PV Powered has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to continue development work on lowering the barriers to adoption of solar energy on the utility grids of North America. Stage 3 is the final stage of the competitive portion of the Solar Energy Grid Integration System (SEGIS) program, and is focused on commercialization of the technologies developed under previous stages.

Key targets for this program include commercialization of new algorithms to optimize the energy harvest of the inverter and PV system, advanced communications technologies that enable distributed PV systems to communicate with power utilities, and next-generation controls functionality that will allow utilities to manage networks of distributed power sources. Leveraging a collaborative approach, PV Powered assembled a team of industry experts comprised of Schweizer Engineering Laboratories, Portland General Electric, and Northern Plains Power Technologies, to address the barriers to widespread adoption of PV.

“Our SEGIS developments have been extremely well received by our utility partners and customers,” said Dr. Hans Betz, chief executive officer of Advanced Energy. “This program demonstrates once again that Advanced Energy and PV Powered are the innovation leaders in this industry.”

 
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