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NERC Moves to Defer Reliability Standards, Provide COVID-19 Flexibility

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The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to delay the implementation of seven reliability standards that relate to cybersecu...

US-based PG&E Negotiating to Microgrid an Existing Power Plant in Wildfire Strategy

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Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has rolled out a new plan to keep power flowing during the 2020 wildfire season, which includes forming a microgrid from an existing natural gas-fired plant. The ...

Seychelles to Build World’s Largest Floating Solar Plant

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In Seychelles, French developer Qair, has been selected to develop the largest floating solar power plant to be installed on saltwater in the world. The 5-MW plant will be the first project led by an ...

Small-scale solar installations in Australia doubled in 2019

Australia saw its installations of sub-100kW PV double to a record 2.13GW in 2019 as compared to 2017. The sub-100kW solar market also saw three years of over 33% annual growth, in contrast with the 2...

ADFD formalizes 33 million USD in RE loans for Togo, Niger and Liberia

Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), formalized three loan agreements valued at 33 million USD (AED121 million) with the Governments of Togo, Niger and Liberia. The capital is to be channelled into ...