Policy


Policy and energy issues are closely linked. We realize that you are spending your time running your business day to day. Our goal with these articles is to keep you most up to date about policies that will impact your business.

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White Paper: Best Practices for Teaching Clean Energy Skills

This is the second white paper in our “Researcher-in-Residence” series. A PDF version of this white paper, along with supplementary videos, is available in the free course, “What Data Tells Us About Teaching & Learning Clean Energy Skills”.

Courses on Heatspring are created by subject matter experts (SMEs) who have a deep domain expertise in areas […]

Solar Onboarding 102 – Now Free for Members & Their Friends

Starting today, for a limited time, “Solar Onboarding 102 for Non-Solar Professionals” is free for HeatSpring Members and their guests. Members can give the class for free to somebody they know who wants to get started in the solar industry.

Members: Email info(at)heatspring.com or Jackie or Brian or Brit – send us the name and email […]

New Solar Onboarding Course – Free for Members & Their Guests

We need more good people in the solar industry. If you know somebody ready to jump in, here’s a fun way to help them to be successful:

Starting today, for a limited time, “Solar Onboarding 101 for Non-Solar Professionals” is free for HeatSpring Members and their guests. Members can give the class for free to somebody […]

Impacts of IEEE 1547 to Developers and Engineers Working on Distribution Interconnections

The latest revision of IEEE 1547TM-2018 – IEEE Standard for Interconnection and Interoperability of Distributed Energy Resources with Associated Electric Power Interfaces turns five years old this year.  Many solar PV developers and engineers that are just entering the industry aren’t familiar with the standard’s background and the requirements that it imposes on Distributed Energy […]

Standards for Distributed Energy Resources Interconnecting to Utility Systems

Interconnection standards for Distributed Energy Resources (DER) connecting to utility transmission and distribution systems have evolved and will continue to change in the coming decades.  DER includes inverter-based resources (IBR), such as solar PV, battery energy storage, and vehicle-to-grid (V2G), but also synchronous machine-based generation and other types of generation.

For people involved in DER interconnection […]