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FIMER releases new utility-scale string inverters for both decentralized and traditional projects

FIMER’s utility-scale string inverter for decentralized applications. FIMER has released two new utility-scale string inverter products for both centralized and decentralized solar applications. First, it’s debuting its decentralized utility-scale string inverter called the PVS-350. The inverter is optimized for PV system architectures with a maximum  efficiency of ɳMAX > 99% to ensure the highest energy […]

June 23, 2021 by

Reskilling IT for digital success

The tech talent shortage has CIOs scrambling to ensure that employees brush up on the latest skills and technologies that facilitate business agility. But the COVID-19 pandemic illuminated the need to have adaptable, flexible staff willing to learn new skills in critical domains such as cloud software, machine learning and cybersecurity. Indeed, 72% of 3,670 senior corporate […]

June 23, 2021 by

Recurrent Energy will install 2.3 GWh of energy storage in California over next year

The existing 100-MW Mustang solar project will receive a 300-MWh storage addition. Canadian Solar subsidiary Recurrent Energy announced new energy storage projects contracted to be built in 2021 and 2022. These projects span retrofits as-a-service, solar + storage PPAs, and stand-alone storage tolling agreements. Projects include: 200-MW/800-MWh Crimson storage project for Southern California Edison (SCE) […]

June 23, 2021 by

SpaceX president says Starlink global satellite broadbrand service to be live by September

SpaceX president and chief operating officer Gwynne Shotwell has revealed the company’s low-Earth orbit Starlink satellite broadband may be operational by around September. “We’ve successfully deployed 1,800 or so satellites, and once all those satellites reach their operational orbit we will have continuous global coverage so that should be like [the] September timeframe,” Shotwell said, […]

June 23, 2021 by

Newly introduced Efficient Grid Interconnection Act aims to equitably allocate costs of transmission system upgrades

On Tuesday, Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL), Chair of the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, introduced the Efficient Grid Interconnection Act, a bill that would help families power their homes with affordable and abundant clean energy by reducing costly transmission congestion and connecting more low-cost renewable energy to the electric grid. “Expanding access to affordable, clean […]

June 23, 2021 by

Here’s how Digit Insurance predicts the policy renewal rate with data and AI, IT News, ET CIO

In conversation with ETCIO, Vishal Shah-VP Technology, Digit General Insurance talks about the newest renewal prediction algorithm, automated pre-inspection process and how he is striking the balance between automation and human interference in the projects. “Renewal prediction algorithm is basically a model which predicts the number of customers who are likely to renew their policy. […]

June 23, 2021 by

2022 Aston Martin Vantage F1 Edition: A Sharper Edge

Many road cars have been created around often tenuous connections to motorsports, their uniqueness frequently running no deeper than stickers and graphics. On the surface, the new Aston Martin Vantage F1 Edition, with its carefully trademarked logos and an optional stem-to-stern racing stripe, fits this mold. But dive deeper and there’s actual substance to this […]

June 23, 2021 by

Pecan Street developing distributed energy adoption toolkit for HBCUs

The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation awarded Pecan Street Inc. a $40,000 grant to bring its unique data and research capabilities to developing a Distributed Energy Resources Toolkit for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Pecan Street will partner with Huston-Tillotson University in Austin to develop resources that support DER deployment on HBCU campuses to […]

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