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Schneider Electric, WWF Install Solar-Storage Mini-Grids on Diminishing Islands in India’s Threatened Sundarbans

Published on May 14, 2022 August 1, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Stretching across the Bay of Bengal from on to offshore the coasts of northeast India and Bangladesh, the Sundarbans is the world’s largest remaining mangrove... Read more →

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 →

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 →

Commissioning of Multi-Platform Solar-Storage Microgrid Under Way on Sardinia

Published on March 7, 2017 February 23, 2017 by Andrew Burger

France’s Electro Power Systems (EPS) yesterday announced commissioning of a novel hybrid solar energy-energy storage microgrid on the Italian island of Sardinia has begun. In... Read more →

Haiti Solar Micro-Utility Amps Up, 20x Expansion in Customer Base on Tap

Published on February 23, 2017 February 14, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Many more Haitians living in the island nation’s northwest stand to gain access to safe, reliable, affordable and environmentally friendly solar-generated electricity in coming months.... 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 →

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 →

Liberating Microgrids: How Customers and Solutions Providers Can Grow DER Markets

Published on January 17, 2017 January 3, 2017 by Peter Asmus

The Failure Rate for Proposed Microgrid Projects is Too High. Why is This? By Sunil Cherian and Peter Asmus Too …

Tesla-SolarCity Swoops In On Nascent Island Microgrid Market

Published on January 12, 2017 December 26, 2016 by Andrew Burger

In Island microgrid with solar and energy storage from Tesla and SolarCity

Islands have been considered prime candidates for renewable energy microgrids from market inception. To date, solar-storage and other types of distributed, hybrid systems have been... Read more →