The development and publishing of interconnection standards and guides to facilitate the large numbers of grid-connected DER (Distributed Energy Resources) to utility systems in the coming years continues, with a new guide focused on energy storage. On August 5 of 2022, IEEE published IEEE 1547.9-2022, “IEEE Guide for Using IEEE Read more…
Various states in the US have either adopted, or are in the process of adopting, IEEE 1547-2018, which leverages new capabilities of smart inverters. Smart inverters are a kind of “grid-following” inverters. Now there is growing interest in “grid-forming” inverters, which are not new but are relatively early in the Read more…
Last month, EIA published its US Battery Storage Market Trends. Notable that:1. In 2019, 83% of small-scale battery storage (< 1 MW), which totaled 402 MW in the US, was located in California2. Between 2021 and 2023, installed large-scale battery storage is forecast to be 12,000 MW, which would be10 Read more…