Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2022 01:37:44 +0000
In 2017, Hurricane Irma slammed into Ragged Island at the southern tip of The Bahamas. The Category 5 storm destroyed the small island and wreaked havoc for its 100 residents. This was only one of multiple Category 4 and 5 hurricanes to hit The Bahamas in the past seven years, leaving thousands homeless, destroying electric […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 22:15:31 +0000
The Africa Minigrid Developers Association (AMDA), has released the key findings from the second edition of its Benchmarking Africa’s Minigrids report. The Benchmarking Africa’s Minigrids report is AMDA’s flagship report. AMDA is an industry association created by minigrid developers to boost the health of the sector and deliver on global renewable energy access objectives. Although […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2022 20:05:14 +0000
As the world races to decarbonize, there is growing focus on increasing the penetration of variable renewables such as solar and wind. This means that there will be a critical need for large scale storage systems for various energy storage applications. More importantly, long duration storage will play a key role. Redox flow batteries have […]
Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 19:34:05 +0000
The use of microgrids to produce a reliable and resilient supply of power continues to grow, with several companies delivering new and innovative technologies to provide electricity for a growing number of industries. Microgrids have always been front and center at POWER’s Distributed Energy Conference (DEC), with the event featuring case studies over the past […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 19:52:44 +0000
Andy Tang, Wärtsilä’s global VP of energy storage and optimization, talks microgrids, optimizing battery safety and revenue, and flexible fuels.
Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 14:37:11 +0000
The Community Energy Resilience Initiative (CERI), a collaboration between Fundación Comunitaria de Puerto Rico, RMI, and the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), with support from Enel North America, presents a new model for scaling equitable access to resilient, renewable energy. Arecibo, Puerto Rico — June 9, 2022. Today, the Puerto Rico Community […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2022 05:00:10 +0000
Grid-Forming Inverter Demonstration at NREL Shows Decentralized Approach to Disaster Recovery Following an outage, it could be far quicker to restore electricity with energy resources that are close to home rather than miles of transmission line away. In fact, many outages might be avoided altogether by configuring local resources into rugged microgrids. The National Renewable […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 14:00:36 +0000
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Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:18:24 +0000
Report: In rural Nigerian communities, small electric vehicles powered by cost the same as fossil fuels and expand access to electricity RMI, Factor[e] Ventures and the UK-charity Shell Foundation show scaling electric mobility with a growing minigrid industry is profitable for both minigrid and electric vehicle operators and improves community access to transportation Abuja, Nigeria […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 01:49:02 +0000
The Footprint Project and New Use Energy have teamed up to quickly provide Ukraine with solar microgrids. You may remember my interview with Footprint Project CEO Will Heegaard during the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. After my power came back on, I was able to get back online and write again. Will told me that Footprint […]