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Utility experts flocked to Johannesburg last month and talked how the skies the limit for the future opportunities and challenges of grid expansion and modernization in Africa. Source: Renewable Energy

The Allison Road solar farm is made up of nearly 29,000 panels in a single-axis tracker array. The Gallup farm is expected to generate more than 20 million kWh annually. Source: Renewable Energy

When we take a look back to see what new technologies have been talked about as challenging the accepted ways at utility companies, we can identify certain trends that are rising to the top. Typical among the technologies cited by utility stakeholders are cloud computing, digital transformation and IoT, electric vehicles, distributed/renewable energy sources and…

There’s an energy-storage opportunity hidden in plain sight — and it has little to do with electric vehicles. As batteries go mainstream, the “deepest potential” for them is likely to be in arbitrage, according to a Bloomberg NEF report Tuesday. Source: Renewable Energy

A Thai-based renewable energy technology company, Energy Absolute, plans to invest $3 billion in a battery ‘gigafactory’, hedging on Southeast Asia’s uptake of electric vehicles and smart grids. Source: Renewable Energy

While most of the world struggles with stabilizing renewables on the grid, a small island in Alaska has it all figured out. Kodiak Island, a place where you’ll find a self-sufficient community encircled by expanse wilderness, is known for its wild bears, its fish processing industry, and — of most interest to those in the…

Last week renewable energy monitoring, controls, and asset management providers AlsoEnergy and skytron energy announced a merger. In addition, AlsoEnergy said that it was acquiring the assets of floundering Draker and will honor and support the contracts for the 2 GW worth of solar assets that Draker had been monitoring for its customers. Source: Renewable…

Total corporate funding (including venture capital funding, public market, and debt financing) into the solar sector in Q2 2018 rose 12.5 percent quarter-over-quarter to $2.8 billion from the $2.5 billion raised in Q1 2018, according to a report by Mercom Capital. Source: Renewable Energy

American Electric Power Co.’s $4.5 billion Wind Catcher project was done in by shaky economics, and may become a teaching moment for other developers planning big clean-energy projects. Source: Renewable Energy

The rise of cryptocurrencies as assets attractive to fund managers is breathing life into a spit of land the size of Manhattan located on the southern coast of Morocco. Source: Renewable Energy