SunShot Newsletter: March 12, 2013: Ruling out PV islanding risk, last call for CSP HIBRED proposals, and Sandia's new CPV partnership

This U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Newsletter is for our partners and industry stakeholders. It highlights the key activities, events, funding opportunities, and publications that the Solar Program has funded during the past quarter. We welcome your comments about the newsletter, so e-mail them to solar@ee.doe.gov.

Photo of a row of solar photovoltaic panels outdoors; an inverter is positioned in between two of the panels.

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A report by Sandia National Laboratories identifies cases in which the risk of unintentional islanding is negligible for grid-tied photovoltaics. Image from Armando Fresquez/Sandia

Report Advises Utilities on Unintentional Islanding Risk for Distributed Generation
Last Call: CSP HIBRED Opportunity Closes March 19
Sandia Forms Partnership with CPV Startup
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