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- What are microgrids – and how can they help with power cuts?
Microgrids can step in when the main electricity grid fails And as they can be powered by renewables, they are a sustainable and affordable option, too
- These Dutch microgrid communities can supply 90% of their energy needs
Local communities generating their own power could become 90% energy self-sufficient, with potential to be fully self-reliant in the future, according to a Dutch study
- The start-up tackling Nigeria’s reliable power challenge | World . . .
Amid an electricity crisis, many Nigerian small businesses run on petrol generators This solar-microgrid start-up is working to connect them to clean energy
- Microgrids can secure electricity supply during disasters | World . . .
Renewables-based microgrids and peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading can boost energy security as they are self-sufficient and run independent of large grids
- XENDEE | World Economic Forum
XENDEE is the team and technology supporting distributed energy and microgrid energy solutions It is a comprehensive distributed energy resource (DER) design and operation software platform Its software technology enables clients to achieve predictable outcomes by combining economic and power system one-line diagram and power flow modelling with future changes in technologies, regulatory
- Chattanooga airport is now completely solar-powered | World Economic Forum
Tennessee's Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport recently became the first U S airport powered by 100 percent solar energy Started in 2010, the $10 million microgrid project includes a 2 74-megawatt solar farm that's the size of about 16 football fields, as well as battery storage technology that allows the system to run off the grid
- Energy transition infrastructure, regulation and investment
Expert insight on how countries around the world can build secure, equitable and sustainable infrastructure that underpins the global energy transition
- This bike path in the Netherlands is made from plastic waste
Dutch cyclists rode down the world's first bike path made entirely of discarded plastic this week, in a move aimed at reducing the millions of tonnes wasted every year
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