On Feb. 4, the government of South Australia announced plans to build the world’s largest virtual power plant by equipping 50,000 individual households with solar panels and a Tesla Powerwall 2 battery system for free. Each household will be responsible to pay for its energy consumption and will be individually metered. “Any excess energy generated […]
Green Energy
‘Speed of the essence’ on grid solutions as solar powers up
The rapid rate of uptake of rooftop solar and world-leading deployment of batteries have increased the urgency for Australia to come up with the answers to cope with its decentralising energy market without compromising reliability and stability of supply. That’s the view of Greensync founder Phil Blythe, who is predicting 2018 will be a critical […]
Thailand’s Biggest Solar Firm Plans $1.76b in Vietnam Wind Projects
Thailand’s largest solar energy company, Superblock, plans to invest 56 billion baht ($1.76 billion) to install 700 megawatts (MW) of wind farms in Vietnam, the company’s Chairman Jormsup Lochaya told Reuters on Friday (09/02). The first phase of the investment will cost 20.7 billion baht and consist of three near-shore farms with 142 MW of […]
Kenya bets on cheaper power to fire its key growth engines
Energy Principal Secretary Joseph Njoroge said the measure is meant to cushion investors from losses since the proposed auctions will only favour contractors offering low electricity prices. The State has already identified such land in northern Kenya and near Tana River’s Seven Forks dams, according to the PS. “This will reduce the risks for investors […]
Tax Breaks and the Google Startup Bringing Geothermal Heat into U.S. Homes
By cutting costs and laying pipes for entire communities, Dandelion is trying to make emissions-free heating and cooling from the earth more affordable. During one bitter cold winter in upstate New York, Matt VanDerlofske spent $4,000 on fuel oil to heat his drafty, two-story home for the season. That was twice what he typically paid, […]
Electric Vehicles Revolution Is Forcing Slovakia’s Car Plants To Adapt
With the automotive industry increasingly turning to electric cars, countries that are heavily dependent on car manufacturing are facing a new challenge. Slovakia is a small European country with a population of around 5.5 million people. At the same time, it’s also the country with the biggest ratio of locally produced cars per person in […]
