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Alex Roedel

Alex Roedel is Director of Design and Engineering at Nextracker. With over 12 years in the solar industry leading design and engineering for Fortune 1000 companies such as SunPower and SPG Solar, Alex is responsible for the design and engineering of over 26 GWs of installed projects. He leads a global team of design engineers and is the company’s customer-facing technical lead with developers and EPCs worldwide. Alex earned his BS in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Applications & Installations

Flexible demand standards for pools introduced in the US To help balance variable renewable generation, California has set flexible demand standards for pool controls. The standards will help the state achieve its target of 7 GW of load flexibility by 2030 while saving consumers money.

William Driscoll

Oct 24, 2023

Markets & Policy

Solar industry should focus on virtual power plants, says US official Solar industry veteran Jigar Shah, the director of the US Department of Energy’s (DoE) Loan Programs Office, says that virtual power plants are the path to success, as solar net metering now faces an uncertain future.

William Driscoll

Sep 28, 2023

Solar panels

Research & Development

PV cell technology trends Ongoing innovation in PV cell technology will have major impacts as solar is deployed at a “multi-terawatt scale” over the next two decades, according to a global team of scientists.

William Driscoll

Aug 30, 2023

Research & Development

Scientists outline innovation pathways for PV technologies Continued innovation in PV cell technology will have major impacts as PV is deployed at “multi-terawatt scale” over the next two decades, says a global team of scientists.

William Driscoll

Aug 22, 2023

Research & Development

Compensation framework for storage proposed by research institute Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL) researchers in the US have developed a new framework to compensate energy storage as a dual-use asset.

William Driscoll

Dec 06, 2022

Markets & Policy

Storage projections for 2050 The US National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) final report on the future of storage presents “key learnings” from a series of six in-depth studies.

William Driscoll

Apr 19, 2022

Applications & Installations

Concentrating solar power with heat storage could compete with batteries For short-term storage in a 100% renewables grid, thermal energy storage located at concentrating solar power plants could compete with batteries, found a study using an idealised grid model. Seasonal storage needs could best be met with power-to-gas-to-power technology.

William Driscoll

Mar 16, 2022

Applications & Installations

US scientists explore how to compensate battery owners for grid value Current price signals to distributed battery owners “do not align with grid value,” says a study from the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

William Driscoll

Jan 12, 2022