Using machine learning and cheap satellite data to design rooftop solar power
PV Magazine reports on siting solar with Google mapping technology.
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From 2025 onward, at least 25% of all electricity generated from newly added generation capacity in the United States will be from local renewable energy sources.
WDG procurement
Working to unleash the vastly underserved wholesale distributed generation (WDG) market in California.
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WDG interconnection
Fixing the broken interconnection process for commercial-scale solar in California.
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Optimizing policies and market mechanisms
Developing policies and market mechanisms that will optimize the benefits of Community Microgrids.
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Distribution Resources Planning
Establishing a comprehensive, transparent framework to improve distribution system planning.
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Alternatives to gas plants
Showing show that solar+storage can cost-effectively obviate the need for new gas peaker plants.
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Transmission Access Charges Campaign
Fixing the unfair way transmission charges are currently being assessed in most of California.
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Legislative action
Pursuing legislative channels to help bring more clean local energy to California and the rest of the U.S.
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Advanced inverters
Showing that advanced inverters can cost-effectively optimize power quality, system reliability, and economics.
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Community Microgrids Are the Answer to Keep the Lights On
Executive Director Craig Lewis makes the case for Community Microgrids in a Noozhawk op-ed.
Read articleThreat of Wildfires and Power Shutdowns Heightens Urgency for Microgrid in California Community
Microgrid Knowledge reports on the urgency of our microgrid feasibility study in Calistoga.
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