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SparkMeter Closes $12M Round to Expand From Metering Minigrids to Analyzing ‘Broken Grids’

GreenTechMedia

Remote minigrids are a tough market for a traditional smart meter vendor. The meters that minigrids use need to be cheap, rugged and reliable, and they must be able to adjust to the often unstable operating conditions of solar-powered standalone grids. ” The World Bank’s International Finance Corp.

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New Plans Reveal How China’s Grid Is Prepping for Net-Zero Carbon

GreenTechMedia

In December he set a 2030 wind and solar capacity goal of 1,200 gigawatts, up from around 450 GW today. As of 2020, it was responsible for the transmission of that 450 GW of installed wind and solar power. That solar surge saw the country’s cumulative installed PV capacity go from 6.5 Now it’s happening again.

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Recovering the Missing Millions Owed to Africa’s Minigrids

GreenTechMedia

The minigrid funding commitment from international donor organizations is “in the billions,” says Daniel Kitwa, energy access finance advisor at the Africa Minigrid Developers Association (AMDA). The main roadblock seems to be Africa; so far, 60 percent of all minigrids have been installed in Asia, said the report.

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Can a tiger change its stripes? Meet the pulp and paper giant bankrolling a huge Sumatran rainforest reserve

Business Green

The reserve is home to a vast array of rare and critically endangered animal species, including pangolins, sun bears, and - perhaps most famously - the Sumatran Tiger, of which there are less than 400 left in the wild. It is in many ways a remarkable economic success story.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

million square kilometers, the second lowest in the 42-year satellite record, behind only September 2012. With the Northern sea routes available all year, costs for transporting goods (especially from Asia to Europe and the U.S.) In other words, the Arctic can store a lot more energy and heat when there is no more ice coverage.

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Climate Corps Alumni Awards

EDF + Business

As an adjunct professor at Columbia University and Johns Hopkins University, he finds it deeply rewarding to guide the next generation of renewable energy finance leaders. As an adjunct professor at Columbia University and Johns Hopkins University, he finds it deeply rewarding to guide the next generation of renewable energy finance leaders.