Power Design Europe January 2005[Direct Feature] Bright Outlook For Solar Power Cogeneration
Solar power, specifically the kind that runs lights and television sets and keeps the milk in the refrigerator cold, has undergone a resurgence in the U.S. since 2000. That's when the IEEE released a standard—IEEE 929-2000, Recommended Practice for Utility Interface of Photovoltaic (PV) Systems—covering the design of dc-ac inverters for systems connecting PV systems to the utility grid. Prior to that date, even if they wanted to allow homeowners and businesses to...
Power Design Europe January 2005[Direct Feature] Entrepreneuring In Solar Power Generation
RWE Schott's Mike McGoney says that in Germany, farmers are taking fields and pastures out of agricultural production to install grid-tied solar arrays because the economics of solar farming are more favorable than conventional farming. Economic incentives for green power are high in Germany. Private efforts in the U.S. to produce and sell solar power have been spotty. In the 1980s, some large solar arrays were built at Cramer Junction in California's Mojave Desert. The plants...
