Decentralized Energy

A new report from the United Nations states that onsite renewables can cost-effectively supply refugee communities with low-cost, reliable electricity.

Many companies are in danger of experiencing significant downtime during a power failure as a new report reveals that one quarter of UK energy decision makers do not have a contingency plan in place.

Nigerian energy company Rensource has completed a $20m equity financing round which will be used to expand the company’s footprint of micro-utilities across Nigeria, as well as invest in additional technology infrastructure.

The first utility-scale gas engine power plant in Papua New Guinea is now operational near the country’s capital Port Moresby.

A new report from Ernst & Young urges US utilities to act quickly “to secure a long-term, essential role as market facilitator and platform provider in the distribution system of the future”.

Aggreko is to install a 24 MW off-grid gas and battery hybrid power solution at a steel mill in the United Arab Emirates to cut fuel costs and carbon emissions.

Germany’s MAN Energy Solutions has delivered ten of its gas engines with a combined capacity of over 100 MW to power a steel mill in Bolivia.

The board of directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a €48,82m ($54m) loan to the government of Burkina Faso...

Rolls-Royce and Mercedes-Benz innovation team Lab1886 are collaborating on the use of vehicle fuel cells for stationary power generation.

Uniper has selected Dutch company Alfen to supply a large-scale battery energy storage system to a hybrid power plant in the Netherlands. The 10 MW (10 MWh) storage system will be deployed to respond to the growing need for grid services at the Maasvlakte site.