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Bangladesh Emerges as a Hotbed for Solar Microgrids, P2P Energy Trading
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Bangladeshi clean enegy entrepreneurs are playing a key role in the installation of home solar PV-energy storage and community microgrids in Bangladesh. Access ...

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Zimbabwe Off-Grid Solar Start-up Lands Kiva Direct to Social Enterprise Loan
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Providing mobile "pay as you go" home solar loans, Zonful Energy tapped into Kiva's new Direct to Social Enterprise Fund to secure a $50,000 loan that will ...

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A Solar-Plus-Storage Microgrid at a South Pacific Resort Collects SEANZ Award For PowerSmart
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PowerSmart garnered two first-prize awards at the Solar Electricity Association of New Zealand's annual conference, one for an off-grid solar PV-energy stoarge ...

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Solar Startup Harnesses the Power of the Sun and the Mighty Zambesi
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Construction of the first three of a planned 12 hybrid solar-hydroelectric microgrids highlights the creative, effective ways multilateral Power Africa ...

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A Solar-Storage Microgrid for Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Small in size at 10-kW of solar power and 95-kWh of zinc-iron battery energy storage, the proposed project nonetheless highlights the leading role the National ...

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Haiti Microgrid Developer Wakes Up To Daunting New Role In Wake Of Hurricane Matthew
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In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, Sigora was on hand to support emergency relief efforts. Now the clean energy microutility is raising $96k and ...

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The ABC Approach to Microgrid Development in Frontier Markets
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Addressing this financial issue is an emerging model for rural microgrid installation, the phased “ABC” deployment approach. This approach is based on first ...

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Africa And The Policy Push For Mini-Grid Growth
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In Africa’s quest for power sufficiency, there is a vehicle, a driver and the passengers. With the private sector/investor’s interest being the driver, ...

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The Investment Case for Mini-Grids and Off-Grids in Africa
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Since the mid-1990s, external finance to Africa’s power sector has averaged only around US$600m per year of public assistance, plus a similar volume of private ...

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Microgrid Business Models Gain Traction In Kenya As Africa Leapfrogs Electric Grid
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Kenya Microgrid Company SteamaCo Is Deploying Renewable Energy, Pay-As-You-Go Microgrids In Rural Africa One of the most interesting aspects of distributed ...

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Caterpillar Takes Equity Stake In Africa Microgrid Company Powerhive
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Part of a $20 million round of Series A VC funding, Caterpillar Ventures is taking an equity stake in Powerhive, a pioneering developer and vendor of smart ...

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5 Unstoppable Drivers Of Microgrid Growth in 2016
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You may not be surprised that we are bullish on microgrids, but we are unaware of an argument against significant microgrid growth in the coming years. By ...