The new mini-grid in Zambia provide energy to households and businesses. (Image credit: ENGIE)
ENGIE has inaugurated its first PowerCorner in the Zambian village of Chitandika in presence of the Zambian Minister of Energy, Matthew Nkhuwa, ENGIE’s leadership team as well as local stakeholders
The solution will provide power generation asset owners a vertically integrated, unified view of their distributed energy resources and renewable power generation that is quick to deploy and that reduce operational costs. (Image source: ABB)
ABB and Rolls-Royce will partner globally on microgrid technology and advanced automation, offering an innovative, energy-efficient microgrid solution for utilities, commercial and industrial entities
SEDEMAC’s control solutions impart a high degree of dependability to the backup generator sets. (Image source: SEDEMAC)
SEDEMAC is India’s largest genset controls company and is expanding rapidly into ‘North America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and China regions’
Upon completion, the envisioned mini-grids that range from 3 to 10 MW will directly connect 21,200 households and 2,100 SMEs and public buildings, benefitting at least 150,000 people. (Image source: Free-Photos/Pixabay)
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved US$20mn loans to support renewable-based, mini-grid solutions to the off-grid cities of Isiro, Bumba and Genema in Congo
China remains the leader in renewables, both for wind and solar, followed by Europe and the USA. (Image source: Michael Schwarzenberger/Pixabay)
Global energy demand grew by 2.3 per cent in 2018, with natural gas accounting for 45 per cent of the rise in energy consumption, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Global Energy & CO2 Status Report