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Aurora Solar Announces Whole Home Energy Management: Expanding Beyond Solar to Address Homeowners’ Electrification & Energy Needs

June 10, 2024 admin aurora solar, buildings, clean power, consumer technology, energy efficiency, home energy management, press releases, rooftop solar, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 02:38:20 +0000

Aurora Solar powers the energy revolution with proposals for whole home electrification, energy efficiency, and solar-plus-storage proposals. SAN FRANCISCO — Aurora Solar, the leading platform for solar sales and design, today unveiled new tools designed from the ground up to empower solar professionals to estimate a homeowner’s holistic electrification and energy … [continued]

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Virtual Power Plants: Theory Vs Reality (Part Two)

June 8, 2024 admin California, clean power, Energy Storage, policy & politics, residential storage battery, rooftop solar, virtual power plants

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2024 14:44:50 +0000

California seems to be on a mission to destroy the market for virtual power plants and please the investors of major utility companies.

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Edison Birthplace Goes Solar, Thanks To SolarEdge & Meyer Burger

June 7, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, green economy, meyer burger, Ohio, rooftop solar, solar edge, Solar energy, thomas edison

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2024 19:14:06 +0000

The house in Ohio where Thomas Edison was born now is powered by solar panels, thanks to SolarEdge and Meyer Burger.

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5G & Microgrids Might Be a Great Match

June 5, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, demand response, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, grid, lithium-ion batteries, microgrids, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, rooftop solar, Solar energy, united states department of defense, US Department of Defense

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2024 04:32:38 +0000

NREL Explores Setup and Security of 5G for Microgrids With a 5G Sandbox Whether it is coincidence or careful planning, the infrastructures of both power systems and telecommunications are heading in a similar direction: toward the edge. Solar panels on a roof are like 5G towers in a neighborhood—in both … [continued]

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How Dominion Energy Killed A Rooftop Solar Plan In Fairfax County, Virginia

June 3, 2024 admin clean power, Dominion, dominion energy virginia, policy & politics, rooftop solar, Solar energy, virginia state corporations board

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 14:36:56 +0000

In 2020, the Virginia legislature initiated a program to bring more rooftop solar to municipalities. Dominion found a work around.

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Now 5 Million Solar Installations Across USA, 5× More Than In 2016

May 30, 2024 admin California, california solar, california solar energy, clean power, rooftop solar, seia, Solar energy, solar energy industries association (seia), solar power plants, us solar, us solar energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 05:37:35 +0000

The U.S. solar power industry, particularly the rooftop arm of the industry, is going through a bit of a tough time at the moment. The country’s biggest solar market — by far — is California, and the industry there has been hit quite hard by the huge solar policy downgrade … [continued]

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Net Metering 3.0 Rules Create Chaos In Rooftop Solar Market In California

May 30, 2024 admin California, california net metering, clean power, nem 3.0, net metering, policy & politics, rooftop solar, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 21:54:57 +0000

The California PUC has disrupted the rooftop solar industry with new net metering rules that went into effect in April of last year.

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Largest Virtual Power Plant in USA Supports California’s Grid with 16,200 Home Solar-Plus-Storage Systems

May 13, 2024 admin batteries, California, clean power, Energy Storage, grid, lithium-ion batteries, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar power plants, sunrun, virtual power plants

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 13:18:03 +0000

Sunrun creates the country’s largest virtual power plant to participate in statewide program designed to strengthen California’s stressed electrical grid and reduce blackouts by providing load generation during extreme events

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SEIA: Landmarks in the History of Solar Energy in USA

May 6, 2024 admin bell labs, clean power, community solar, green economy, green jobs, History, investment, Joe Biden, Manufacturing, Obama, policy & politics, research, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar energy industries association (seia), solar history, solar panels, solar prices, us solar, us solar energy, us solar growth, us solar power

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 03 May 2024 15:57:25 +0000

The history of solar energy is an American success story. Since the creation of the first silicon solar cell 70 years ago, solar leaders have been innovating, improving efficiency, lowering costs, and growing this American-born technology into an essential part of our nation’s energy system.

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Wind & Solar, But What Else? — India Edition Transcript

May 1, 2024 admin air quality, batteries, biomass, buildings, carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, Energy Storage, events, geothermal energy, green economy, green jobs, grid, grid storage, HEALTH, heat pumps, hydroelectric, India, india solar power, investment, Manufacturing, marine energy, nuclear energy, Off The Grid, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, onshore wind farms, policy & politics, pumped hydro storage, rooftop solar, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2024 23:11:09 +0000

Under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum, the think tank founded as an umbrella organization over India’s 28 state utilities to provide thought leadership, share leading practices, and bring international insights to India, I’m delivering bi-weekly webinars framed by the Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work. With the … [continued]

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