Articles

• Reactive power and VARS (DCollins_DG_Inverter_4-07-07.pdf)
• Application of power electronics with the US DOE distributed generation programme by Donald Collins* and Mark C. Williams
•  Solar Electricity Outlook (2008) by Mike Taylor, Solar Electric Power Association
• A Review of PV Inverter Technology Cost and Performance Projections (pdf) Final Presentation Report to National Renewable Energy Laboratory

General

• The Department of Energy’s Solar America Initiative : Highlights for 2007, New Activities in 2008 from U.S. DOE Solar Energy Technologies Program
• A High-Efficiency Low-Cost DC-DC Converter for SOFC Presented by Dr. Jih-Sheng (Jason) Lai Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Future Energy Electronics Center at Presented by Dr. Jih-Sheng (Jason) Lai Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Future Energy Electronics Center, May 11 – May 13, 2004
• Beginning of Electrification to the Future of Digital Grade Power (pdf), an interesting and informative history by Michael W. Howard, Ph.D., P.E., President and CEO, EPRI PEAC Corporation
• Role of Renewable Energy in Future Electricity Supply2006 NARUC Summer Meeting, San Francisco, July 30, 2006, Hank Courtright, Senior Vice President, Environment Sector and Member Services
• Will the home of the future be dc powered? (pdf) EPRI DC Power Production, Delivery and Use Workshop, June 1 & 2, 2006 EPRI, Washington, DC, Arshad Mansoor & Brian Fortenbery, EPRI Solutions, Knoxville, TN
• DC in Quality, Reliability, Distributed and Renewable Energy Applications (pdf), a 14 page presentation by Tom Key, Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI), from "DC Power Workshop, June 1-2, 2006, Washington, DC"
• 06 Policy Larsen.pdf Role of Renewable Energy in Future Electricity Supply, Hank Courtright, Senior Vice President Environment Sector and Member Services, EPRI 2006.
• Solar PV Rebate Fact Sheet (pdf) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
• Arizona Consumer's Guide to Buying a Solar Electric System (pdf) "." It's an excellent overview that can help you decide if solar electric is right for you.
• Funding Opportunities (pdf) A Directory of Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, and Environmental Protection Assistance Programs: EPA State and Local Capacity Building Branch April 2004 This publication provides information on financial and technical assistance opportunities available from EPA, other federal agencies, state governments, and private foundations for programs and projects that reduce energy costs, improve air quality and public health, and enhance economic development opportunities for businesses and consumers.
• SOLID 500 SUN COMPOUND CONCENTRATOR PV DESIGN (pdf) A SolFocus has investigated small reflective concentrators as a path to dramatically reduce the cost of solar electricity.
• VaTech-Lai 4-19.pdf This is a primer for power electronics for fuel cells and similar variable power sources covering all the optional designs for converters and inverters.
• Silicon nanocrystals promise 40% solar-cell efficiency article by Ron Wilson in EDN magazine, 9/13/2007.
• Are We at the Threshold of a New Era of DC Power Systems? (pdf) EPRI DC Power Production, Delivery and Use Workshop, June 1 & 2, 2006 EPRI, Washington, DC, by Clark Gellings, Vice President, Innovation, Palo Alto, CA, 6/1/2006

PV Inverters

• A Low-Cost Soft-Switched DC/DC Converter for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Describes a highly efficient dc-dc converter developed at Virginia Tech which vastly improves the overall efficiency of the dc-ac conversion process
• A Review of PV Inverter Technology Cost and Performance Projections, Navigant Consulting, Inc. Burlington Massachusetts, Subcontract: NREL/SR-620-38771, January 2006
• PV Inverter Products Manufacturing and Design Improvements for Cost Reduction and Performance Enhancements Final Subcontract Report, November 2003, R. West, Xantrex Technology Inc., San Luis Obispo, California
• CONDITIONS FOR PV RELEVANCE IN THE GLOBAL ENERGY FUTURE, Clayton Handleman, Heliotronics, Inc. John Bowers,Custom Electronics, Inc., Paul H. Williams, Heliotronics, Inc.
• TECHNOLOGY CHOICE AND THE COST REDUCTION POTENTIAL OF PHOTOVOLTAICS, Jessika E. Trancik1,2, Ken Zweibel3 : 1Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico; 2Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY; 3 National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
• TESTING THE ISLANDING PROTECTION FUNCTION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC INVERTERS, Woyte, A. Belmans, R. Nijs, J. Dept. of Electr. Eng., Katholieke Univ. Leuven, Belgium; Energy Conversion, IEEE Transaction on, Mar 2003, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, page(s): 157- 162
• KWH/KWP DEPENDENCY ON PV TECHNOLOGY AND BALANCE OF SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE Ransome, S.J. Wohlgemuth, J.H. , ETC, Sunbury-on-Thames, UK;, Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2002. Conference Record of the Twenty-Ninth IEEE: 19-24 May 2002, page(s): 1420- 1423
• Power Electronics: A brief description of Power Electronics and Power Conversion Systems from Sandia National Laboratories
• Why DC Power is the Next Wave in Power Generation, Storage and Applications, prepared by Stephen Levy, Technical Director Tennessee Solar Energy Association (DC Applications for EMPS Technology Updated).

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