Overcoming inverter installation challenges on commercial rooftop solar

Being a renewable energy operator has become a lot more challenging over the past few years. Gone are the days when an operator could pick a single asset class (wind or solar), sign a long term guaranteed price PPA, and focus on generation only, with no concern about market pricing or energy curtailment. Ironically, this increase in complexity is driven by the very success that renewables have experienced over the past twenty years, adding a record 280GW of capacity in 2020 becoming the second most prevalent power generation source. As the industry has grown in size, the intermittent nature of renewables has become a bigger concern.

This webinar aims to explore the solar energy opportunities in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Update on the renewable energy status of West African countries, including recent announcements, tenders and market movements in the main markets leading the development including Nigeria and Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Togo Off-grid and on-grid – explore the main opportunities for solar development both on and off grid Understand the main financial instruments and the institutions that are ready to finance solar projects in West Africa, and what criteria they use to choose projects

Receive a brief overview of the North American solid waste management landscape, followed by a review of how energy from waste has evolved since the 1970s. Receive an update on the status of waste-to-energy and conversion technologies including the latest information on technologies, players, and costs.

The transition to a 100% clean electricity supply will likely involve a very large amount of wind and solar power generation. These resources, with no fuel cost and low operating costs, fit poorly in wholesale electricity markets based on the marginal cost of production, which is largely determined by the cost of fuels. This mismatch could disrupt power markets, drive up costs, and prematurely cap the growth of wind and solar. To understand how wind and solar will affect power markets, we first have to know how power markets work today. This introductory session is intended for people who have limited or no knowledge of wholesale electricity markets, regional transmission organizations, and locational marginal prices. Ben Paulos of PaulosAnalysis will offer a presentation based on the short report How Wholesale Power Markets Work, written for the 100% Clean Energy Collaborative.