Feb 23, 2016 | EffergyEnergia, Renewable Energy
As the “Internet of Things” (IoT) expands, reaching 25 billion connected devices by 2020, according to Gartner, utilities will face an unprecedented volume of data generated from new digital equipment, systems, devices, and sensors on the grid and at their... read more
Jun 29, 2015 | Effergy, EffergyEnergia, Renewable Energy
Islands have to deal with highly elevated electricity costs because it is very expensive to transport fuel. Normally, smaller islands are powered by diesel-gensets that pollute the air and are very noisy. Tourism plays an important role on many islands. Wind and solar... read more
Jun 10, 2015 | Effergy, EffergyEnergia, Renewable Energy
The IDB has doubled the size of its Climate and Clean Energy Facility for innovative climate change projects to $100 million, due to client demand and interest from international climate funds. Through the Facility, the IDB offers loans from $500,000 to $10 million to... read more
Jun 1, 2015 | Effergy, EffergyEnergia, Renewable Energy
The Gili Lankanfushi plugged in the Maldives’ largest floating solar power platform today, enabling a reduction of its annual carbon footprint by 35 tonnes of CO2 emissions. The 15m by 15m platform is “an engineering marvel, an innovative floating structure that is... read more
May 20, 2015 | Wind Energy
Looking somewhat like a giant reed gently swaying in the wind, the new Vortex bladeless wind-driven generator prototype produces electricity with very few moving parts, on a very small footprint, and in almost complete silence. Designed to reduce the visual and aural... read more
May 10, 2015 | EffergyEnergia
Europe continues to lead the world on climate action as Australia lags further behind. This week the European Parliament has begun debate on 2 key reforms to the EU Emissions Trading Scheme – the first being the withdrawal of surplus allowances to raise the price of... read more