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40th IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE
TECHNICAL AREA OVERVIEWS
AREA 11 OVERVIEW
PV DEPLOYMENT
Chair: Martha Symko-Davies National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA
Co-Chairs:
Michael
Coddington,
National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA
Sarah Truitt, National Renewable
Energy Laboratory, USA Elaine Ulrich,
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),
USA
Area 11 Description
The power and energy environment is undergoing a radical
change as the U.S. moves from traditional primary energy
sources connected to an aging grid to a modernized
grid that incorporates new technologies such as variable
renewable energy sources. Utilities have a growing number of
challenges associated with the various issues that arise under
high penetration of solar systems. As the transformation to
a modernized electric power system unfolds, utilities and
the institutions that support the workforce pipeline to the
power and energy sectors must evolve. Great emphasis is
placed on finding ways to effectively increase the breadth of
expertise engaged in PV deployment and technology support.
Additionally, strategies to sustain or accelerate high growth
rates and rapid cost reductions through government policy
and economics are critical to the success of PV deployment.
Area 11 presents papers about technical advances in PV
Deployment with a focus on Interconnections, Workforce
Development and Education, and Government Policy and
Financing.
Sub-Area Chairs
Michael Coddington (National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
USA), Sarah Truitt (National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
USA), Elaine Ulrich (U.S. Department of Energy (DOE, USA)
