Remote 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.
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Aggreko Acquires Advanced Battery Storage-Smart Microgrid Systems Pioneer Younicos for $52 Million
Aggreko and Younicos' chief executives waxed optimistic regarding the all-cash, GBP40 million acquisition and merger despite expectations Younicos will continue to lose money over the near term.
Read more →Enel Green Power Commissions World’s First, and Highest, 24x7 Solar-Hydrogen-Lithium Energy Storage Microgrid
The 24x7 solar-plus-storage microgrid now up and running at the Cerro Pabellon geothermal power plant in Chile's high and dry (very, very dry) Antofagasta region marks a distributed clean energy milestone for Enel Green Power, Chile's energy transition and more.
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 →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 →VizN to Build Solar-Flow Battery Microgrid at Luxury Nicaraguan Residential Resort
The 200kW/800kWh zinc-iron flow battery will be linked with an 800kWp PV solar array to provide multiple energy services at the Ranco Santana luxury residential/vacation resort on Nicaragua's Pacific coast.
Read more →EnerDel Sees Bright Prospects for Utility, as well as Military Hybrid Microgrids, Mobile Power Conversion
With a USAF-Univ. Dayton Research Institute project wrapping up, EnerDel sees prospects for its mobile and stationary hybrid microgrid technology improving in both the commercial and military sectors.
Read more →Solar-Storage Microgrids Coming to Remote WA Aboriginal Communities
A solar-storage microgrid project undertaken by Energy Made Clean and Eastern Guruma Corp. will bring more reliable, efficient and affordable emissions-free power to two Aboriginal communities in Western Australia's Fitzroy Valley.
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 →D.light Raises Another $10.5MM as Kenya Launches $150MM Mobile Pay-Go Solar Plan
A mix of equity and grant funding, the capital infusion brings the total amount d.light has raised over the past four months to more than $40 million, highlighting growing investor confidence in mobile pay-go solar as an effective means of sustainable socioeconomic development..
Read more →Global Microgrid Markets To Reach $35 billion By 2022: New Report
Research & Markets suggest global microgrid markets will have a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12% between 2016-2022. The Research and Markets timeline for microgrid growth is slightly slower than Global Microgrid Market report from Transparency Market Research, which…
Read more →Off-Grid Solar Hits the Ground Running in Rural Nicaragua, Panama
A chance meeting the clean energy and water poverty he witnessed during his travels across Nicaragua and Panama led Marc Henrich to create Solubrite. Now the solar-social enterprise startup is on the road with the aim of installing another 25,000 small home solar PV systems in rural communities across the two Central American countries.
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 →Bangladesh Emerges as a Hotbed for Solar Microgrids, P2P Energy Trading
Bangladeshi clean enegy entrepreneurs are playing a key role in the installation of home solar PV-energy storage and community microgrids in Bangladesh. Access to reliable, safe and affordable emissions-free electricity is improving lives and livelihoods throughout the country.
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 →'Microgrid as a Service' Projected Annual Growth Over 15% In New Report
According to a new report from Markets and Markets, the Microgrid as a Service (MaaS) is likely to grow at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 15.86% between 2015 and 2022, bringing the market from a 2015 base of…
Read more →Off-Grid Solar Start-ups Pierce the ¨Heart of Darkness¨
Expanding in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, an innovative off-grid solar energy start-up conceived at Colorado State University aims to leverage mobile micropayments to deliver low and zero-emissions electricity to residents of remote communities in Peru's Amazon.
Read more →Solar Startup Harnesses the Power of the Sun and the Mighty Zambesi
Construction of the first three of a planned 12 hybrid solar-hydroelectric microgrids highlights the creative, effective ways multilateral Power Africa off-grid energy program partners are teaming up with African entrepreneurs to bring affordable, reliable, emissions-free electricity access to rural communities for the first time.
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