Featured in Connections that count – 10-2022

Plugging in for prosperity

There is little doubt that the need to install solar as quickly as possible is an urgent one. As record-setting gas prices push economies dependent on fossil fuels for electricity generation to the brink, it is consumers and industry that must bear the brunt of the disruption. And since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is at fault, the need for energy security has never been more widely discussed.

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Jonathan Gifford

05 Oct 2022

Image: pv magazine/Stefanie Loos

However, while a solar project may be relatively straightforward to install, when compared with other generation sources a grid connection is no trivial challenge – particularly at the distribution level – with this month’s cover image an illustration of a pro-solar suburb. Unfortunately, such challenges are a sign that solar is sometimes a victim of …

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