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Promoting Economic Efficiency in Interconnection — Part 1: Coordination Between Interconnection & Grid Planning

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Interconnection costs for distributed energy resources (DERs) like community solar are rising in many jurisdictions across the United States. Utility planning and implementation of electricity system upgrades in a piecemeal or serial fashion can cause inefficiencies that contribute to increased costs for interconnection customers and utility ratepayers. Lawrence Berkeley National … [continued]

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Grid Resilience Planning for Extreme Cold & Ice Storms in the Midwest

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Join Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, and the National Association of State Energy Officials on August 8th, from 1–3 p.m. CT, for the third in a series of virtual, interactive regional webinars on grid resilience planning. State representatives from Minnesota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, … [continued]

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How to Save 229 Hours on Ground Mount Solar PV System Layouts

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We have a webinar coming up that I’m very excited to share with people, especially those in the solar PV industry who design and develop ground mount solar power systems. While much attention gets put on rooftop solar PV systems and optimizing the designs of rooftop PV, most of the … [continued]

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How to Conquer Ground Mount Solar Design Challenges — Coming Webinar

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With the support of PVcase, CleanTechnica will be hosting a webinar on May 29 about how to conquer ground mount solar design challenges. Guy Atherton spent 18 years installing solar panels in a wide array of locations, on all kinds of structures. He worked for large solar companies BayWa Solar … [continued]

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