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Off-grid power

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13/11/2024 Comment / Jari Kiviaho

Fuel cells – a greener and reliable alternative for off-grid sites

Remote sites reliant on conventional fuel solutions are ripe for a technological revolution, particularly as operations expand into even the most isolated regions. The time is right to embrace more sustainable power solutions, writes Research Professor Jari Kiviaho from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.

Off-grid power

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6/11/2024 Comment / Nick Rosen

Now is the time to build more off-grid energy systems

Europe lags behind the US when it comes to the adoption of off-grid generation schemes, which typically connect to a local microgrid or direct to the consumer and can be built at lower costs than large power stations, writes off-grid advisor Nick Rosen.

Solar

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1/5/2024 Feature / Sarah Townes

Project Tiošpáye: on- and off-grid solar for Indigenous community development

Sarah Townes, CFO and Zero Emissions Network Director of the American Solar Energy Society, introduces a unique project to support innovative housing for the Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe in South Dakota.

Access to energy

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2/9/2025 Feature / Paul Cochrane,Samuel Okocha,Andreia Nogueira,Roland Mbonteh

New financial models advance clean energy in Africa

New financial models are being implemented in Africa to boost renewable energy investments. These are of critical importance for a continent with abundant solar, wind, hydro and geothermal resources, but where around 600 million people (out of 1.5 billion in total) still lack reliable access to electricity. Samuel Okocha, Roland Mbonteh, Paul Cochrane and Andreia Nogueira describe recent initiatives, from pay-as-you-go schemes to large-scale leasing and government funding.

Access to energy

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6/11/2024 Feature / Gemma Fox

A tale of two transitions: The Energy Institute’s Country Transition Tracker highlights the disparity of energy challenges faced across the world

Since taking custodianship of the Statistical Review of World Energy, the Energy Institute has published alongside it the Country Transition Tracker, which assesses the data of around 80 of the world’s largest energy-consuming countries to build a picture of progress towards targets set under the Paris Agreement. While the various metrics published highlight the extent of each country’s progress towards net zero, they do not tell the whole story. Here, Senior Energy Project Lead Gemma Fox discusses two countries that appear to stand at opposite ends of the energy transition spectrum: Iceland and Bangladesh.

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