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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 →

Jaguar Land Rover Joins Growing Ranks of Multinationals Bringing Sustainable Energy to Off-Grid Africans

Published on May 14, 2022 June 7, 2017 by Andrew Burger

An increasingly diverse range of the world’s largest multinational corporations are joining socially and environmentally-minded off-grid solar start-ups and wireless-mobile telecoms operators and bringing safe,... Read more →

Ugandan Off-Grid Solar, Low-Cost Internet Access Poised for a Growth Spurt

Published on February 14, 2017 February 13, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Uganda has joined the ranks of Sub-Saharan national governments launching ambitious off-grid solar power campaigns. In addition to the anticipated, broad-based benefits to society and... Read more →

Hybridized Maldives Microgrid Exceeds Expectations, Diesel Cuts 50 Percent Greater than Projected

Published on March 5, 2017 February 9, 2017 by Andrew Burger

An Islamic island nation of some 400,000 permanent residents located amidst the splendor of Indian Ocean shoals and coral reefs, the Maldives is on the... Read more →

New Solar Cells, Supercapacitors, Blockchain Apps Expected to Drive Renewable Power Costs Down Further

Published on February 9, 2017 February 9, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Research results set out in the 2017 edition of Lloyd’s Technology Radar – the first to zoom in on low carbon energy and power and... Read more →

Denver Solar-Storage Microgrid to Deliver Multiple Service Streams, Benefits Today

Published on February 14, 2017 February 3, 2017 by Andrew Burger

In a white paper released this week, project partners Panasonic, Xcel Energy and Younicos lay out the stream of benefits expected from Peña Station NEXT,... Read more →

Uganda Mobile Pay-Go Solar Provider Doubles Customer Base to 100,000 in 12 Months

Published on January 30, 2017 January 25, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Mobile pico and small home pay-go off-grid solar provider Fenix International has doubled its customer in Uganda over the past 12 months, providing further evidence... Read more →

Nigeria Bank of Industry Pumps Up Mobile Pay-Go, Solar Microgrid Financing

Published on January 25, 2017 January 21, 2017 by Andrew Burger

The most populous, and second-most densely populated, nation in Africa, Nigeria is fast coming to the fore as a mobile pay-go solar and solar-storage microgrid... Read more →

Solar PV, Renewable Microgrids Stand Out in 2017 IRENA/ADFD Joint Facility Awards

Published on January 25, 2017 January 17, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Solar PV and microgrids stood out among other categories of emerging economy renewable energy projects vying for concessionary, “soft” loans in the International Renewable Energy... Read more →

Pay-As-You-Go Solar and Microgrids Considered New Class of Infrastructure Investment

Published on January 15, 2017 January 8, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Some 1.4-2 gigawatts (2GW) of small-scale solar power systems (<1MW) have come online in emerging economies since January 2015 , according to Bloomberg New Energy... Read more →