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:
Power demand dipped 26 GW as citizens switch off lights
The national power grid was prepared for the fall in demand and has been gradually scaling down thermal power generation in steps since 7.30 PM. In tandem power generation from gas-based and hydel generation units were being scaled up to maintain the balance. Kolkata: Almost 26 GW of demand dropped between 9:00 PM and 9:15 […]
Five new solar farms to be connected to the national grid
Solar farms across five provinces are being launched this year, according to the Ministry of Mine and Energy. In its annual report, the ministry stated five solar parks are having their construction works accelerated so they can be connected to the national grid as soon as possible. Together, the solar projects will boost the nation’s […]
MERC has notified the following final regulations
MERC has notified the following final regulations on its website: 1) RPO-REC Regulations 2019 2) Grid Interactive Rooftop Renewable Energy Generating Systems Regulations 2019 (formerly Net Metering) 3) RE tariff regulations 2019
China wants in on Crete power link, joins Minos solar project
China’s president Xi Jinping left Greece with 16 bilateral deals, after an official three-day visit, where the focus was placed on the most populous country’s massive Belt and Road Initiative for infrastructure, manufacturing and trade across Asia, Africa and Europe. The projects include the interconnection cable which is planned to be installed between Crete and […]