Standardization turns EV potential to reality
Mass adoption of electric vehicles presents boundless opportunities for these vehicles to support our grid and power our homes. Developing and adopting standards for this emergent technology is needed to accelerate the path to these opportunities.
Enphase batteries to participate in Swell Energy virtual power plants
Microinverter provider Enphase entered an agreement with Swell Energy to participate in distributed virtual power plants in California, New York, and Hawaii.
Lessons learned from Texas storm Uri
Winter storm Uri that brought a deep freeze to Texas is also bringing insight into grid vulnerabilities, the need for more renewables, and the potential of solar-plus-storage.
New app helps manage solar inverter connectivity for impending 3G shutdown
With 3G set to be shut down at the end of this month, some solar inverters will lose connectivity and stop reporting data. The free Sunvoy app developed by Ipsun Tech addresses this upcoming obstacle by mapping locations of affected inverters, so that installers may swap out equipment at those sites.
US to deploy $5 billion EV charging network
The Biden Administration announced the five-year plan to meet the broader agenda of electrification and decarbonization of transportation.
SolarAPP+ permitting software reduces project times by 12 days on average in pilot
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) released the free, web-based platform for automatic residential solar permit approvals.
PJM, flooded with interconnection requests, proposes two-year review pause
With a backlog of over 1,200 energy projects, the nation’s largest electrical grid operator is proposing a review process that it claims will better prioritize construction-ready projects, and streamline and speed up interconnection as a whole.
Canadian hydropower dam to be coupled with 180MW of lithium-ion battery storage
TransAlta has planned to start construction on the storage facility in March 2023 and to complete it within nine months. The 180MW battery facility is designed to be charged by the existing Ghost Hydroelectric facility when demand is lower.
Daimler, NextEra, and BlackRock to deploy nationwide US electric trucking network
An initial investment of about $650 million divided evenly among the group will launch the deployment of EV and hydrogen medium- and heavy-duty trucks and charging stations across the US.
Microgrid project using vanadium redox flow battery
SDG&E and Sumitomo Electric complete a pilot microgrid project in California that successfully powered utility customers solely with energy stored in a flow battery.
