Got solar? Now add batteries
Solar energy regulators are giving a clear signal to the market: the grid is not your battery, so please buy your own.
How the Kyrgyz Republic can become Central Asia’s electric vehicle hub
With a clear, comprehensive, long-term strategy, the country could produce electric vehicles for the whole region.
How the gig economy can transform farms in the developing world
What Uber has done for urban transport, drones can do for farms and the billions who depend on them.
Watching invisible energy loss – yes it’s possible
New technology, mounted on a drone, now allows us to see from the sky where we are wasting energy.
Electricity in a box: Looking back at our off-grid journey
Our comprehensive electricity solution packages in 3 disruptive energy technologies: solar power, super efficient appliances, and lithium-ion batteries.
Clean energy predictions for 2018 – and why I was wrong about 2017
The next 12 months are likely to bring us closer to a new era of renewable energy, much faster than I predicted a year ago.
How the unelectrified poor can leapfrog to off-grid solar
New technology will allow people without access to electricity to generate power from the sun and stay off the grid, all for a price cheaper than their kerosene bill.
Power walking: Turn each step into clean energy
New technology harnesses the energy in our footsteps to convert it to clean, renewable electricity. Check it out here.
Battery swapping can propel India’s electric car revolution
India is pushing hard for wider use of electric vehicles, but many challenges remain. One of them is a lack of charging infrastructure.
Free electricity from railway tracks?
Installing solar panels on railway sleepers can generate 1 MW of power from a 6 km section of railway track. That’s enough to power 150 electric cars.