Microsoft contracts Enchanted Rock to develop a data center microgrid – the largest in California to date that will use “renewable natural gas” to offset fossil fuels.
Microsoft commissions California’s largest “renewable gas” microgrid
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No more data “not spots,” as Vodafone pilots off-grid mobile phone tower
The “self-powering” mobile mast incorporates a small wind turbine, solar and battery storage and aims to solve the problem of remote connectivity.
Build it and they will come: How an off-grid community made the switch to EVs
Moora Moora was first established as an off-grid co-operative community in 1974 and has grown, since then, to host 30 off-grid homes, 70 people and, now, three fully electric cars.
“Off grid” solar and battery data centre network extends to Bendigo
Plans to build a network of around 20 solar and battery powered regional Australian data centres “from Cairns to Geelong” gain momentum with new site in Victoria.
Tasmania’s Maria Island to be powered by solar and battery microgrid
Tasmania government calls for tenders to design and build a solar and battery system at the World Heritage-listed “island national park,” Maria Island.
Remote Queensland communities set to cut costs with solar power
Two remote Queensland communities will cut their diesel costs, through the installation of solar, under a state government initiative.
We lost our house in summer bushfires. Now we’re going underground and off the grid
Don Pattison lost his house and just about everything in it during the horrific fire season of 2019/20. But this is not a story of loss and grief. Rather, the destruction has set the context for the journey back.
Solar + Redflow batteries to slash costs, beat heat at outback cattle station
Solar plus 40kWh Redflow zinc-bromine flow batteries allow outback W.A. cattle station to operate completely off-grid, save $10,000 a year in diesel costs, and keep workers cool.
Three cheers for stand-alone power systems in regional W.A.
After three years and 200-plus hours of power outages saved across six properties, stand-alone power systems are the front-runner technology to transform power reliability for rural WA.
Africa gold mine to install huge solar and battery system, slash fuel costs
Canadian gold-mining company B2Gold to install one of world’s largest off-grid solar battery hybrid systems at the Fekola gold mine in Mali.
