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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 →

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 →

Enel Green Power Commissions World’s First, and Highest, 24×7 Solar-Hydrogen-Lithium Energy Storage Microgrid

Published on June 1, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Characterized by diverse geographic regions and climate zones, cities, towns and villages in Chile often are separated by difficult terrain and long distances, Sitting atop... Read more →

Facebook, Microsoft Join in Launch of Sustainable Microgrid Investment Accelerator

Published on April 5, 2017 April 4, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Facebook and Microsoft are joining the growing ranks of leading high-tech industry players aiming to expand sustainable energy access and renewable energy microgrid deployment across... Read more →

Pioneering Ventura County Manufacturer Rides the Lithium-Ion Battery Wave

Published on March 28, 2017 March 26, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Statistics can be misleading. According to those published on Index Mundi, 100 percent of Americans have access to grid electricity. That’s not the case. As... Read more →

VizN to Build Solar-Flow Battery Microgrid at Luxury Nicaraguan Residential Resort

Published on March 19, 2017 March 17, 2017 by Andrew Burger

Resort hotels are proving to be fertile ground for solar-storage microgrids. Combining its zinc-iron redox flow battery with a solar PV array, VizN is deploying... Read more →

EnerDel Sees Bright Prospects for Utility, as well as Military Hybrid Microgrids, Mobile Power Conversion

Published on March 27, 2017 March 13, 2017 by Andrew Burger

The necessity of transporting diesel and other fossil fuels used for transportation along lengthening supply lines has a weak link and led to many lives... Read more →

Solar-Storage Microgrids Coming to Remote WA Aboriginal Communities

Published on March 27, 2017 March 8, 2017 by Andrew Burger

From the Arctic Circle to the Four Corners area of the southwestern U.S. and the far reaches of Patagonia, indigenous peoples live in some of... Read more →