Prime Minister Hon ‘Akilisi Pohiva, Prime Minister of Cook Islands Henry Puna, Prime Minister of Tuvalu Enele Sopoaga and others also unveiled the new PCREEElogo and the baseline map which provides a snapshot of renewable energy and energy efficiency targets, including a number of energy indicators on the status of the progress from the countries.[…]
Even something as simple as a water pump might not work if it requires parts or power not readily available where it’s installed. Credit: World Bank, CC BY-NC-ND Technology can be a wonderful servant but a terrible master. As we know, its applications are not always beneficial to people or to the environment. Recently we[…]
Solar energy took off when it came up with a way for customers to buy-in with no upfront costs. Will no-money down microgrids capture the same kind of mass market appeal? Schneider Electric, a major player in the microgrid space, thinks so. The Massachusetts-based company is modeling the approach with a microgrid to be installed[…]
With Tasmania’s hydropower plants idle due to low rainfall, and a faulty cable connecting the state to the mainland grid, it’s clear a better long-term solution is needed The timing couldn’t have been any worse. On 20 December 2015, the undersea cable connecting Tasmania with mainland Australia malfunctioned, leaving the island state’s energy infrastructure stranded[…]
Islands are vulnerable places, battered by climate change, pollution and migration. But a mounting sense of urgency is counterbalanced by the realization that islands offer an important opportunity to find innovative, “hybrid” solutions that combine renewable and traditional energy sources, making them test-beds that the wider world should invest in and learn from. Since mainland[…]