Hi gang
Anyone work with these folks yet? http://www.apparent.com/
Their product seems like it will be an incremental step in solving what I
believe to be a challenge in the future- too much non firm generation on the
nations grids.
Hawaii could be the first canary in the coal mine, but I'm sure there are other
markets that are reaching or have reached this apex as well.
Just this past SPI event, I recall the Germans are using the Austrians-
Fronius- to embed SCADA control of the output of the inverters to allow for
grid voltage stability.
This inherently assists the grid operators and allows them to throttle the
watts on the system, while simultaneously stabilizing the infrastructure.
I'm sure the next step here would be UL as the current topography doesn't allow
for this architecture within the inverter, but in speaking to Fronuis in
October, it seemed like it was a software change and not a part that needed to
be swapped out. Take the idea one step further, my prediction- within 5 years,
many will go off grid on the residential side, as a storage means will be
birthed that is cost effective, stable, reliable and user friendly. Whole
businesses will revolve around storage and the PPA/lease model will seep into
this sector as well.
Bill Brooks- do you have any visibility, sage feedback on this idea, as you
might be close to this topic and offer perspective, technologically speaking.
Aloha, Keith
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