Renewable Energy & Missed Connections — It’s All About The Electrical Grid
Renewable energy projects are facing long and often expensive delays getting connected to the grid. Is there an alternative?
grid interconnection
400 MW Denmark–Germany Grid Interconnection Approved By Denmark Government
Originally published on Cleantechies. The government of Denmark has approved an application for a new grid interconnection with Germany, according to recent reports. To be more specific, the Danish Minister for Energy, Utilities and Climate, Lars Christian Lilleholt, approved Energinet.dk’s application to invest into a new interconnection through the Baltic … [continued]
Dazzling Dozen US States Illuminate Path To Solar Energy Future
A solar energy revolution is dawning in America, led by the “Dazzling Dozen” – twelve states whose progressive policies dominate the solar industry with 85% of all US solar capacity but just 28% of the total population.
Environment America’s “Lighting the Way” report outlines their successful policies and illuminate the path forward to a nationwide clean energy economy.
FERC Regulatory Change Could Boost Distributed Solar In The US
Connecting distributed generation solar projects to the electrical grid may have just gotten much faster and cheaper, potentially boosting both the US solar industry and overall grid reliability…
5th Annual “Freeing the Grid” Report Released
Net metering and grid interconnection may not be as sexy as solar panel breakthroughs and consumer products, but I think they are at least as important. And I think the renewable energy advocates and experts who create the annual Freeing the Grid report agree with me.
Freeing the Grid is a policy guide that grades all 50 states on two key programs: net metering and interconnection procedures. The 2011 Edition of Freeing the Grid was released this week.
