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BECE posts $68 million net profit in 2016 The Hong Kong-listed renewables developer recorded a net profit of HK$529.2 million ($68.03 million) in the 12 months to the end of December, from a profit attributable to shareholders of about HK$38.5 million in 2015. Basic earnings per share for the year were HK$0.14.
Brian Publicover
Apr 28, 2017
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Chilean microgrid provider uses solar-plus-IT to lower bills Amigo Solar, a Chilean microgrid provider, announced yesterday its collaboration with a digitized billing system that will help it to alter the utility landscape in the Latin American country. The case shows how solar and IT change the electricity market structures.
Ilias Tsagas
Apr 07, 2017
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Time is working for storage, as prices keep sinking Video interview: Andreas Piepenbrink, CEO of German residential storage system provider E3/DC, explains at the Energy Storage Europe 2017 how the storage market is progressing in and out of Germany.
pv magazine
Mar 28, 2017
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Redox flow batteries on the rise Video interview: prices for redox flow batteries are sinking, while installed capacity increases steadily. Lorenzo Grande, technology analyst at IDTechEx, explains here the opportunities and limitations of flow technologies, and how the related market will likely develop.
pv magazine
Mar 27, 2017
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Wärtsilä delivers 15 MW hybrid PV plant to Essakane Solar in Burkina Faso The solar farm will be added and synchronized with an existing oil driven power plant. The hybrid power plant will serve a local gold mine, saving 18,500t CO2 emissions annually.
pv magazine
Mar 23, 2017
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Power grids will be increasingly stabilized by storage systems Video interview: Holger Ziegler, Senior Consultant at DNV GL, explains at the Energy Storage Europe 2017 why the stabilizing of electricity grids will boost the storage market, and also discusses the future prospects for this business model.
Mar 23, 2017
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Trade Show tour at Energy Storage Europe 2017: innovative storage products Video: Michael Fuhs and Jonathan Gifford, chief editors at pv magazine group, showcase the latest innovations at the Energy Storage Europe 2017 exhibition that are shaping the storage market.
Mar 22, 2017
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RMI calls for ‘action’ on Africa’s PV minigrid market Solar-powered minigrids could account for a greater slice of sub-Saharan Africa’s $740 million off-grid market, but progress is still needed throughout the region in terms of policy, financing and commercial services, the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) says in a new report.
Brian Publicover
Mar 20, 2017
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Bringing all storage solutions together at Messe Düsseldorf Video interview: On the second day of the Energy Storage Europe conference and trade show Hans Werner Reinhard, representative of organizer Messe Düsseldorf, gave his view on the future of the event and the energy storage market.
Mirco Sieg
Mar 20, 2017