Despite dropping technology costs, other factors may still sideline alternative energy sources Africa’s electricity capacity is expected to double by 2030 — and with the rapidly dropping cost of renewable energy technologies, the continent might seem poised to go green. But a new analysis suggests that fossil fuels will still dominate Africa’s energy mix over […]
Audi prepares e-tron electric vehicle for grid-optimized charging
Grid-optimized charging is designed to counteract a grid overload through intelligent management of charging procedures. Audi has prepared its e-tron electric vehicle and its charging system connects in this direction. As the world moves towards faster adoption of electric vehicles, the need to prepare advanced charging solutions also emerges. Audi has partnered with a few […]
Solar to manufacture cool drinks and power the grid simultaneously
Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa is expanding the solar power generation capacity of its manufacturing facilities. Seven out of 13 Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa’s (CCBSA) manufacturing facilities in the country now use solar power. The company’s target is to install solar power at 12 of these plants by the end of the year. CCBSA initiated a […]
African Entrepreneurs Living off the Grid are Relying on Cost-efficient Solar Fridges
‘ Keeping food fresh without refrigeration is near impossible in the scorching climate of sub-Saharan Africa. But it’s hard to power fridges in a region where almost 600 million people live off the grid. That’s where Brazil’s Youmma comes in. The company has developed a pay-as-you-go solar-powered fridge that is being snapped up by small […]
The solar fridge helping African entrepreneurs living off the grid
Keeping food fresh without refrigeration is near impossible in the scorching climate of sub-Saharan Africa. But it’s hard to power fridges in a region where almost 600 million people live off the grid. That’s where Brazil’s Youmma comes in. The company has developed a pay-as-you-go solar-powered fridge that is being snapped up by small business […]
Rooftop solar: W.A. sets new record low for grid demand, two other states set winter lows
The West Australia grid has set a new record low for minimum demand as rooftop solar continues to increase its share of generation, and the government announces it is reshaping solar export tariffs to encourage storage, electric vehicles and west facing solar panels. The new low was set on Sunday, just after noon local time, […]
Court Ruling Clears Way For Energy Storage On The Grid. Who Benefits?
The way has been cleared for energy storage projects by a federal appeals court. The July decision is a big win for independent, merchant battery companies and renewable energy proponents. Advanced battery technologies and decreasing battery costs have encouraged the development of utility-scale (really big) electricity storage stations on the grid. Tesla -3.8%TSLA and AES […]
Enabling the grid of the future requires more than one energy storage technology in the toolkit
Ed Porter is the Business Development Director at Invinity Energy Systems, a provider of vanadium flow battery energy storage systems for commercial & industrial sites, grid network infrastructure projects and off-grid applications, either standalone or alongside renewable energy such as solar PV. Energy generation has never been a single technology market. Gas, coal, nuclear, hydro, […]
Rooftop solar panel owners could be getting charged fees to sell energy back to the grid
Householders with rooftop solar panels and batteries have reacted with fury to proposals which could see them charged for exporting power to the electricity grid. Over the past decade, state governments have actively incentivised households to feed their solar into the grid, by offering generous feed-in tariff schemes. Most have now closed to new entrants. […]
MNRE Extends date for comments on draft Standard for PV Grid Tie Inverters up to 7th May 2020
Extension of date for providing comments/inputs on the draft Standard on “Technical requirements for Photovoltaic Grid Tie Inverters to be connected to the Utility Grid in India” up to 7th May 2020 For more information please see below link:
