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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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Renewable technology innovation: measuring progress – IRENA

Smart Energy International

As clean energies grow in countries’ energy mixes, ongoing innovation is key for reducing costs and improving the performance. Research, development and demonstration of clean energies is common across countries and regions. Have you read?

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CalCom Energy’s $100M Fund Targets Farms for Solar-Battery Systems

GreenTechMedia

In California, it’s not just vulnerable families and critical services that could use battery-backed solar systems to ride through wildfire-prevention power outages. CalCom Energy, a long-time solar and energy services provider for California’s agricultural sector, thinks it has a solution.

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Is Australia Losing the Race for a Clean Energy Breakthrough?

GreenTechMedia

Despite a strong track record on renewables innovation, Australia may be running out of time to become a clean energy export powerhouse — and further funding for homegrown innovation is now in jeopardy. Companies in Australia are pursuing a series of big bets in emerging energy markets such as long-duration storage and green hydrogen.

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

GreenTechMedia

As of 2020, it was responsible for the transmission of that 450 GW of installed wind and solar power. Solar-rich Xinjiang Province, in the country’s northwest, saw curtailment in excess of 30 percent in 2016, according to official data. That solar surge saw the country’s cumulative installed PV capacity go from 6.5

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything. Jacobson’s Early Story.

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The Navajo Generating Station Coal Plant Officially Powers Down. Will Renewables Replace It?

GreenTechMedia

One of the nation’s largest coal plants permanently powered down this week after the owners determined it would be uneconomical to continue operating the facility as natural gas and renewable energy prices continue to drop. Other partial owners include Arizona Public Service, NV Energy and Tucson Electric Power.