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Mobisol approaching 50,000 PV home system installations in East Africa
Mobisol was awarded as one of the best startups in Europe at Ecosummit 2016. The German company now sells more than 100 PV systems per day.
Offgrid solution: Using discarded smartphone batteries to light up rural homes
Kyung Hee University researcher Boucar Diouf plans to start solar-powered LED lamp pilot projects in Senegal and sub-Saharan African countries within the next year.
MTN South Africa includes SunStream solar charger in new bundle
Impact resistant, waterproof and submersible, almost as fast as a standard wall plug – World Panels SunStream solar charger is now available for South African mobile phone users.
Toshiba to install PV hydrogen system at train station in Japan
Toschiba Corp. will equip a train station in Japanese Kawasaki with an off-grid PV hydrogen system. This system can keep the station powered even in case of an earthquake.
The pv magazine weekly news digest
Large the word that dominates in the solar news this week. Large projects, storage systems and hopes. What would Sigmund say?
Western Australia eyes off-grid solar+storage in wake of bushfires
Biggest energy suppliers in Western Australia now offers customers off-grid power supply to avoid the outages caused by natural disasters, such as bushfires.
99 million households may be powered off-grid by 2020
BNEF has put out a new report which demonstrates impressive growth in the past five years and forecasts a $3.1 billion market opportunity for the off-grid solar industry by 2020.
Report: Large-scale renewable energy projects more cost efficient than DG
Large-scale renewable energy projects remain more cost efficient compared to decentralized alternatives, according to a new report by Norwegian certification group DNV GL.
Total secures stake in Off Grid Electric and Powerhive
The French energy giant leverages its $150 million Total Energy Ventures fund to secure stakes of no more than 15% in the two off-grid and microgrid startups.
Powerhive raises $20 million for off-grid development in emerging markets
The investment allows Powerhive to expand its renewable microgrid development using its propriety technology and supply affordable and reliable electricity to off-grid communities in emerging markets.
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