YouTube users may have recently noticed commercials on the platform promoting a career as a wind turbine technician. That point was expounded upon Tuesday by industry executives at the Wind O&M + PV Operations Conference in Dallas.
The market is shifting to newer, cleaner energy sources like wind and solar. Today, we need new systems for energy management, including energy storage.
Take this energy storage quiz based on the 2017 National Electrical Code to test your ability to find all of the regulations on energy storage.
Energy storage has been a hot topic of conversation over the past few years. We’ve heard about futuristic innovations, larger-than-life company leaders like Elon Musk putting his storage company on the map, and states vowing to become energy independent through renewable resource use.
Before we get into the details of conductors, currents, and circuit protection on the AC side of the PV system, let’s step back and try to get a bigger picture of where are some of the dangers or hazards that need to be considered.
The electrical grid as we know it hasn’t changed much in the last 100 years, but we have changed as a society and so has the technology we use.
One of the most advanced microgrids in North America can be found at Bubolz Nature Preserve in Northeast Wisconsin. The microgrid serves as a research and development project as well as a learning lab for teaching the next generation about the cutting-edge energy technology that is available today.
From an electrician’s, PV installer’s, or electrical inspector’s point of view, the currents start at the PV module—at least for the dc solar part of the system.
This article provides explanations and test data to show how the copper-welding process outperforms standard copper conductors in transmission and substation grounding applications.