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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, the Center for Renewables Integration (CRI), Gridworks, and GridLab released a study that shows distributed energy resources (DER) such as local solar, ...

UL, a global safety science leader, has published a new report in cooperation with the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The “Cybersecurity Certification ...

One of the areas that needs urgent updates to state interconnection rules is its alignment with technical standards. Image: Unsplash. The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) has published an ...

Distributed energy resources (DERs) may be a competitive concern for traditional electric generators, but for independent system operators, DERs offer both benefits and challenges. Here’s what POWER ...

The increasing importance of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) in the electrical systems in our contemporary world necessitates that we understand the status of electric power distribution across ...

These days, it seems homeowners can choose a smart version of just about any household device. Using a computer or smartphone, consumers can control and adjust home lighting, thermostats, ...

(Editor’s note: This blog from the Rocky Mountain Institute focuses on issues in the US, but they are also relevant in Australia, possibly more so given its reliance on expensive networks for such a ...

What is a distributed system? A distributed system is a collection of independent computers that appear to the user as a single coherent system. To accomplish a common objective, the computers in a ...