision allowing renewable energy systems to be approved to interconnect to the electric grid using an energy export schedule (known as a Limited Generation Profile or LGP) that is designed to avoid grid impacts. This approach, which leverages California’s public grid data, can reduce the need……
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Schneider Electric, Mainspring Energy promote new hybrid energy microgrid solutions
At the annual CERAWeek Conference, Schneider Electric and Mainspring Energy announced that they are partnering to offer a new hybrid-energy technology that combines Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure Microgrid Solution and turn-key design-build services with Mainspring’s Linear Generator. The combination provides power and fuel-flexibility as well as energy resiliency for commercial and industrial customers, such as data……
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Burns & McDonnell completes 764 MW Alliant Energy solar program in Wisconsin
Burns & McDonnell has completed engineer-procure-construct (EPC) and self-perform construction services for nine solar projects across Wisconsin. The projects — part of Alliant Energy’s Clean Energy Blueprint — will power approximately 170,000 homes in their first year of production. In addition to generating clean electricity for Alliant Energy customers, the solar projects deliver long-term economic and financial benefits……