Reference
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Fact sheet defining a grid-interactive efficient building and its benefits.
Reference
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Website highlighting the DOE Building Technologies Office Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings Initiative, including technical reports, other publications, resources, and presentations.
Video
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Video describing the photovoltaic system at the Cold Climate Housing Research Center in Fairbanks, Alaska, which includes several types of pole-mounted tracking solar panels and inverters.
Reference
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Website providing comparison charts and reviews of battery energy storage systems for solar power systems.
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Website providing comparison charts and reviews of hybrid inverters for solar power systems.
Reference
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Website providing comparison charts and reviews of off-grid inverters for solar power systems.
Reference
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Website article describing the advantages and disadvantages of AC and DC battery energy storage systems and inverters for solar power systems.
Reference
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Website article describing the way solar panels are coupled to AC and DC battery energy storage systems.
Reference
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Web page describing the basics of how to size and build a battery bank for electricity storage.
Reference
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Article describing a case study in which a whole-house battery and PV system was tested in a home with cooling and refrigeration during a hurricane in Florida.
Information Guide
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Guide describing battery backup systems, for use with or without photovoltaic panels, to safely store and supply electricity during a power outage.