DOE to Fund i2X Technical Assistance Projects to Improve Renewable Energy Interconnection

The Interconnection Innovation Exchange (i2X) offers technical assistance to directly support stakeholders in improving interconnection practices and processes for electricity distribution systems and the transmission system, also known as the bulk power system. This year, WETO is funding two technical assistance projects. Siva Powers America Inc. will work with Sandia National Laboratories to develop interconnection processes and guidelines for distributed energy resources. Buffalo Renewables Inc. will work with Sandia and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to analyze methodologies for developing distributed wind-specific capacity maps to better understand how analytical tools can be used to support distributed wind integration.