December 7, 2023
Success Story—How Training for Solar Lending is Driving the Equitable Energy Transition
In 2020, with $1.2 million in funding from DOE's Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO), the Carsey School of Public Policy partnered with the Inclusiv Center for Resiliency and Clean Energy to develop the Solar and Green Lending Professional Training.
November 8, 2023
Success Story—New Tool Connects Multiple Microgrids to Increase Community Resilience
Microgrids are small electric grids that can operate while disconnected from the main grid. Learn how a new tool that networks multiple microgrids with solar-plus-storage together can lead to community resilience.
October 3, 2023
Success Story: Cooperatives and Municipal Electric Utilities in the Southeast Advance Community Solar
With funding from SETO, the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center developed a policy guide for cooperative and municipal utilities in the Southeast to help them make community solar more available to customers.
September 18, 2023
Success Story: Nevados Tackles Siting Challenges with Innovative Solar Trackers
Siting solar arrays is a challenge shared by developers, state and local governments, and communities. With the help of Energy Department funding, Nevados developed hardware that opens new sites by enabling solar panel installation on uneven terrain.
July 26, 2023
Success Story—Using Renewable Microgrids to Keep the Lights On
With a $5 million award from SETO, Siemens develop a three-layer energy management system for microgrids that helps secure both microgrids and the larger electric grid against physical threats and cyberattacks.
July 10, 2023
Success Story—Improving Solar Permitting by Addressing Questions about Stormwater Runoff
Communities can now use a solar-specific tool to understand stormwater runoff at their local solar energy installations.
June 27, 2023
Success Story—A Clearer Picture of U.S. Solar Power Performance
The PV Fleet Initiative has been collecting performance data from a nationally representative sample of PV plants and has developed transparent, automated analysis techniques, shedding light on many aspects of solar power productivity across the country.
June 14, 2023
Success Story—Novel Approach to Solar Forecasting Delivers Improved Reliability and Economic Savings for Texas Grid
Texas grid operator ERCOT was able to integrate more solar power into its Texas grid, improve grid reliability & more using technology developed by @NREL and @MaxarTechnologies with $1.7M in SETO funding.
June 12, 2023
Success Story—American-Made Solar Prize Winners: Where Are They Now?
Since 2018, the American-Made Solar Prize has been energizing U.S. innovations and entrepreneurs. Hear from past winners to learn how the Prize has contributed to their success and find out what they’ve been able to accomplish since their victories.
May 30, 2023
Success Story—Putting Solar Energy Installation on Autopilot
Terabase Energy is transforming the traditionally manual processes of designing arrays, delivering modules, and installing them at the site.