Feb. 28, 2024
Let's Get Married at RE+ in Vegas (Live from Las Vegas)
On the next Probably True Solar Stories, you’ll hear a live storytelling about two solar pros who decide to get married at a solar conference in Las Vegas. But when the wedding gets unexpectedly interrupted, the solar industry comes to the rescue.
Watch the live video performance here:
https://youtu.be/YyhWQi1d2ZE
True Solar Takeaways
- RE+ is the largest annual U.S. solar and renewable energy conference. It's held in various locations every year.
- Abby Hopper is the head of SEIA, the leading U.S. solar industry advocacy organization, and she was at this live reading and had that line.
- Solar Power International (SPI) was the old name for RE plus.
- Dean Solon is the founder and former CEO of Shoals Technology. Every year, Shoals throws a huge party at RE+. As the saying goes, what happens at the Shoals party stays at the Shoals party.
- BOS. stands for "Balance of Systems"
- NEC stands for the National Electric Code
- Vegas has had blackouts, but not during a solar conference. However, air conditioners running on high during a heatwave have caused blackouts.
- Load flexibility is complicated. Read this.
- EPC stands for Engineering, Procurement, and Construction. They're basically the solar installers.
- Solar developers can hire EPCs or sometimes they have their own EPC division.
- PE stands for Professional Engineer.
- AHJ stands for Authorities Having Jurisdiction. They're the various local organizations that deal with permitting for solar installations, large and small.
- KW stands for Kilowatts and kWh stands for Kilowatt-hours. Here's the difference.
- Interconnection is a difficult process of connecting solar projects to the grid.
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