article thumbnail

Sharing the load: Tariff to lower bills for businesses with their own green power

Envirotec Magazine

Energy tech firm Octopus Energy has launched a new tariff to help businesses with renewable generation to share the green power they generate on one site with the rest of their sites – and lower bills as a result. Octopus estimates it could save businesses like these up to 25% off their annual electricity bills*.

article thumbnail

Could Agri-PV Be Africa’s Next Big Solar Market Trend?

GreenTechMedia

Insiders predict agricultural companies could become major adopters of solar power in Africa as farmers seek to improve the cost and reliability of energy supplies. One in 10 South African solar installations were in the agricultural sector, said the report, and the market was expected to grow at 10 percent a year.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Amazon, Google, Microsoft and the climate cloud

GreenBiz

All of them are using their artificial intelligence prowess and analytics power to help companies such as BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil continue exploration and extraction. These complex challenges can’t be solved in isolation, or by doing business as usual.

article thumbnail

Industry Insight on Egypt – Emerging Power in Green Hydrogen

Hydrogen Fuel News

With its bountiful resources and strategic position, the country aims to cement its place as a leader in the clean energy transition. This ambition sets the stage for a detailed exploration of the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead, each aspect contributing to the blueprint of a sustainable energy future.

article thumbnail

Building the business case for satellite IoT

Envirotec Magazine

Eric Menard is Vice President Strategy and Business with Swiss satellite communications firm Astrocast. Weather monitoring stations are transforming the efficiency and environmental performance of remote copper mines and helping farmers to safeguard crops and livestock in a changing climate.

IoT 130
article thumbnail

Unlocking California’s Gigawatt-Scale Distributed Energy Potential

GreenTechMedia

California’s distributed energy resources add up to gigawatts' worth of capacity that could be used to prevent future rolling blackouts and balance the state’s increasingly clean-powered grid — if the state can compensate them for those services. 14 and 470 MW shed on Saturday, Aug.

article thumbnail

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.