[RE-wrenches] Apparent power

[Keith Cronin]

Hi gang

Anyone work with these folks yet? http://www.apparent.com/

Their product seems like it will be an incremental step in solving what I believe to be a challenge in the future- too much non firm generation on the nations grids.

Hawaii could be the first canary in the coal mine, but I'm sure there are other markets that are reaching or have reached this apex as well.

Just this past SPI event, I recall the Germans are using the Austrians- Fronius- to embed SCADA control of the output of the inverters to allow for grid voltage stability.
This inherently assists the grid operators and allows them to throttle the watts on the system, while simultaneously stabilizing the infrastructure.

I'm sure the next step here would be UL as the current topography doesn't allow for this architecture within the inverter, but in speaking to Fronuis in October, it seemed like it was a software change and not a part that needed to be swapped out. Take the idea one step further, my prediction- within 5 years, many will go off grid on the residential side, as a storage means will be birthed that is cost effective, stable, reliable and user friendly. Whole businesses will revolve around storage and the PPA/lease model will seep into this sector as well.

Bill Brooks- do you have any visibility, sage feedback on this idea, as you might be close to this topic and offer perspective, technologically speaking.
 
Aloha, Keith
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