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Potential effects of distributed solar on retail electricity prices

Concerns about the potential impacts of net-metered PV on retail electricity prices have led to an array of proposals to reform rate structures and net metering rules for solar customers. These propos...

“Beyond the Grid: The Connected Consumer and the Smart Energy Future”.

In 2016, the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC) successfully completed many projects with the aim of improving our understanding of consumers in the changing energy marketplace and how to better...

Growing from 1000VDC PV Systems to 1500VDC; Why and How?

Why did the industry move from 600 volt solar arrays to 1000 volt solar arrays? The answer is simple, to reduce system costs. The value of increased system voltages is realized in infrastructure savin...

Large corporations are driving America’s renewable energy boom, and they’re just getting started

Large companies are not usually thought of as environmental champions, but they now stand to be one of the most powerful advocates for clean energy in the US. A report released in December 2016 by Adv...

How the Internet of Things empowers intelligent energy storage

The Internet of Things (IoT) is becoming a major technological phenomenon – there will be 24 billion internet-connected devices online by 2020. From better decision-making, greater convenience a...