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ConnectDER team photo meter socket adapters

The US startup ConnectDER is bringing its meter socket adapters to millions of households, helping to reduce the cost of rooftop solar, home energy storage, and EV charging stations (cropped, courtesy of ConnectDER).

An Army Of Meter Socket Adapters Is Coming For Your Fossil Fuels

December 4, 20255 months Tina Casey 0 Comments

The US startup ConnectDER is bringing its meter socket adapters to millions of households, helping to reduce the cost of rooftop solar, home energy storage, and EV charging stations.

Virtual Power Plants Thwart Plot Against Renewable Energy

December 2, 20255 months Tina Casey 0 Comments

Regardless of this year’s sharp turn against wind and solar power by the White House, the US renewable energy transition is unstoppable. The killer combo of solar plus storage has been outpacing all other utility-scale forms of domestic energy production in terms of adding new capacity to the grid. Wind … [continued]

A recent example of a Sunrock Distributed Generation solar project. The partnership with Nelnet, Inc. will give businesses, public entities, and nonprofits, greater access to renewable energy

$200 Million More For Clean Energy Here, There, & Everywhere

August 28, 20258 months Tina Casey 0 Comments

The clean energy momentum continues apace in the distributed energy resource field, where investors see green gold in behind-the-meter assets.

"Bill McKibben and Nnimmo Bassey: Break Free from Fossil Fuels" by John Englart (Takver) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bill McKibben Says Solar Power Is The Path To The Future

July 26, 20259 months Steve Hanley 0 Comments

Bill McKibben is an indefatigable climate advocate. He is not a scientist, but he founded the climate advocacy group 350.org, whose name is taken from the parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere when the industrial revolution began. After a hurricane ripped through his home state of Vermont, … [continued]

Promoting Economic Efficiency in Interconnection — Part 1: Coordination Between Interconnection & Grid Planning

July 25, 20259 months US Department of Energy 0 Comments

Interconnection costs for distributed energy resources (DERs) like community solar are rising in many jurisdictions across the United States. Utility planning and implementation of electricity system upgrades in a piecemeal or serial fashion can cause inefficiencies that contribute to increased costs for interconnection customers and utility ratepayers. Lawrence Berkeley National … [continued]

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ConnectDER Will Expand Distributed Energy Products Business

December 7, 20241 year Steve Hanley 0 Comments

ConnectDER has several products that plug in to an existing meter socket to make connecting solar panels or EV chargers easy and inexpensive.

Photo of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island energy sites by Carolyn Fortuna/ CleanTechnica

How Can Communities Help Deploy Clean Energy & Build Up Local Economies?

September 26, 20242 years Carolyn Fortuna 0 Comments

The global urgency to decarbonize is captured by the rapid growth in new low-carbon infrastructure throughout the energy economy. As power systems around the world rapidly evolve to achieve decarbonization objectives, it is crucial that power system planners and operators use appropriate models and tools to analyze and address the … [continued]