Resilience, efficiency, sustainability, flexibility, security, and reliability are key drivers for microgrid developments. These factors motivate the need for integrated models and tools for microgrid planning, design, and operations at higher and higher levels of complexity.
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To generate and store their own energy, microgrids increasingly use renewable energy – like solar panels, wind turbines, batteries and, as in Sister Alphonsine Ciza's case, water – in the form of hydropower. This means more microgrids would help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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In Namibia, one of the largest electricity storage systems in southern Africa is currently being built – financed with a grant from KfW. Namibia has great potential for solar and wind energy, but so far it has not been able to store enough electricity.
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Dubbed Armonia (Harmony), the Palau microgrid will feature dispatchable, solar photovoltaic (PV) and lithium-ion battery energy storage — 35 MW of solar PV and 45 MWh of energy storage.
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