Solar electricity Features for December 2015

Solar electricity Features Archive

Japan: Land of the rising sun? Part 2 Japan: Land of the rising sun? Part 2

In the second part of her series, Rachel Parkes contemplates what’s next for Japan’s power industry and considers whether renewable energy could play a bigger part in its future.

Japan: Land of the rising sun? Japan: Land of the rising sun?

In the wake of the Fukushima disaster Japan has looked to renewables to fill the gap left by nuclear. But with a nuclear re-start now looming, is Japan’s resolve wavering? Rachel Parkes reports in the first of a two-part series.

Microgrids enter the mainstream Microgrids enter the mainstream

Microgrids offer a highly flexible, modular and scalable solution, which will facilitate the adoption of renewable sources at the point of power demand suggest Celine Mahieux and Alexandre Oudalov from ABB.