Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 21:20:26 +0000
A new smart microgrid at the 68 Ridgeway North shopping center in Harare is really a game-changer for the tenants in the complex. Charles Pickering was born in Kadoma, 149 kilometers southwest of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. His family was farming in the area. He then moved to the United Kingdom in 1980 before coming back […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 19:22:22 +0000
There are barriers to renewables in America that can be overcome by strategic thinking that validates the concerns of local people.
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 17:05:09 +0000
The transition to electric mobility is a major opportunity for national power utility companies on the African continent. It’s a major opportunity to increase their revenues as EVs charge up on locally generated electricity. Countries will also benefit from reduced fossil fuel imports, saving them much needed foreign currency. It’s also a major opportunity for […]
Credit to Author: Danielle Garland| Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2023 14:30:28 +0000
You’ve heard the hype around vanadium batteries, so who wants to learn more about them? We sure do! CleanTechnica’s CEO, Zachary Shahan, will sit down with StorEn Technologies’ CEO, John Davis, on February 23 to discuss all things vanadium! Here’s the registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7216763259072/WN_89RvJe9DRuCY41vpu8UxZg We at CleanTechnica know that clean technology advances quickly, so one […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 21:52:48 +0000
PR100 Update Provides Early Scenarios to Help Increase Renewable Energy Capabilities That Meet Electricity Demand, Improve Grid Reliability and Resilience, and Lower Energy Costs
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2023 02:00:58 +0000
For the last couple of decades, Zimbabweans have been subjected to electricity rationing due to several reasons, such as frequent droughts affecting hydropower generation and regular breakdowns at the country’s aging coal power plants. This means most businesses operating in the commercial and industrial sector as well as in the mining and agricultural sectors generally […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 19:03:35 +0000
Renewable energy projects are facing long and often expensive delays getting connected to the grid. Is there an alternative?
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2022 13:00:39 +0000
KB Home is building an energy efficient, connected community southeast of Los Angeles that will feature its own microgrid.
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 16:07:30 +0000
Working to solve the climate crisis one building at a time, 124 teams from 97 collegiate institutions are participating in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® 2023 Design Challenge. As part of the Solar Decathlon 2023 Design Challenge, top collegiate students from across the globe compete to design high-performance, low-carbon buildings powered by renewable energy. Explore […]
Credit to Author: Scott Cooney| Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2022 22:30:21 +0000
Microgrids are amazing. On a microscale (my house, for instance), a microgrid is simple — solar feeds a battery which powers my house when there’s no sun. It would get challenged to do more than that. But “more than that” is what larger scale microgrids need. Control systems, multiple energy inputs, storage, distribution, control […]