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The SunSpec Alliance is an alliance of over 100 solar and storage distributed energy industry participants, together pursuing information standards to enable “plug & play” system interoperability. SunSpec standards address operational aspects of solar PV power and energy storage plants on the smart grid—including residential, commercial, and utility-scale systems—thus reducing cost, promoting technology innovation, and accelerating industry growth.
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SunSpec Cyberguardians Winter Career Fair
Date: December 8th, 2021 Time: 10AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Join SunSpec Cyberguardians for a virtual career fair on December 8th, 2021 at 10AM Pacific. The event will feature presentations from six leading employers in the Distributed Energy Industry. Presenters will...
SunSpec Alliance 2021 Annual Member Meeting
SunSpec Alliance 2021 Annual Member MeetingDate: October 7th & 8th, 2021 Location: Online Time: See Schedule for Details Please join us for the SunSpec Alliance 2021 Annual Member Meeting! UPDATE: VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE ONLY This year's meeting will be held in a...
SunSpec & Sandia DER Cybersecurity Webinar: Historical Public Key Infrastructure Failures
SunSpec & Sandia DER Cybersecurity Working Group WebinarDate: October 28th, 2021 Time: 9-10am Pacific What can the energy sector learn from past failures of PKI? This talk will cover security compromises related to Public Key Infrastructure, with an emphasis...
Fall Quarter: DER Communication Installation Considerations
Date: Fall Quarter, Starting November 2, 2021 Course Number: ECE-40312 Credits: 1.00 unit(s) Related Certificate Programs: Communications Software Development for DER For questions related to this course visit sunspeccyberguardians.org or contact...
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Get Ready for the Countdown to UL 1741 Certification
The Deadline is Approaching! Smart inverters are becoming a key component for ensuring a safe and reliable energy grid in the U.S. and states such as California, Hawaii, New York, and Pennsylvania are mobilizing to adopt IEEE 1547-2018, the national grid...
SunSpec Alliance Announces Partnership with the Resilient Infrastructure + Secure Energy (RISE) Consortium
The SunSpec Alliance is proud to announce its partnership with the Resilient Infrastructure + Secure Energy (RISE) Consortium™, a collaboration of industry and academic research institutions working together to identify challenges, needs, and opportunities in...
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Getting Ready for the Countdown to UL 1741 Certification: The Race to Market
The Race to Market As the deadline to IEEE 1547.1 compliance nears, manufacturers of smart inverters will be racing to complete their UL 1741 SB certifications. With 50 companies, 1000 products, and a turn around time of 10-12 weeks to complete functional...
Get Ready for the Countdown to UL 1741 Certification
The Deadline is Approaching! Smart inverters are becoming a key component for ensuring a safe and reliable energy grid in the U.S. and states such as California, Hawaii, New York, and Pennsylvania are mobilizing to adopt IEEE 1547-2018, the national grid...
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