Friday, May 24, 2013
As costs of renewable energy come down and more systems seek to connect to the grid, interconnection procedures developed over the last decade are increasingly under strain. This makes IREC’s recent release of its 2013 Model Interconnection Procedures...
Choose any of the following that may apply: A) Do you have a shaded roof or one that is not structurally designed to bear load? B) Do you rent or share your roof with other households or businesses? C) Is your home or business in an historic district...
Cloud cover and inconsistent winds are natural assumptions when it comes to integrating renewable energy. Their variable and non-dispatchable nature requires utilities to take a number of precautions when integrating some types of renewable energy. Utilities...
The average size of distributed photovoltaic systems is on the rise. In fact, the average size of all PV systems installed in 2011 grew by 64% over 2010. In addition to larger system sizes, penetration of solar on the grid is increasing in many states....
I think we can proclaim that 2012 was the year we turned the corner and caught a glimpse of what high-penetration solar looks like. Defined from an engineering perspective, a circuit has reached “high penetration” when utility engineers determine that...
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