Although not nearly as exciting as extra-terrestrials that may threaten our planet one day, there are existing threats to the quality of our power grid. Non-linear loads – fluorescent and LED lighting ...

DTE Energy Technologies, Detroit, Mich., and iPower Technologies (a joint venture between Delco Remy International, Anderson, Ind., and AeroVironment, Monrovia, Calif.) have signed an agreement to ...

This guide provides general information on implementing onsite distributed generation systems in laboratory environments. Specific technology applications, general performance information, and cost ...

Efforts to bring new power plants online as a means to pre-empt the blackouts that plagued California early this year are a 20th-century solution to a 21st-century problem. As regional power ...

Upgraded equipment, new software, and innovations to serve both residential, and commercial and industrial customers are changing the solar power industry. Decentralized power generation continues to ...

As the U.S. bulk power system continues to focus on distributed energy resources (DERs) for more of our overall electricity needs, the ability of the grid operators, power marketers, and reliability ...

The power sector has increasingly turned to various forms of distributed generation to meet growing power demands over the past several decades. Although solar PV and other renewable technologies ...

In Part 1, we looked at how industrial-scale distributed generating plants (typically hundreds of kilowatts to tens of megawatts), powered by renewable energy, are playing an important role in ...

A distributed generation system in Brazil, which has had a favourable net metering policy for small-scale solar. Image: Canadian Solar. Brazil has published its long-anticipated net metering laws that ...