Solar Storage
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 →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 →Denver Solar-Storage Microgrid to Deliver Multiple Service Streams, Benefits Today
Project partners Panasonic, Xcel Energy and Younicos lay out the stream of benefits expected from Peña Station NEXT, a 382-acre, sustainabie transit-oriented “multi-stakeholder ‘portfolio microgrid’ under construction adjacent to Denver International Airport (DEN).
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 →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 →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 →World's First Open Microgrid Lets Commercial Zones Co-Invest and Optimize Energy Resources
Two new pilot projects, dubbed 'E-Cloud' seek to develop and optimize open microgrids in Belgium's industrial zones. E-cloud is funded by the local Wallonia government. The "eco-zoning" will allow different companies in the same commercial park to invest together into…
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 →Solar Microgrid Helps Save Lives, Brighten Prospects in Rural Myanmar
A community solar-energy storage is delivering emissions-free electricity throughout a village in Myanmar's central Dry Zone, enabling health clinic staff to store anti-venom and treat snakebite victims on-site for the first time.
Read more →Tabuchi America Joins Electric & Gas Industries Association to Launch ¨Solar Plus Storage¨ Loan Program
The US subsidiary of one of the world's largest solar inverter manufacturers, Tabuchi has partnered with energy efficiency and renewable energy advocacy EGIA to launch the $300 million GEOSmart SolPower residential solar-plus-storage financing program, the largest of its kind to date.
Read more →Sharp Launches New Mid-Tier, C&I Solar-Energy Storage Financing Program
Sharp's Energy Systems & Services Group expects to finance more than 12 MWs worth of hybrid commercial and industrial (C&I) ¨solar plus storage¨ projects in the next 12 months.
Read more →SolarCity and Tesla Package First Solar-Storage PPA To Deliver Solar Energy On Demand in Kaua'i
SolarCity announced it had chosen sister company Tesla's Powerpack to provide 52MWh of energy storage for what's billed as the U.S.' first utility-scale solar PV-energy storage system being built on the Hawai'ian island of Kauai'i.
Read more →GE Berlin Hybrid Power Plant Combines CHP, Solar and Smart Battery Storage
Along with solar PV and intelligent energy storage technology, combined heat and power (CHP) takes center stage in a Hyrbrid Power Plant GE has built to power its facility, households and local businesses in Berlin. Besides using PV and advanced battery technology to generate, store and dispatch electricity as demand requires the Hybrid Power Plant uses GE Jenbacher CHP technology to capture heat produced in various processes to heat water.
Read more →Port au Prince's First Solar-Storage Project Will Provide Light and WiFi Around The Clock
The Champs de Mars public square and recreational park in the Haitian capital Port au Prince will be alight at night and powered by a solar PV-energy storage system. The first PV power plant in Haiti, the solar-energy storage system will also provide Wi-Fi connectivity across the park grounds, which includes the Triumphe Cultural Center.
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