RE+ Tech Supp to POWER September 2023 - 12

EMPOWERING CLEAN ENERGY
SOLAR & OTHER RENEWABLES
TECH
SOLAR & OTHER RENEWABLES
PRESENTATIONS
❯❯ RE+ Tech Opening Session: Financing
the Cleantech Needed to Get to Net Zero
Financing groundbreaking renewable energy technology is
of paramount importance in addressing the urgent global
challenges of climate change and energy transition. From
research and development, to manufacturing and marketing
technologies to scale, capital investment is a crucial catalyst
that can propel us closer to net zero. To kick start two days
of tech innovation, hear from the private and public funding
sector about opportunities, best practices, innovative
funding mechanisms, and creative partnerships available to
clean tech companies and entrepreneurs ready to contribute
to a more sustainable tomorrow.
❯❯ Dimensioning Solar Collector Power
Transformer based on Loading and
Ambient Temperature Profile
Presented by: HITACHI ENERGY
Solar power generation is an intermittent power resource,
and the transformers providing the grid connection are
mostly used below their power rating. An economic analysis
in combination with fulfilling technical requirements can be
used during the procurement process to reduce the installation
cost and promote the faster expansion of renewable
power generation. To meet ambitious global targets of a
sustainable power system, new solutions for connecting renewable
energy to the grid are required. This methodology
for dimensioning the step-up power transformer of the collection
grid for a large photovoltaic power plant through optimization
based on technical and financial variables.
❯❯ Reuse of Solar PV Systems for
Social and Ecological Benefit:
Academic Research and Non-Profit
Implementation
Presented by: UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS / WESTERN
COLORADO UNIVERSITY
Residential and commercial solar array owners are beginning
to upgrade to newer, more efficient technologies. Presently,
recycling options are limited and most decommissioned
equipment is sent to the municipal landfill. Meanwhile, lowand
moderate-income households have an energy burden of
2.5 times that of higher income households but do not qualify
for tax credit incentives for renewable energy systems. This
presentation will cover the Equitable Solar Solutions™ nonprofit
program, which has gained significant learning from
developing reuse solar projects that benefit needs-based
households partnering with social service agencies and Habitat
for Humanity. Solar business leaders from local install12
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ers up to utility and independent power producer managers
can benefit through social equity-based reuse options when
faced with key decisions around repowering or decommissioning
systems.
❯❯ How " Grid-Forming " Inverters Will
Enable Continuing Growth of Solar
Without Impacting Grid Reliability
Presented by: TERABASE ENERGY INC, SETO, DOE, POWER
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CENTER, NREL
The aim of this panel session is to present the " grid-forming "
inverter technology that is being actively developed through
a DOE funded, NREL led, >$25M R&D program, including
industry to address grid reliability challenges associated
with high penetration of variable generation (solar, wind, including
storage). The resulting decreasing in synchronous
conventional generation, makes it essential that the new
resources provide services required to maintain power grid
stability and reliability.
❯❯ Pros and Connections: How to Achieve
Reliable Structural Joints in PV
Mounting Systems
Presented by: UL, MATRIX ENGINEERING
Solar PV structural joints are prolific and a common point
of both structural and bonding failures. While the solar PV
industry is growing rapidly, it has not yet adopted and applied
known engineering and assembly best practices for
structural joints in PV mounting systems. This presentation
will provide an overview of the three efforts - the Solar Energy
Technology Office (SETO) PV Fastened Joint Research
Project; the American Society of Civil Engineers' (ASCE) Solar
PV Structures Manual of Practice (MOP); revisions to the
Underwriters Laboratories' standard for PV mounting system
safety (UL 2703); and the timelines associated with implementation.
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