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Utility Arizona Public Service has completed its exhaustive study of the most high-profile U.S. grid battery fire.The company filed its report Monday with the Arizona Corporation Commission, which regulates the utility. The report,…

The Victorian state government has sweetened its offer of discounted solar for the state’s rental households, with the addition of an interest-free loan program that would allow landlords to cut the upfront cost of installing a rooftop PV…

The new edition of our “Top 5 Microgrid News” features microgrids on islands, at office and university buildings as well as small communities. This edition covers projects in the United Emirates, USA, UK and Switzerland. The featured…

The New South Wales town of Parkes, famous for its involvement in the Apollo 11 Moon landing, is set to play a part in another scientific wonder, the transition to renewable energy, after the NSW Government approved the development of the…

Spanish utility Iberdrola has partnered with European fertiliser giant Fertiberia to build a 100MW solar PV plant with 20MWh battery storage to power one of the largest electrolytic hydrogen production systems in the world.Iberdrola,…

Agriculture Published on July 27th, 2020 | by Anand Upadhyay July 27th, 2020 by Anand Upadhyay The power demand for agricultural irrigation in India requires about 18% of its electricity consumption. 60% of the irrigation is…

The Western Australian Government’s $5.5 billion WA Recovery Plan was released yesterday, the plan features $66.3 million in renewable energy investment, most of that to go on solar and batteries, along with a significant top up of the…

The results of Liberty Utilities’ residential battery program could help determine how the state deploys the technology. A New Hampshire utility has begun installing batteries in customers’ homes as part of a pilot program that could help…

Many charities might find it a stretch to allocate the capital for their organisations to become solar powered, but Australian startup Allume Energy, with the help of funding from ARENA, is set to test an everyone’s-a-winner solution. July…

Microsoft has a new weapon for killing off diesel at its expanding global fleet of data centers: green hydrogen.The tech giant announced Monday that it recently powered a row of data center servers for 48 hours using nothing but hydrogen…