rural electrification
Energy & Grid Management
Western Australia’s Horizon Power in JV for stand-alone power systems
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Boundary Power has been launched as a joint venture between Horizon Power and Ampcontrol for deployment of stand-alone power systems.
Distributed generation
100 microgrids in ten months in rural India
TP Renewable Microgrid reported the commissioning of its 100th microgrid in rural India in November 2020, coinciding with its first anniversary.
Distributed generation
Horizon Power to build Australia’s first green hydrogen microgrid
Western Australia state utility Horizon Power is to demonstrate the country’s first renewable hydrogen microgrid.
Storage
Second-life battery storage developer wins EDF’s Indian startup contest
Nunam, a second-life battery energy storage developer, has won EDF’s first Pulse India competition.
Distributed generation
Brazil’s Neoenergia to pilot microgrids in rural electrification
Brazilian energy distributor Neoenergia is to pilot its first microgrid in a remote area not yet served with electricity.
Energy & Grid Management
Dutch startup secures venture funding to grow deployment DER platform
Amsterdam-based AMMP Technologies has raised €1.15 million to scale up its software solution for renewable energy operators in emerging markets.
Distributed generation
UK investment electrifies 33 million lives and reduces global emissions
31 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions were reduced globally in the last nine years as a result of clean energy electrification by UK International Climate Finance (ICF), delivering 200MW of clean energy capacity to 33 million people across the globe.
Distributed generation
EDF and Canopy Power partner to develop microgrids in Asia
Singapore-based microgrid specialist Canopy Power and French energy major EDF have partnered to develop, and on a case-by-case basis, own and operate microgrid projects in the region.
Storage
Battery rental project powers affordable energy in Sierra Leone
Researchers from the University of Sheffield are delivering affordable, clean energy to remote communities in Sierra Leone as part of a pioneering new project.
Distributed generation
Israeli minigrid innovators, Nokia to drive rural electrification in Asia
Israeli mini-grid company Aquarius Engines have announced a mass rural electrification partnership with Nokia to provide minigrids in remote areas of the Philippines, and other Asian countries currently without grid-fed or off-grid power.