Installing Home EV Chargers Just Got Much Easier (And Cheaper)
A simple, inexpensive meter retrofit could blow the home EV charging field wide open (photo courtesy of NREL).
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Renewables Ride To The Rescue As Texas Bakes Under Withering Heat
Texas lays clean power doubts to rest as its wind and solar industries grow, and renewables rise to keep the lights on during the latest heat wave.
Compact Medium-Voltage Converters To Enable Advanced Grid Architectures & Operations
As we trend toward more renewables and distributed energy resources (DERs), the design of the electric distribution system itself imposes physical limitations. These system constraints could lead to issues like overloaded power lines and faults that propagate freely. But what if we could restructure the underlying system to support greater … [continued]
We Should Drive EVs To Use Extra Electricity Capacity
The need to decarbonize our economy presents new opportunities to increase electricity demand beneficially. And doing that — particularly by electrifying transportation — has never been cheaper or easier to do than it is now.
Clean Energy & DER Portfolios More Cost-Effective Than Natural Gas Replacements Worth $500 Billion
A new report from the Rocky Mountain Institute has shown that investing in “clean energy portfolios” made up of clean energy sources and distributed energy resources is a more cost-effective method of replacing aging fossil fuel-powered power plants in America than replacing them with new gas-fired power plants.
Australian Renewable Energy Agency Launches $12.5 Million Distributed Energy Funding Initiative
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency announced Thursday that it was launching a new AUD$12.5 million funding initiative for pilot projects and studies that focus on integrating distributed energy resources into the electricity system.
Residential Distributed Energy Market Set To Total $423 Billion In 2025
The residential distributed energy market is set to reach a total revenue of $423 billion in 2025, based on four key technologies — electric vehicle charging, distributed solar PV, distributed energy storage, and demand response.
4 Of 5 US Voters Want Step-Up Of Renewable Energy
Energy and environmental issues matter to US voters much more than many candidates and party officials are aware — or than they let on, or than the mainstream press is reporting. American voters voice strong support for raising the priority of renewables on the White House agenda and expect it of the next president.
Designing Electricity Rates In The Era Of Distributed Energy Resources
Earlier this month, a group of solar and tech organizations and companies published a research paper intended to deal with designing electricity rates in an era becoming more and more about distributed energy resources. The paper, Rate Design for a Distributed Grid, was published by companies that included TechNet, Sierra Club, the … [continued]
Solar Rooftops Can Save Californian Grid & Residents $1.4 Billion Annually
Solar rooftops could go a long way to strengthening California’s aging power grid, and save its residents more than $1.4 billion annually. These are the conclusions from a new white paper published by SolarCity’s Grid Engineering team, which describes in detail how distributed energy resources such as rooftop solar, batteries, … [continued]
