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Duke Energy Tests Solar Panels, Smart Grid Tech

As part of smart-grid research efforts, Duke Energy has installed anarray of 213 solar panels in south Charlotte, N.C., to provideelectricity to homes served by Duke Energy’s McAlpine Creek substation. Thesubstation’s new solar panels will provide approximately 50 kW ofelectricity, enough to power five homes when the panels are operating.Electricity from these panels can be [...]

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GridPoint releases GridPoint Platform 3.0

GridPoint Inc., a leading smart grid company, has released GridPointPlatform 3.0, a standards-based open platform that provides utilitieswith an intelligent network to manage and control distributed energyresources. GridPoint Platform 3.0 enables utilities to offerconsumers online energy programs, delivers advanced demand responseprograms based on consumer preferences, grid status, real-time marketprices and analytics, and expands the variety [...]

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BigBelly Solar Adds Waste Management As Distributor

BigBelly Solar, which makes solar-powered trash bins, is lining up Waste Management as a North American distributor.  Each trash bin comes with a compactor for compressing trash, asensor and LED lights to gauge its fullness and a wireless device tosend that information to the garbage collector. A solar panel on top ofthe receptacle charges a [...]

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SunEdison Opens Fleet-Wide PV Management Control Center

SunEdison has officially opened the Renewable Operations Center (ROC),which the company says is North America’s first fleet-wide PVmanagement command and control center. The ROC, located inSunEdison offices at the historic McClellan Air Force hangar, serves asthe hub for SunEdison solar fleet performance data analysis, PV solarenergy system monitoring, remote diagnostics and automated servicedispatch.

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