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Category: Community Solar
World’s First Open Microgrid Lets Commercial Zones Co-Invest and Optimize Energy Resources
Two new pilot projects, dubbed 'E-Cloud' seek to develop and optimize open microgrids in Belgium's industrial zones. E-cloud is funded by the local Wallonia government. The ...
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Off-Grid Solar Start-ups Pierce the ¨Heart of Darkness¨
Expanding in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, an innovative off-grid solar energy start-up conceived at Colorado State University aims to leverage mobile micropayments to ...
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LO3 Energy Takes Blockchain Microgrid Energy Trading Platform Down Under
Brooklyn, NY-based LO3 Energy is leveraging initial demo installations in the U.S. in a bid to expand globally. Management on Nov. 3 announced it has established itself in Byron ...
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New York’s Solarize Campaign Harnessing Collective Buying Power For Shared Solar Gardens
Governor Andrew M. Cumoo on February 19 announced 900 solar projects are in progress across 26 community Solarize campaigns. ...
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Massachusetts PV Project Highlights Benefits of Solar Brownfields
The U.S. is home to more than 450,000 so-called brownfields. A just completed solar PV array in Massachusetts highlights the multiple and varied shared benefits and added value ...
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Community Solar, Microgrid Trends Gain Momentum
Numerous and varied community solar and microgrid programs and installations are taking shape across the U.S. as the number of cities and communities that have, or plan to, launch ...
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ComEd Charts Course to Clean Energy Future with Chicago Solar Microgrid
Commonwealth Edison will use a $4 million grant from the new DOE SunShot Initiative SHINES (Sustainable and Holistic Integration of Energy Storage and Solar PV) program in ...
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USDA Awards $46MM for Rural Vermont Energy Efficiency, Renewables
Secretary Tom Vilsack on January 8 announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded $46 million to support energy efficiency and renewable energy projects and programs ...
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VEIC Poised to Launch Sun Shares Community Solar Program
Vermont was one of the first U.S. states to enact virtual net metering (VNM), adding to its reputation as a clean energy leader. State and local energy reforms such as enacting ...
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Community Solar to Benefit From Process, Platform Standardization
With the potential to provide access to emissions-free electricity for the nearly half of the American population unable to host a rooftop solar PV system, Community Solar is on ...
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- The Water Energy Barrel SaunaThe traditional Finnish sauna is a water/energy phenomenon. By using wood (traditionally) or rocks to heat volcanic rocks, water can be splashed on the rocks to create steam. This steam is naturally circulated around the sauna, especially if you’re fortunate enough to be in a barrel sauna. The sauna is the perfect representation of heat/energy […]
- Solar Startup Harnesses the Power of the Sun and the Mighty ZambesiAfrican renewable energy startup Muhanya Solar Ltd. is building a solar-powered microgrid that will deliver affordable, reliable, emissions-free electricity to 60 families in Sinda, a village in eastern Zambia. In southern Zambia, SuperRich Energies Ltd is harnessing solar energy and the power of the mighty Zambesi River to build the first of a planned 12 […]
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