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Virtual Power Plant in South Charlotte, N.C.

Posted by: Paige Layne on: June 8, 2009

The McAlpine Creek area in south Charlotte, N.C. — an area bordered by Carmel and Rea Roads and Hwy. 51 — is a test bed for distributed generation resources and smart grid technologies. An electric power substation on Hwy. 51 is flanked by more than 213 solar arrays, and soon a large battery will be installed at the [...]


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