Andrew Burger - Microgrid Media Contributor

Spain’s TTA Builds Five 24/7 Solar-Wind Minigrids on Ghana’s Lake Volta Islands

Published on May 14, 2022 July 26, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Ghana is turning to the construction of solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind power mini-grids in a bid to provide rural communities with modern, sustainable electricity... Read more →

Solar DAO Closed-End Fund Aims to Blow Open Doors to Global Utility-Scale Project Investment

Published on May 14, 2022 July 23, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Blockchain-based closed-end solar project investment fund Solar DAO is prepping for the launch of its initial coin offering (ICO). A digital autonomous organization (DAO) built... Read more →

Warburg Pincus Planning to Plow $75MM in Indian Rooftop/Residential Solar Developer

Published on May 14, 2022 July 22, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Whether it’s Manila, New Delhi, Nairobi or San Juan, Puerto Rico, expensive, unreliable power grid services raise the cost of living and doing business in... Read more →

Hanscom AFB Teams with Noresco to Realize $94 Million in Guaranteed Energy Savings

Published on May 14, 2022 July 13, 2017 by Andrew Burger

A new breed of digital, distributed energy services companies continues to gain confidence in their ability to boost energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and... Read more →

Germany’s Innogy Leaps into California’s EV Charging Market

Published on May 14, 2022 July 9, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Germany’s largest energy services company Innogy SE is setting up shop in California in a bid to grow its emerging line-up of EV/e-mobility technology and... Read more →

New Jersey PUB Approves 13 Town Center Microgrid Feasibility Studies

Published on May 14, 2022 July 6, 2017 by Andrew Burger

New Jersey government officials on July 5 took a tour of Veolia’s Trenton Thermal Energy District Network, the proposed technology hub for a proposed Downtown... Read more →

Aggreko Acquires Advanced Battery Storage-Smart Microgrid Systems Pioneer Younicos for $52 Million

Published on May 14, 2022 July 4, 2017 by Andrew Burger

One of the world’s pioneering developers of advanced battery energy storage systems and smart microgrid developers, Germany’s Younicos on July 3 announced it was being... Read more →

Institute for Transformative Technologies Looks to Spur Rural Renewable Electrification

Published on May 14, 2022 July 3, 2017 by Andrew Burger

The Institute for Transformative Technologies’ (ITT) “Utility-in-a-Box” (UiB) is making its debut in India as three private-sector energy services companies (ESCOs) embark on testing and... Read more →

IOTA Sets Stage for Zero-Cost Digital Energy Trading

Published on May 14, 2022 June 26, 2017 by Andrew Burger

A new record in the burgeoning, borderless “cryptocurrency” and blockchain marketplace was set last week when when the total traded value of digital tokens issued... Read more →

Renewable, Hybrid Island Microgrid Projects Under Way on Aruba, US Virgin Islands

Published on May 14, 2022 June 23, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Relying on fossil fuels, primarily diesel fuel, for power generation, electricity costs on Caribbean and other island states worldwide are among the highest in the... Read more →