Tag: policy
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Snapshot of PG&E’s solar energy, battery storage portfolio at year-end 2020
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) reports that it exceeded California’s Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) goal requiring energy providers to deliver 33% renewable energy by the end of 2020. PG&E estimates that it delivered over 35% from specified eligible-renewable resources to its customers last year, according to its recent FormRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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North Carolina case shows the challenge of building smaller solar projects under current law
Courtesy of Energy News Network: A solar project in the heart of North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains has united climate activists, clean energy advocates and community leaders together with Duke Energy, their frequent nemesis. But to win approval, the 5-megawatt solar farm on the edge of Asheville must overcome oneRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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You down with VPPs? How the virtual power plant movement is going so far
As has been the case with many good science fiction inventions of the last century, we are finally getting around to building virtual power plants (VPPs), or a software-and-wire linked network of small residential and commercial electricity generators, that together resemble a multimillion-dollar utility power plant. While the wires linkingRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Get on the Modbus: An explanation of IEEE 1547 and why it matters for solar installers
The success of widely-adopted technologies is often tied to standardization. From video formats to the Internet, and now to the energy grid, the establishment of standards reduces the cost and complexity of systems and enables broad adoption at a global scale. With standards, distributed energy — and the solar sectorRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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BayWa r.e. deep dive: Has the climate change conversation finally shifted?
BayWa r.e. launched its new “Decade That Matters” report, a deep dive into online climate discussions over the past 10 years and what these may tell us about where we are heading over the next 10 years. The report highlights how attitudes to the environment have shifted, how discourse wasRead More — Solar Builder magazine