Microgrids – Solar

RE+ is right around the corner, here’s some stuff to look out for

There’s a lot going on in Anaheim next week as thousands of clean energy professionals assemble for RE+. Here’s what you can’t miss.

For the grid! Utah storage company’s new feature promises resilience through microgrids

08.16.2024

Torus is leveraging it’s full-stack microgrid technology to transform residential and commercial buildings into miniature power plants.

New York gets federal funding to demonstrate fire-safe long-duration energy storage

07.24.2024

The New York Power Authority, Urban Electric Power, and EPRI will develop installations demonstrating 10-24 hours of long-duration storage.

California’s net billing tariff is doing what it intended

07.19.2024

The latest data in the EIA’s report shows Californians are increasingly pairing new solar systems with battery storage.

07.17.2024

A HYDROVISION tour group gets a glimpse at the past, present, and future of renewable energy generation and integration in Colorado.

Agrivoltaics: It’s a squeal! Sheep and pigs are saving money by managing vegetation

06.19.2024

Energy Support Services (ESS), a wholly owned subsidiary of New Energy Equity, LLC, has launched an agrivoltaics solution with DSD Renewables (DSD) for managing vegetation at a DSD solar energy site in Winchester, Virginia by allowing the farm animals to graze in the area.

Microgrids seen as crucial to sidestep EV charging roadblocks, survey finds

06.14.2024

Xendee, a design and operation platform for distributed energy systems and Electric Vehicle (EV) fast-charging infrastructure, released the findings of its 2024 Commercial EV Charging Market Survey, the second in the series of annual research studies.

Nation’s largest microgrid transit depot breaks ground in Maryland

By 2035, the depot is projected to accommodate 200 zero-emissions buses, most powered by hydrogen fuel cells….

Weather might damage solar panels more than our models predict

kWh Analytics, a clean energy insurance provider, released its 6th annual Solar Risk Assessment, a comprehensive report designed to provide an objective and dat…

Some solar suppliers increased prices for the first time in years amid AD/CVD petition, bifacial import duties

Pricing insights from 95% of U.S. Solar Module Market signal the impact of AD/CVD petition and import duties….

US breaks record for solar module manufacturing in Q1 2024, eclipses 200 GW capacity

The United States added 11 GW of new solar module manufacturing and 11.8 GW of new solar capacity in Q1 2024, per a new report….

NERC: Poor models, studies to blame for renewable energy reliability issues

NERC found that 10 large-scale grid disturbances on the bulk power system since 2016 involved the “widespread and unexpected” reduction of nearly 15,000 MW of…

FTC Solar’s new automatic hail stow solution aims to protect solar panels from the elements

The solution integrates meteorological data to automatically adjust the positioning of solar panels to reduce the risk of hail-related damage….

California is on the front lines of a climate war we cannot afford to lose

Scale co-founder Tim Hade shares his philosophy on the war against climate change ahead of his keynote speech at GridTECH Connect Forum….

The United States surpasses 5 million solar installations

According to data released by SEIA and Wood Mackenzie, more than half of all U.S. installations have come online since 2020….

DOE, CAISO workshops to explore interconnection innovation at GridTECH Connect California

At the upcoming GridTECH Connect California forum event, attendees will have the chance to hear from the Department of Energy (DOE)’s experts in the interconnec…