distributed energy resources

Australia's NEM faces a fundamental transformation as solar PV generation and BESS drive the transition to a low-emissions energy system.

In total, 30 of the projects are solar PV – either utility-scale or distributed energy generation (DER) – and would add 2.8GW of capacity.

These programmes are Empowering Rural America and Powering Affordable Clean Energy, with investments in rural communities across 30 US states.

PV Talk: Sunrun’s Chris Rauscher tells Jonathan Touriño Jacobo why virtual power plants could be used to power energy-hungry data centres and, in the process, open up new residential solar + storage markets.

PV Tech Premium looks at why Puerto Rico's particularity in the residential market could be a success story in the energy transition.

Renewables deployment in the US is at risk of stalling unless distributed interconnection policies are improved to make them more efficient. Fortunately, there are a host of well-developed solutions for many of the major interconnection challenges being seen in the country today, writes Gwen Brown of the Interstate Renewable Energy Council.

As distributed energy resources such as residential solar rooftop increase in the next decade, its use for virtual power plants could save US utilities up to US$35 billion, according to a study from consultancy The Brattle Group.

Testing and certifications company UL Solutions has published a new set of cyber security certification requirements for solar, wind and storage assets connected to the distribution grid, as well as other inverter-based resources (IBR).

Google’s smart home division has joined Ford, Sunpower, Sunrun in partnership centred around scaling market for virtual power plants (VPP).

Demand is soaring in the US for residential solar and storage, driven by a desire for energy resilience and sustainability, but traditional utilities are hampering progress.