Tag: policy

  • CEC approves virtual power plant program to tap distributed batteries statewide

    The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved a new virtual power plant (VPP) program that will tap into thousands of solar-charged batteries — approximately 100,000 — located at homes and businesses throughout the state. This Demand Side Grid Support program allow fleets of customer-sited batteries to be remotely dispatched when demand for electricity is at its……

  • CEC approves virtual power plant program to tap distributed batteries statewide

    The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved a new virtual power plant (VPP) program that will tap into thousands of solar-charged batteries — approximately 100,000 — located at homes and businesses throughout the state. This Demand Side Grid Support program allow fleets of customer-sited batteries to be remotely dispatched when demand for electricity is at its……

  • SEIA to develop 11 new solar, energy storage ANSI standards

    The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) was approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to develop 11 new solar and energy storage standards, one of which covers supply chain traceability. This approval occurs less than two months after being approved as an Accredited Standards Development Organization. “As the solar and storage industry rapidly grows,……

  • BREAKING: FERC issues final rule on reforming interconnection process for renewable energy

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a final rule today to improve the interconnection process and address the growing backlog of renewable energy projects — mostly wind, solar and storage resources — waiting in queues nationwide. FERC’s historic ruling marks a step toward the modernization of the U.S. energy grid by streamlining the interconnection……

  • New pollution: The importance of producing PV with minimal VOCs

    Renewable energy isn’t inherently “green” or “clean.” Solar energy is generated from products that are mass produced in factories that have their own carbon footprints and environmental pros and cons that vary depending on the facility, company and/or country or state of origin. Ship & Shore Environmental (S&SE), a pioneer in clean air technologies, has……