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Distributed Energy Resources: Grid Integration & Impact

Understand how solar, energy storage, wind, efficiency, and demand response connect to the electric grid—and how to evaluate their technical and operating impact.

WHY THIS TRAINING

The business value

Help utility, energy, and infrastructure teams make better decisions about distributed-resource interconnections, grid constraints, smart inverters, storage, and flexible demand.

WHAT YOUR TEAM WILL BE ABLE TO DO

Practical capability your people can apply.

Explain how distributed resources affect grid voltage, current, and power flow Assess solar, storage, wind, efficiency, and demand-response applications Understand the role of smart inverters and modern interconnection rules Evaluate DER opportunities against reliability and operating constraints
PROGRAM AT A GLANCEFull course content below
  1. 01Electric-grid and DER foundations
  2. 02Solar and wind grid impact
  3. 03Energy-storage technologies and use cases
  4. 04Smart inverters and IEEE 1547
  5. 05Load flow and interconnection
  6. 06Demand response, efficiency, and FERC Orders 841 and 2222
DETAILED COURSE CONTENT

What the training covers.

This is the established program foundation. We adjust emphasis, examples, exercises, and depth to match your organization and participant experience.

MODULE01

The grid and distributed resources

Build a common foundation for how the power system works and where DERs connect.

  • Generation, transmission, substations, and distribution
  • Voltage, current, active power, and reactive power
  • Front-of-meter and behind-the-meter resources
  • How two-way power flow changes the traditional grid
MODULE02

Solar and wind integration

Examine variable renewable generation and its effect on planning and operations.

  • Solar-PV system behavior and production profiles
  • High-level wind integration
  • Voltage, protection, and hosting-capacity considerations
  • Curtailment, variability, and renewable forecasting
MODULE03

Energy storage

Compare storage technologies and the services they can provide across the system.

  • Battery and non-battery storage technologies
  • Energy versus power applications
  • Use-case stacking and operating constraints
  • Reliability, resilience, capacity, and market services
MODULE04

Inverters and interconnection

Understand the standards, studies, and controls that shape a successful DER connection.

  • Smart-inverter functions
  • IEEE 1547-2018 concepts
  • Load-flow and grid-impact studies
  • Transformer voltage control, capacitors, and shunt reactors
MODULE05

Flexible demand and DER strategy

Bring generation, storage, and customer flexibility into one practical portfolio view.

  • Energy efficiency, demand-side management, and demand response
  • FERC Orders 841 and 2222
  • Operational and regulatory considerations
  • Prioritizing DER opportunities for the organization
WHO IT IS FOR

Bring the right people into the room.

Utility leaders and engineers Grid planners and system operators Renewable and storage project teams Regulatory and infrastructure stakeholders
YOUR VERSION OF THE PROGRAM

Keep the proven foundation. Change what matters.

01

Depth

Set the technical level for executives, specialists, cross-functional teams, or a mixed audience.

02

Context

Use your industry, operating environment, priorities, and cases to make the learning relevant.

03

Format

Shape the agenda, exercises, group size, and timing around your team and location.

START A CONVERSATION

Bring Distributed Energy Resources: Grid Integration & Impact to your organization.

Tell us about your team, business priority, preferred timing, and location. We’ll help you shape the right in-house program.

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