{"id":94646,"date":"2021-05-25T11:15:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T15:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/?p=94646"},"modified":"2021-05-27T11:37:02","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T15:37:02","slug":"may-2021-issue-were-going-off-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/2021\/05\/may-2021-issue-were-going-off-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2021 Issue: We&#8217;re Going Off-grid!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chintpowersystems.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-90359 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarpowerworldonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong>Solar Power World May 2021 Digital Edition is sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chintpowersystems.com\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CPS North America | Chint Power Global<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-top:max(60%,326px);height:0;width:100%\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"position:absolute;border:none;width:100%;height:100%;left:0;right:0;top:0;bottom:0;\" src=\"https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?d=spwmay2021&#038;hideIssuuLogo=true&#038;u=wtwhmedia\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Reconnecting while going off-grid<\/h2>\n<p>The irony of publishing an issue of Solar Power World focused on off-grid solar at this moment in time isn\u2019t lost on me. We\u2019re at a point in the progression of the pandemic where every adult in the United States is eligible for vaccination. That means safer gatherings among other vaccinated people and opening our social lives, emerging gradually from a year of cabin fever. And now, Kelly, Kelsey and I just wrote a set of stories about a market that\u2019s commonly associated with packing everything up and moving to the woods.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, anyone familiar with the off-grid market knows that isn\u2019t always the case. Sure, people still want to live transient lives and outfit a van with a foldout mattress and throw flexible solar panels on the roof, but that isn\u2019t their only use. Storage technologies don\u2019t have to be a backup in case the grid goes out \u2014 they can be your primary energy source when the sun goes down, even on a huge home. And inverters \u2014 those hardworking components actually converting sunlight and making it usable electricity \u2014 can work under the rough conditions of off-grid sites.<\/p>\n<p>Off-grid solar is a market that hasn\u2019t gotten a lot of coverage in SPW, so we learned quite a bit while writing these. As both solar and storage technologies improve, I think we can expect there to be more folks choosing to split from the grid entirely.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to this wealth of off-grid info we\u2019ve got in here, there\u2019s also an entire special section dedicated to operations and maintenance with contributed stories straight from the experts to help keep your arrays running.<\/p>\n<p>As we weather the side effects of vaccinations and come out immunized, let\u2019s try to remember our social cues from before lockdown. Walk out of your home, let your eyes adjust to the sunlight and responsibly enjoy each other\u2019s company for the first time in a while. We hope to see you soon.<\/p>\n<p>Billy Ludt<br \/>\nAssociate Editor<br \/>\nbludt@wtwhmedia.com<br \/>\n@SolarBillyL<br \/>\n@SolarPowerWorld<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solar Power World May 2021 Digital Edition is sponsored by CPS North America | Chint Power Global Reconnecting while going off-grid The irony of publishing an issue of Solar Power World focused on off-grid solar at this moment in time isn\u2019t lost on me. 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