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Meet the Smart Digital Energy Solution That Could Blow Up Solar Coins

Jennifer Delony | September 15, 2017
The winning team of the Smart Energy Hackathon in Bangkok last week developed a new digital solution for claiming solar coins.Read more »

Massive UAE Solar Park Secures 700-MW CSP Expansion

Renewable Energy World Editors | September 18, 2017
DEWA over the weekend awarded the 700-MW fourth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, located south of Dubai, UAE.

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Insect Eyes Inspire New Solar Cell Design by Stanford Researchers

Mark Shwartz | September 14, 2017
Packing tiny solar cells together, like micro-lenses in the compound eye of an insect, could pave the way to a new generation of advanced photovoltaics, say Stanford University scientists.

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UK Electricity Markets Regulator Takes Big Step in Recognizing Value of Energy Storage

Renewable Energy World Editors | September 15, 2017
U.K. renewable energy company Anesco this week said that its solar+storage projects are the first sites in the U.K. to qualify for support…

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2016 Storm Stirs Renewable Energy Investment in South Australia

Stephanie Richards | September 14, 2017
A year on from a storm that blacked out the entire state, South Australia has emerged from the electricity crisis to strengthen its position as a global…

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Who is Leading the Smart City Revolution?

Jennifer Runyon | September 18, 2017
It seems like every time you turn around, another company, utility, municipality or institution announces some sort of “smart” initiative.

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Parallelism: Massive Storage and DERs with Smart Systems

John Bringenberg | September 18, 2017
The next stratum of electricity and grid development over the coming two decades appears more and more clear

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Top 5 Hybrid Energy News (Solar- and Wind-Diesel-Hybrid + Microgrids) – August/September 2017

Dr. Thomas Hillig | September 15, 2017
The summer edition of our “Top 5 Hybrid Energy News” includes two new projects in the mining sector.

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Getting the Price Right for Local Wind and Solar

John Farrell | September 15, 2017
A federal policy enacted nearly 40 years ago has breathed life into an ongoing argument at the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission over utility opposition to a wind-solar hybrid project proposed in the rural city of Red Lake Falls.

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