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Energy Storage North America Announces Winners of ESNA Innovation and Champion Awards
Energy Storage North America (ESNA), the largest gathering of policy, technology and market leaders in energy storage, today announced the winners of this year’s ESNA Innovation and Champion Awards. The ESNA Innovation Awards were presented to three energy storage projects that demonstrated excellence and impact in two categories: Centralized Storage and Distributed Storage. Winners were recognized […]
CalCom Solar Named One of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies
Inc. magazine today named CalCom Solar to its prestigious list of the fastest-growing private companies in the country, the Inc. 5000. For the second year in a row, CalCom reached the top tier of the list, ranking #23 in 2017, with a staggering three-year growth rate of 9,000 percent. CalCom joins other notable Inc. 5000 […]
S&C and Ameren Conduct Successful 24-hour Islanding Test on Microgrid
Ameren Corporation, a Midwest-based utility, and S&C Electric Company, a smart grid leader shaping the future of power delivery, conducted a successful 24-hour islanding test this month at the recently deployed Ameren microgrid in Champaign, Illinois. The microgrid — one of the most technologically advanced utility-scale microgrids in North America — has been operational since May and has […]
SolAmerica Energy Partners with MTU America to Launch New Solar Array with SCE&G
MTU America (a subsidiary of Rolls-Royce) held a ceremony on August 9, 2017 in Graniteville, South Carolina, to celebrate a 1.35 MW (DC) ground mounted solar array installed on a 7-acre site highly visible from the I-20 exit ramp in Graniteville. SolAmerica Energy of Atlanta, GA (“SolAmerica”) designed and installed the system and will maintain […]
Power Standards Lab to Observe Effects of North America’s Electric Power Grids Response to the 2017 Eclipse, Live.
On Monday, August 21, North American power grids will be the subject of a celestial experiment: Now that there’s lots of grid-connected solar power, what will happen when the sun abruptly vanishes? In California, Power Standards Lab has deployed precision grid instruments to observe the effects. You can watch this experiment unfold, live, at two web sites: LiveEclipse.PQube3.com/West and LiveEclipse.PQube3.com/east. […]
“Do Your Thing” California: Save Energy on Eclipse Day and Every Day
The California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) energy efficiency education program, Energy Upgrade California, will mark the coming together of communities and businesses throughout the state in an epic unifying experience – to witness the Great American Eclipse and collectively pledge to do their part to lower California’s electricity use on eclipse day, August 21, and […]
PG&E Prepared for Unusual Challenges of Solar Eclipse
When the skies turn dark the morning of Aug. 21, as a total solar eclipse passes over the lower 48 United States, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) will be hard at work to ensure that the lights stay on. PG&E has prepared for the eclipse for the better part of a year and expects […]
CSA Group Publishes New Guideline for Photovoltaic (PV) Module Testing
As a leading Testing & Certification and Standards Development Organization (SDO), CSA Group is pleased to announce the development of a C450 – currently available as an Express Document (EXP450) – that helps to address the lack of uniform testing requirements in the Photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturing industry. To best ensure the level of quality […]
Georgia Power to highlight impact of solar eclipse on solar generation during Facebook Live event August 21
Millions of Georgians are anticipating the first significant solar eclipse to cross the state in more than 30 years and, to illustrate the real-time nature of solar generation, the company invites energy fans to tune in to a special Facebook Live event at Facebook.com/GeorgiaPower on August 21. Beginning at 1 p.m., fans will get an unprecedented look at how […]
Anne Arundel County Public Schools Completes First Major Solar Project
Standard Solar, a leading solar energy company, has completed a 1.4 Megawatt (MW) ground mount solar project for Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS), the fifth largest public school district in the State of Maryland with a student population of approximately 82,000 students. The AACPS portfolio consists of 125 schools and nine administrative buildings. Standard Solar developed and […]
