Independent energy and certification body DNV GL reports overall improvement in global solar PV reliability with its fourth edition PV Module Reliability Scorecard report. The Scorecard reports on eighteen months of test results from DNV GL’s PV Module…
Tag: Microgrids
Solar Competition Is Putting $3 Million Behind Innovation in Manufacturing
The U.S. Department of Energy yesterday launched the American-Made Solar Prize competition with a focus on supporting innovative ideas for solar industry manufacturing.
Solar Companies Prep for Intersolar 2018
New solar products and solutions, plus training and education, on deck for solar industry participants at solar tradeshows in Europe and California.
Blockchain-based Democratization of Energy Making Gains on Three Continents
Pioneering blockchain company LO3 Energy is gearing up for international projects set to lay foundations for future of its distributed ledger system, Exergy.
Scott Kessler, LO3 business development manager, said in an interview that the three projects …
Dealing with quality control issues during hydropower asset replacements
There is concern in the hydroelectric industry about quality control issues when it comes to hydropower asset replacements and repairs.
Clean Energy Leadership Emerging in Washington, DC
About a month ago, legislators for the District of Columbia introduced a bill that, if passed, could revolutionize how utilities deliver power to customers. The bill is known as the Distributed Energy Resources Authority Act. It would establish an ind…
Renewable Energy and DERs Are a Better Deal than New Gas Generation Almost Every Time
Utilities and independent power producers (IPPs) plan to invest $110 billion through 2025 to build new, natural gas-fired power plants. They, their shareholders and society would be better served were that capital invested in new, distributed, renewabl…
Puerto Rico Gives Green Light to Microgrid Developers; Could Become a “Model of Sustainability”
Last week, the body that governs Puerto Rico’s energy sector, the Puerto Rico Energy Commission (PREC), issued final rules regarding microgrid development on the island. According to a fact sheet issued by the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA), the …
Shell Makes Strategic Investment in Microgrid Company
Shell New Energies announced the acquisition of a majority share in microgrid company GI Energy. This comes on the heels of an investment by Shell in an ice energy storage company and several others.
In April, Shell published its Energy Transition Re…
Solar PV Manufacturer Completes 1-MW Microgrid in India
Solar PV manufacturer Central Electronics Ltd. in Uttar Pradesh, India, has commissioned India’s first 1-MW microgrid featuring a CPS-1000 inverter from Burlington, Vt.-based Dynapower.
NRDC Helping to Seed Resilient Energy in Puerto Rico
Last September, Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico destroying most of the island’s energy infrastructure. Puerto Ricans then had to endure the largest and longest blackout in U.S. history.
Tesla to FERC: Energy Storage, DERs Enhance Grid Resilience
Tesla last week stood up for energy storage and distributed energy resources (DER), telling the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that it should consider these assets carefully as it looks to define what makes a resilient power grid.
Barriers to Microgrid Development Spur Bill for Tariff in Hawaii
The Hawaii legislature last week sent a bill to Gov. David Ige’s desk that directs the state’s regulators to open a proceeding to create a microgrid services tariff.
Blockchain May Soon Be Helping Puerto Rico Keep the Lights on
Solar panels. Batteries. Emergency fossil fuel-fired generators. They’ve all been deployed across Puerto Rico to help get the lights back on in the months following devastating hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Inverter Company Launches Solar Plus Storage Grid Services for Aggregated DERs
Technology company, SolarEdge, is looking toward the future of distributed energy and now providing tools to enable the aggregation and control of distributed energy resources like solar and storage.
3@3 on Solar PV: SolarWorld, Sunpower, DERs and Utilities
Today’s topics include the news that Sunpower is going to buy SolarWorld and how that will affect Sunpower’s influence in the global solar industry. Hint: it has to do with the solar tariffs. We’ll also delve into the “utility of the future” and discus…
Could Dairy Farmers Become Energy Traders with Blockchain?
Dairy farmers in Australia may have the chance to begin buying and selling renewable energy on a peer-to-peer energy trading platform for the first time ever next year.
Understanding Disruptions and the Unintended Consequences of Solar, Wind and Energy Storage Distributed Energy Resources in Microgrids
Distribution grid operators are concerned that high penetration of connected distributed energy resources (DERs) could lead to grid instability and create outages at end-user sites, such as commercial buildings or industrial plants. “Today, we don’t fu…
Solar Plus Multi-Storage Restores Power to Families in Puerto Rico
In an Aug. 2 Renewable Energy World article, we reported “Achieving 100 Percent Residential Renewables in Hawaii with Solar+Multi-Storage” since April 2017, 500 hours off-grid and 220 hours grid-tied, using Tabuchi Electric hybrid solar inverter with s…
Blockchain’s Potential for Managing the Impact of Renewables and Peer-to-Peer Sales
Blockchain has the potential to change the business world as we know it today. Entire value chains can be shortened by it — including in the energy industry.