Distributed Energy Resources
Schneider Electric Unveils Hybrid Microgrid at its Boston One Campus
Incoporating natural gas, solar PV, energy storage and a new suite of advanced microgrid controls and cloud analytics, the hybrid microgrid at Schneider Electric's Boston One Campus will serve as an innovation hub and demonstration center, as well as enhance energy efficiency, security, reliability and resilience.
Read more →Facebook, Microsoft Join in Launch of Sustainable Microgrid Investment Accelerator
Facebook and Microsoft are joining the growing ranks of leading high-tech industry players aiming to expand sustainable energy access and renewable energy microgrid deployment across the developing world. Partnering with clean energy venture capital specialists at Allotrope Partners, the high-tech industry leaders aim to raise $50 million from 2018-2020 to expand sustainable energy access in East Africa, India and Indonesia.
Read more →First Non-Recourse Project Financing for Utility “Behind the Meter” Battery Energy Storage
CIT has completed the first non-recourse project financing package for Macquarie Capital, which is working with Advanced Microgrid Solutions, to bring 50-MW of "behind the meter" battery storage capacity online to shore up Southern California Edison grid services in pockets of the West Los Angeles Basin.
Read more →Pioneering Ventura County Manufacturer Rides the Lithium-Ion Battery Wave
With roots in film and television, SimpliPhi Power has acquired an enviable reputation as a developer and manufacturer of an expanding range of mobile and stationary Li-ion battery energy storage and management systems.
Read more →20-Plus Million Bangladeshis Now Have Access to Clean, Affordable Home Solar
Driven primarily by rapid deployment of small-scale, off-grid home solar PV-energy storage systems, access to electricity in Bangladesh has risen from 47% to 80% since 2009.
Read more →Episcopalian, Methodist Churches Plow $60MM into Developing World Off-Grid Solar
The Church Pension Fund and Wespath Benefits and Investments have invested $60 million ($30 million each) in Developing World Markets’ (DWM) landmark $60.8 million ORCA (Off-grid Renewables-Climate Action) note.
Read more →California Cleantech Startup Readies U.S. Launch of Blockchain-based EV/E-Mobility Digital Wallet
Oxygen Initiative and Germany's Innogy SE are adapting the Share&Charge e-mobility payments solution for use in the U.S., a bid that may spur uptake of EVs and hasten the advent of fully autonomous vehicles.
Read more →Commissioning of Multi-Platform Solar-Storage Microgrid Under Way on Sardinia
Designed and built by Electro Power System and partner FZSoNick for Sardinia's water management agency, the hybidized microgrid integrates concentrating solar thermal and concentrating solar PV with thermal and intelligent battery-based energy storage.
Read more →MTN, Lumos Global Expect to Empower 1 Million Nigerians with Launch of Mobile Electricity Service
The advent of off-grid, mobile pay-go household solar energy systems is producing amazing results in a growing range of Sub-Saharan nations. The MTN-Lumos partnership serves as a prime example.
Read more →USAID Adds Momentum to Sub-Saharan Off-Grid Solar with $4 Million of New SOGE Grant Awards
USAID will award Scaling Off-Grid Energy Development Grand Challenge grants of up to $500,000 each to Sub-Saharan start-ups that demonstrate commercially promising innovations and show they've raised sufficient capital from private sector investors.
Read more →BTL, Wien Energie to Launch Pilot Blockchain Energy Trading Platform
The project partners aim to demonstrate how BTL's Interbit can be used to streamline notoriously cumbersome energy/power industry transaction processing and book-keeping and result in substantially reduced operational and adiministrative costs.
Read more →Ugandan Off-Grid Solar, Low-Cost Internet Access Poised for a Growth Spurt
Uganda's national off-grid solar and renewable power iniative brightens prospects for the economy, society and the environment. Entrepreneurial African solar start-ups are keen to contribute.
Read more →Hybridized Maldives Microgrid Exceeds Expectations, Diesel Cuts 50 Percent Greater than Projected
Two hybridized solar PV-energy storage microgrids commissioned by Electro Power Systems (EPS) are up and running in the Maldives, part and parcel of efforts to reduce local greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and environmental degradation, raise global climate change awareness and forestall the day when sea level rise forces residents to emigrate.
Read more →New Solar Cells, Supercapacitors, Blockchain Apps Expected to Drive Renewable Power Costs Down Further
Renewable power generation is now cost competitive with fossil fuels, and industry participants foresee further gains ahead in light of ongoing technological innovation, efforts to craft industry standards and revise regulatory structures.
Read more →Off-Grid Solar-Storage Program Just Scratches the Surface of Navajo Nation Sustainable Energy Potential
The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority has installed small-scale home solar PV-energy storage systems in 20,000 homes and counting. The sustainable energy drive just scratches the surface of the Navajo Nation's local solar and renewable energy generation capacity, however.
Read more →Nigeria Launches National Off-Grid Pay-Go Solar Homes Initiative
20,000 households are expected to benefit by having off-grid, mobile pay-go solar energy systems installed over the next 12 months in the initial phase of Nigeria's Solar Home Systems initiative.
Read more →EV-Multipurpose Charging Station Combines Blockchain, IoT Tech
Blockchainfirst's Ethan BIoT EV/Multipurpose Charging Station is the latest in a series of blockchain-enabled IoT devices the Singapore startup has introduced, and the first of a series of planned new product introductions in the works for 2017.
Read more →Blockchain Hackathon Success Spurs Launch of New P2P Energy Trading Platform, Startup
Success at Energy Academy Europe's "Hackenergy 2016," subsequent "hackathon" experiences and positive response from sponsors and industry insiders has led to the creation of a working prototype P2P distributed solar/energy trading/transaction platform and blockchain "green" energy startup.
Read more →Uganda Mobile Pay-Go Solar Provider Doubles Customer Base to 100,000 in 12 Months
Fenix International's ReadyPay line of high-efficiency, off-grid mobile pay-go solar products are proving very popular with Ugandans. The socioeconomic and environmental advantages and benefits should serve them in good stead for many years to come.
Read more →Solarplaza Shines Light on Blockchain Green Energy Prospects
Amidst growing experimentation, a mix of factors leads energy industry pros to believe Africa has is fertile ground for applying blockchain in the power-energy sectors.
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