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MicroPlanet Provides Smart Voltage Regulation for the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\nStock Listing: MP:TSXV\nStock Listing (US): MCTYF: OTC \nWeb Site: www.microplanet.com\n\n\nSEATTLE, Aug. 12, 2011 /CNW/ - MicroPlanet Technology Corp.\n (\"MicroPlanet\" or the \"Company\"), (MP:TSXV MCTYF:OTC) a provider of\n smart grid t\nechnology which significantly increases efficiency, quality, and\n conservation of electricity, today is pleased to announce that it has\n reached agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy's National\n Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to provide voltage regulation\n technology services for the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon\n 2011to be held in Washington, D.C., in September and October 2011.\n\n\nThe Solar Decathlon (www.solardecathlon.gov/) challenges 20 teams to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses\n that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and attractive. The winner\n of the competition is the team that best blends affordability, consumer\n appeal, and design excellence with optimal energy production and\n maximum efficiency.\n\n\n\"The integration of distributed and renewable electricity generation\n sources is becoming more prevalent and a challenge for the grid,\" said\n NREL's Byron Stafford, Solar Decathlon Site Operations Manager. \"The\n Solar Decathlon is a concentrated microcosm of what occurs in the real\n world as distributed and renewable generation sources cause increases\n in line voltage. As we experienced during Solar Decathlon 2009, line\n voltage rise causes inverters to trip, stopping electricity from being\n passed back into the grid from the renewable sources. We are pleased to\n find the MicroPlanet technology with the capabilities and features to\n efficiently, precisely, and bi-directionally regulate voltage,\"\n Stafford continued.\n\n\n\"I am extremely proud of the MicroPlanet engineering team and the\n significant advancements they have achieved in Smart Voltage Regulation\n (SVR). They have worked very hard the past years and our selection as\n the provider of voltage regulation services for the Solar Decathlon\n punctuates the leading edge abilities of MicroPlanet's patented\n technologies,\" said Brett Ironside, MicroPlanet President and CEO. \"Our\n four quadrant design - that is, the ability to both increase and\n decrease voltage precisely to multiple set points as well as to\n regulate bi-directionally to and from ...