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© Leclanché
Hybrid power plant

Leclanché builds solar storage hybrid power plant on St. Kitts

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With the combination of solar park and storage unit, the utility Skelec can supply around a third of the Caribbean island's electricity. THAT saves a lot of diesel, which was previously used for the power supply.

© Technaxx
Off-grid appliance

A solar powered wildlife and security camera

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The German company Technaxx has developed the 4G Wildcam, a wildlife camera trap that is fully self-sufficient because it is powered by a solar panel and fitted with a rechargeable battery.

© www.mk-fotografie.de
Offgrid Expo 2023

Free tickets for the trade fair and conference in December

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The Offgrid Expo will take place in Augsburg on 7 and 8 December 2023. It combines a high-calibre congress with an industry show all about off-grid solar systems. Wind power and hydropower will also be featured. Use the code below for free tickets.

© Greenakku
Solar foils

Flexible solar modules for camping vehicles

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Online retailer Greenakku offers a wide range of solar bags with outputs from 60 to 200 watts. Users can choose between monocrystalline or Sunpower cells. Difficult lighting conditions or partial shading have little effect on the solar foils.

© Growatt
Inverters

A PV inverter for off-grid applications

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Growatt, has launched its latest SPF 6000 ES Plus inverter for residential off-grid PV storage applications. The inverter is targeted at markets with frequent power cuts or limited access to the grid.

© Mobilhybrid
Solar storage

Hybrid system secures the electricity supply

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In the event of a power failure, the Homehybrid Safe from Mobilhybrid continues to supply all consumers without interruption for several hours, days, weeks and actually months.

© Opes Solutions
Opes Solutions:

Recycled ocean plastic solar modules for vehicle integration

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Off-grid-module manufacturer, Opes Solutions, enters new paths with lightweight solar modules for vehicle integration based on recycled ocean plastic.

© Growatt
Storage:

A battery system for off-grid solar energy storage

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Growatt adds the AXE LV battery system to its product portfolios to meet the growing demand for residential off-grid lithium battery storage systems.

© BYD
BYD:

Flexibility key for energy storage systems

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Energy storage application cases are becoming increasingly diverse. Does this have to mean that installers and distributors need to make themselves familiar with more and more systems to meet the different needs? Or can a more flexible and adaptable modular system design be the answer?

© Messe Augsburg
OFF-GRID Expo + Conference:

Conference and trade fair for self-sufficient and off-grid power supply solutions

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The international Off-Grid-Community will be meeting again from December 2 to 3, 2021 at the OFF-GRID Expo + Conference in Augsburg as well as online.

© Hevel Group
Rural electrification:

Hevel to complete first hybrid off-grid PV in Arctic region

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Hevel Energo Servis, the Hevel Group’s energy service business unit, has completed the construction of an off-grid solar-plus-diesel project in Chukotka that will be the first standalone PV installation in the Russian Arctic.

© Sungrow
Mining:

Sungrow supplies large solar-plus-storage solution in northern Africa

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Sungrow announced recently it forged the contract to supply equipment to juwi for the 36 megawatt off-grid solar farm and a 7.5 megawatt battery energy storage system at Sukari gold mine operated by Centamin in Egypt.

© Growatt
Off-grid solar:

Growatt releases its second generation inverter for off-grid solar applications

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In the world today, on small islands or in developing and rural areas where there’s limited or even no access to the grid, off-grid solar power becomes the increasingly popular energy solutions for many.

© Enphase Energy
Battery storage:

A robust modular storage solution

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Enphase Energy designs and manufactures domestic and commercial solar storage solutions. The Encharge 3T has recently won the ees Award.

© Xelectrix-Power GmbH
Battery storage:

A large storage unit for grid support and off-grid operation

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The xelectrix Power Box XPB Pro Range is a versatile plug and play storage solution for supplying power inside and outside.

© Ingeteam / BYD
Solar-plus-storage:

Ingeteam inverters now compatible with BYD high voltage batteries

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Ingeteam and BYD have at their respective R&D laboratories tested and certified the compatibility of the BYD Battery-Box Premium HVS and HVM high voltage batteries with Ingeteam's Ingecon Sun Storage 1Play TL M hybrid inverter (solar-plus-storage inverter).

© DHybrid
Remote energy generation:

Connected microgrids for the Maldives

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DHybrid have installed microgrids on a total of 26 islands on the Shaviyani and Noonu Atolls of the Maldives and equipped them with a central monitoring and control system (SCADA).

© Huawei Digital Power Technologies
Huawei:

Comprehensive off-grid fuel removal power solution

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At SNEC Shanghai, Peng Jianhua, President of Site Power Facility, Huawei Digital Power Technologies released the full series of comprehensive off-grid fuel removal power solution iPowerCube.

© Desert Technologies
Africa:

Nigeria pushes electrification – opportunity for solar

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Nigeria is increasing its efforts to promote renewables and rural electrification as the online conference “Renpower Nigeria investors 2021” revealed.

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Urban furniture:

A smart city bench that charges small devices from the sun

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With futuristic looks, include’s Steora City bench has a number of environmental sensors, Qi and USB device charges and provides ambient light. Can also be upgraded for various other smart applications.

© SMA
PV-Diesel-Global:

Research project into sustainable energy solutions for off-grid regions

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SMA and project partners have jointly launched the research project “PV-Diesel-Global”: The goal behind it is to advance the energy transition in off-grid regions.

© Growatt

Growatt: Strong increase in off-grid inverter shipments

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Despite COVID-19 Growatt expects an increase of over 60% in off-grid inverter shipments, compared to 2019.