The Australian reported that AUD $5.5 million (US$4.3 million) of support had been announced for Hydro Tasmania to help develop an AUD $12.9 million (US$10.1 million) off-grid hybrid project on Flinders Island. The project will reportedly be a mixture of solar, wind, diesel, storage, and enabling technologies. It is set to be completed in November 2016 and should reduce the amount of diesel consumed by the island by more than 60 per cent. Flinders Island sits off the north-eastern tip of Tasmania. Azuri Technologies announced a strategic partnership with Tigo and Lotus Africa to bring pay-as-you-go solar and mobile payment services to Tanzania. The partnership, the backbone of which is Tigo's Pesa money payment system, aims to reach 100,000 customers in the next two years. Customers of the triad of companies will pay for their electricity in increments using top-up credit purchased weekly. The venture was announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan have announced a nine-month plan to equip up to 5,800 households across 200 villages with off-grid solar. The total cost of the project is slated to be 400 million rupees (USD $3.94 million). Households ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...