Island Microgrids
Spain’s TTA Builds Five 24/7 Solar-Wind Minigrids on Ghana’s Lake Volta Islands
The initial five remote island renewable minigrids are enhancing lives and livelihoods as Ghana continues its drive to achieve universal electricity access by 2020.
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 →Haiti Solar Micro-Utility Amps Up, 20x Expansion in Customer Base on Tap
The first to be awarded funding from ElectriFi, pioneering renewable energy micro-utiliy Sigora International aims to expand the customer base of its pilot, community solar microgrid from 5,000 to 136,000 (27,000 accounts).
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 →Solar PV, Renewable Microgrids Stand Out in 2017 IRENA/ADFD Joint Facility Awards
Four renewable energy projects in Africa and the Pacific region will receive $44.5 million in IRENA-ADFD Joint Facility loans that come with low interest rates and other favorable terms developers would not be able to qualify for otherwise.
Read more →Pay-As-You-Go Solar and Microgrids Considered New Class of Infrastructure Investment
Small enough to be deemed insignificant by conventional power market and investment standards, off-grid solar-storage mini- and microgrids now account for a significant and still growing share of electrification taking place in a diverse range of populous countries around the world – from Peru, Pakistan and Yemen to island nations, including the Dominican Republic, Fiji, Samoa and Indonesia.
Read more →Liberating Microgrids: How Customers and Solutions Providers Can Grow DER Markets
The Failure Rate for Proposed Microgrid Projects is Too High. Why is This? By Sunil Cherian and Peter Asmus Too often, these networks of distributed energy resources (DER) are viewed as sophisticated infrastructure projects, requiring expensive upfront analysis followed by…
Read more →Tesla-SolarCity Swoops In On Nascent Island Microgrid Market
Successive news announcements makes it clear that Tesla-SolarCity has had its eyes on island solar-storage microgrids for quite some time.
Read more →Borrego Springs Microgrid: From Proof of Concept to Project Development Showcase
Created as a result of grid outage, Borrego Springs' "solar plust storage" microgrid has evolved from a "proof of concept" to the town's primary source of electricity, as well as testing ground for utility customer demand response and innovative clean energy solutions.
Read more →A Solar-Plus-Storage Microgrid at a South Pacific Resort Collects SEANZ Award For PowerSmart
PowerSmart garnered two first-prize awards at the Solar Electricity Association of New Zealand's annual conference, one for an off-grid solar PV-energy stoarge min-grid being built for the Vanabuku luxury residentital resort project and another grid-connected prize for an installation at New Zealand's Yealands Estate Winery.
Read more →The Largest Central American Microgrid is Officially Operational in Costa Rica Medical Plant
Establishment Labs, S.A. has commissioned a solar-plus-storage microgrid at their medical manufacturing plant in Costa Rica, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by Costa Rican President Louis Guillermo Solís. The heart of the project is a 500-kW / 1 MWh lithium-ion…
Read more →Hybrid Solar Microgrids Up and Running in Colombia's Forbidding Darièn
Installed by Cali's Tecmac Ingeniera, the five community solar-diesel microgrids have created jobs for locals and reduced pollution and energy costs, thereby improving human and environmental health, safety and integrity
Read more →Postcard From the Future? Ta'u Island Ditches Diesel With Tesla-SolarCity Microgrid
In 'Before The Flood,' Elon Musk tells Leonardo DiCaprio that just 100 Gigafactories would be enough to move the entire world to sustainable energy. While critics scoffed, Tesla and SolarCity were busy building the prototype. Just days after the Tesla-SolarCity…
Read more →ABB, Indian Institute of Technology Microgrid Partnership To Boost Climate-Smart Rural Electrification Drive
ABB and IIT Madras aim to develop a ¨microgrid of microgrids¨ platform that if successful should make a substantial contribution to realization of India's ambitious renewable energy and rural electrification goals.
Read more →Naval Multi-Physics Lab Adds Ice Energy Storage to its Renewable Microgrid
The addition of Calmac's IceBank energy storage technology is the latest in the US Naval Postgraduate School Multi-Physics Lab's efforts to design, test and build an integrated renewable energy-storage microgrid on its Monterey, California campus.
Read more →At the Grid Edge: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton's Fractal Microgrid
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton's Fractal Microgrid serves as an illustration of how the U.S. Navy and armed forces are taking advantage of leading-edge clean energy technology to improve performance, reduce costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
Read more →Electrical Manufacturers Lay Out Microgrid Strategic Vision
Microgrids will evolve from playing passive to active roles and serve as core elements of 21st century U.S. grid modernization efforts, according to a research report from the National Electrical Manufacturing Association.
Read more →El Hierro – The leading example for renewable integration on islands?
El Hierro is a frequently cited example for renewable integration on islands, but microgrid expert Martin Baart " couldn't disagree more ," here's why: There is no business case Duration of project implementation There is no use of leading technologies…
Read more →How Can Microgrids and Utilities Become Best Buds?
The term microgrid used to give utility executives sleepless nights and indigestion. These small, self-reliant systems would pop up, seemingly like mushrooms, within a utility’s service territory, threatening both the utility’s resource plan and its obligation to serve reliable power.…
Read more →India Drafts ‘National Policy for Renewable Energy based Micro Grids and Mini Grids'
India's challenges to reach renewable energy targets include an already unstable grid, a crippling drought (hindering thermal generation and hydropower), and reaching the 237 million citizens who still require access to electricity. According to a new draft proposal by India's…
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