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Ally Mwanja Biography
My name is Ally Mwanja also known as Ibrahim, I was born and grew up in Mbalizi – Mbeya in Tanzania, I studied primary education at Nsalala primary school at Mbalizi then I shifted to Kasangali primary school in Rungwe…
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How The Developing World Is Reinventing The Grid
A Fresh Start The way we interact with energy is fundamentally changing. The core business model of utilities is clashing with global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, adopt new technologies, and become energy independent. While massive…
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Working With Nature to Reach 100% Renewable Energy with Elemental Water Makers
EDITOR'S NOTE Let's admit it, fossil fuels have made us lazy. What we used to accomplish with biomimicry and working with nature we now just burn more fossil fuels. Today we depend on coal and gas for everything from…
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Grid Will Not Survive Inevitable Geomagnetic Storm or EMP Attack
An EMP, or electromagnetic pulse, bringing down the entire electric grid sounds like science fiction, and you may have heard about it from your prepper neighbor wearing a tin foil hat. And if you've never heard of an EMP, you're…
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The Microgrid Frontline Series -- Tanzania
Habari gani!! Welcome to the Microgrid Frontline Series from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. My name is Ally Mwanja, together with my teammate Petro Mwamlima and Frank Prosperous we are working to bring solar microgrids to my country where over 70%…
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Will Community Microgrids and Community Solar Join Forces?
Community Solar Gardens, or CSGs are positioned to drive the next wave of growth for the solar industry. Until recently, investing in solar energy to offset personal energy consumption was reserved for homeowners with adequate south-facing roof space…
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What is a Microgrid? There's More Than One Microgrid Definition
Editor's note (2026): The definitions gathered here still hold, but the market around them has scaled dramatically since this piece was first published. Wood Mackenzie's US Microgrid Outlook 2026 now tracks 5,338 U.S. microgrid projects that are operational, under construction, planned or stalled…
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