Articles about Utilities
Below are stories about Utilities featured in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Program (Solar Program) newsletter. Archived editions of the newsletter is also available.
DOE Funds PowerMeter App to Measure System Performance
September 29, 2011: PowerMeter app measures system performance, iPad controls Solar Decathlon house, and Solar 3.0 coming soon
SEGIS Awardees Review Achievements
October 6, 2011: SEGIS successes, ADEPT announced, and historic buildings
Hawaii Study Sheds Light on Grid Impacts of Solar
December 1, 2011: Rooftop Solar Challenge awardees, CSP Symposium, and leading-edge solar integration study
Updated Version of SAM Released
December 13, 2011: Thermal storage system testing, new SAM tool, and validation workshop results
Fast Fact: February Workshop on Solar Forecasting
January 10, 2012: Soft cost deadline, two new RFIs, and solar ready report
CSP Power Tower Video Available
January 26, 2012: Solar Decathlon 2013, third-party PV study, and CSP power tower video
Raising Inverter IQ's
April 12, 2012: Small business funding, the physics of reliability, and smarter inverters
Funding Opportunity to Improve Solar Forecasting
April 24, 2012: Two new funding opportunities and a postdoc’s recipe for success
World’s Largest CSP Plant Hits Milestone
August 14, 2012: Solar goes public, CSP plant makes progress, and local gov’t experts give answers
DOE-Funded Solar Variability Model in High Demand in Puerto Rico
October 11, 2012: Calculating cloud coverage, bringing more to the solar table, and seeking installer data
International Workshop Focuses on High Penetration PV
October 25, 2012: Essential skills for solar workers, 8 states get solar savvy, and high pen working session goes to Germany
SunShot Awardee Spotlight: Advanced Energy
November 8, 2012: Small business funding, utility-focused solutions, and great gains for solar jobs
Funding Announced to Develop CSP Hybrid Systems and Advance Rooftop Solar Challenge
December 21, 2012: New CSP and RSC funding, solar forecasting workshop on January 10, and solar valuation report released
New Report Examines Utility Bill Savings from Residential PV
February 4, 2013: Seven SEEDS awardees, Berkeley Lab examines savings from rooftop PV, and SunShot Prize workshop announced
Fast Fact: February 19 Webinar Shares Utilities' Solar Successes
February 12, 2013: Milwaukee makes solar strides, new website helps local governments go solar, and Germany and U.S. PV pricing
Report Advises Utilities on Unintentional Islanding Risk for Distributed Generation
March 12, 2013: Ruling out PV islanding risk, last call for CSP HIBRED proposals, and Sandia's new CPV partnership
Awardee Spotlight: Evergreen State Solar Partnership
March 19, 2013: Evergreen State greening, concept paper deadlines nearing, and CSP meeting coming up
2012 a Record Year for Utility-Scale Solar
April 18, 2013: Five super-sized solar projects, one brand-new performance database, and two California-focused reports
New Methodology Helps Utilities Evaluate Impacts of Distributed PV
May 10, 2013: Simplified solar, new PV analysis methodology, and upcoming workshops and webinars