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New York Allocates $3.3 Million to Improve Grid Resiliency and Efficiency. Has APS invented a rooftop solar business model for utilities? Arizona Public Service’s ground breaking rooftop solar program could become the 21st century business model utilities have been looking for — if it gets past state regulators.

Has APS invented a rooftop solar business model for utilities?

APS, Arizona’s dominant electric utility, wants to fund, install, own, and maintain 3,000 rooftop solar systems. The utility proposes to reimburse each customer who hosts part of the cumulative 20 megawatts of solar with a monthly $30 bill credit for the entire 20 year program. The bill credit is a lease payment for rooftop real estate, explained APS Renewables Manager Marc Romito. The roofs will be pre-screened by APS but, as with the third party ownership (TPO) lease contracts offered by private sector companies like SolarCity, Clean Power Finance, and SunPower, the hosts will pay no upfront fees and have no ownership responsibilities. APS determined $30 to be the value of the roof space through a study of other U.S. utility programs and consultations with local solar installers. Presentations from HOMER Energy Pre-Conference Workshop - Dropbox.

Www.carbonwarroom.com/sites/default/files/reports/CWR14_MinesReport_singles.pdf. » Solar PV Becoming Miners’ Friend Navigant Research. At the Zwartkop Chrome Mine, near Thabazimbi, South Africa, mining company Cronimet Chrome SA has established a technological innovation – not below the ground, but above it.

» Solar PV Becoming Miners’ Friend Navigant Research

Commerce/energy/images/MN-Microgrid-WP-FINAL-amended.pdf. Connecticut Plans Nation's First State-Wide Microgrid. This is an archived story.

Connecticut Plans Nation's First State-Wide Microgrid

The information and any links may no longer be accurate. Nine microgrid projects across the state of Connecticut have been awarded $18 million as part of the state's innovative strategy to keep critical buildings up and running during electric grid outages. The projects will be the foundation for the nation's first state-wide microgrid. They were selected from among 36 concepts submitted under a program created in July 2012 by Governor Dannel Malloy to address lingering grid power outages -- the previous year, two storms left more than 1 million Connecticut businesses and homes without power for days.

That was before Superstorm Sandy hit in October 2012, further underscoring the regional grid's vulnerability. “Microgrids play a major role in our efforts to modernize and harden our infrastructure to withstand severe weather,” says Governor Malloy. Governor Malloy: Gov. Malloy Announces Nation's First Statewide Microgrid Pilot. Projects in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Groton, Hartford, Middletown, Storrs, Windham, and Woodbridge Awarded Funding Through Innovative State Program (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P.

Governor Malloy: Gov. Malloy Announces Nation's First Statewide Microgrid Pilot

Malloy, joined by Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Commissioner Daniel C. Esty, and state and local officials, today announced that nine microgrid projects in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Groton, Hartford, Middletown, Storrs, Windham, and Woodbridge have been awarded a total of $18 million in funding primarily through the DEEP Microgrid Pilot Program. The program is designed to develop innovative ways to keep critical buildings powered during electric grid outages. Testing renewable energy grid on Ubin. [SINGAPORE] The Republic took a step towards including renewable energy sources in its future energy mix yesterday with the launch of a micro-grid in Pulau Ubin.

Testing renewable energy grid on Ubin

The micro-grid, which will be fed with electricity from solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and biodiesel generators, will act as a test-bed for the impact of intermittent electricity supply on grid operations. “Whether it is solar or any other form of renewable source, they can augment our energy mix in Singapore. The key challenge with these renewable sources is that they are intermittent,” said S Iswaran, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister for Home Affairs and Trade and Industry at the launch yesterday. Grid systems must be able to accommodate such variable electricity supply while maintaining stability for the users at the same time, he added. “So this micro-grid is an example of the kind of efforts we’re taking in order to see how we can tap into this wider option of renewable energy.”

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(SBU) Summary: Ambassador joined Maldives President Gayoom January 7 for the commissioning of a pilot renewable energy project that uses turbines produced by U.S. company Southwest Windpower. The hybrid wind/solar/diesel micro-grid power systems replace the inefficient generators that most Maldivian islands use to produce to power. The $3 million pilot project has been running successfully on three islands for three months, demonstrating that renewable sources are feasible for energy production in Maldives. If the project continues successfully for another three months, Maldives authorities intend to invest $90 million to install similar systems on 90 more residential islands around the Maldives -- offering the potential for $60 million in U.S. exports.

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Muhyiddin School powers up first of 652 kW solar panels across six islands  Muhyiddin School in Villingili has switched on 61 kW of rooftop solar panels, enough to power 30 houses and the first panels of a 652 kW watt solar project to be rolled out across six islands.

Muhyiddin School powers up first of 652 kW solar panels across six islands 

Solar International - News: Largest Solar Power Plant on the Maldives goes online. The Maldives is accelerating the energy turnaround in its own country with the commissioning of the largest solar power plant so far.

Solar International - News: Largest Solar Power Plant on the Maldives goes online

A new 294 kilowatt photovoltaic plant has been supplying power to hospitals and schools on six islands since last week. "As solar radiation here is about 70 percent higher than in Germany, photovoltaics is the central component of the energy turnaround on the Maldives", says Stefan Riel, co-founder of WIRSOL SOLAR AG. It is the first German company which has installed solar systems in the sunny paradise with an output of 652 kW. Wirsol starts 'largest solar park in the Caribbean' 17.

Wirsol starts 'largest solar park in the Caribbean'

September 2013 | Applications & Installations, Global PV markets, Industry & Suppliers, Investor news, Markets & Trends | By: Max Hall A 64 MW scheme in the Dominican Republic is the country's first solar park. German developer Wirsol said the Republic's president personally selected it to plan the project in Monte Plato province.