Newsletter December 2020
Réseau de Transport d’électricité, (RTE) The French Electricity Transmission System operator, is setting up three battery-based electricity storage sites that will be remotely controlled according to, in particular, energy production and consumption throughout the coun...
Read MoreSocietal trends typically latch onto to a few major themes (problems and potential solutions) and then marches to its own drum beat. Like-minded people join the movement and it transforms into a something “smart”. The Smart Cities movement is one such, which has caught the attention of many globally. It focusses primarily around climate change (GHG reduction). While I am all for it and applaud this initiative, we also need to keep our sights on other critical elements that could potentially derail this GHG objective and its benefits...
JAKARTA: Indonesia's government is finalizing a draft regulation aimed at simplifying pricing for electricity from Renewable Sources and to encourage more investment in the sector, said an Energy Ministry official. The Government aims to have 23% of Indonesia's Energy coming from Renewable sources by 2025, up from around 9% in July 2020, but progress developing Renewable power projects has been slow. Authorities currently forecast only 2,500 Mega-Watts of additional Renewable Power capacity by 2025, while around 10,000 Mega-Watts a...