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SparkMeter Closes $12M Round to Expand From Metering Minigrids to Analyzing ‘Broken Grids’

GreenTechMedia

Remote minigrids are a tough market for a traditional smart meter vendor. The meters that minigrids use need to be cheap, rugged and reliable, and they must be able to adjust to the often unstable operating conditions of solar-powered standalone grids. ” The World Bank’s International Finance Corp.

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Solar industry celebrates 'spectacular' surge in rooftop installations

Business Green

The increased demand for green energy solutions has also led to more companies becoming MCS-certified contractors, rising by 780 in one year - more than double the growth seen over 2020-21. The uptick in installations means there are now more than 1,265,000 registered solar power installations across the UK, with about 1.1

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CalCom Energy’s $100M Fund Targets Farms for Solar-Battery Systems

GreenTechMedia

In California, it’s not just vulnerable families and critical services that could use battery-backed solar systems to ride through wildfire-prevention power outages. CalCom Energy, a long-time solar and energy services provider for California’s agricultural sector, thinks it has a solution.

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Renewable technology innovation: measuring progress – IRENA

Smart Energy International

As clean energies grow in countries’ energy mixes, ongoing innovation is key for reducing costs and improving the performance. Research, development and demonstration of clean energies is common across countries and regions. Have you read?

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Solar Service Provider EnergyAid Initiates U.S. Expansion

Solar Industry

The company was founded in 2012, but two years ago EnergyAid began offering solar maintenance and repair services. In the past two years, the company has become a leading provider of solar system services in California. The company offers a wide range of services from standard cleaning to inverter replacements.

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Is Australia Losing the Race for a Clean Energy Breakthrough?

GreenTechMedia

Despite a strong track record on renewables innovation, Australia may be running out of time to become a clean energy export powerhouse — and further funding for homegrown innovation is now in jeopardy. Companies in Australia are pursuing a series of big bets in emerging energy markets such as long-duration storage and green hydrogen.

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New Plans Reveal How China’s Grid Is Prepping for Net-Zero Carbon

GreenTechMedia

As of 2020, it was responsible for the transmission of that 450 GW of installed wind and solar power. Solar-rich Xinjiang Province, in the country’s northwest, saw curtailment in excess of 30 percent in 2016, according to official data. That solar surge saw the country’s cumulative installed PV capacity go from 6.5