Building energy modeling has been around for almost 50 years now. One of the early applications of building energy modeling was for US Department of energy by the name DOE-2 and BLAST. The energy simulation software allow to determinate with Read more…
Thermal comfort is the basis of building homes from the beginning, mainly to protect oneself from the harsh climate conditions outside. Today, buildings are advanced enough to control the ventilation of a building. In order to maintain that, fresh air Read more…
We are going to create a sample project for off grid solar system in this article. We are going to run 1 LCD TV for 8 hours in one day of the week for the off grid solar system project. We are looking to Read more…
As the penetration of solar PV increases in the system, flexibility and storage become crucial to further renewable energy deployment. As of 2018, the largest form of grid energy storage in Africa has dammed hydroelectricity, with both conventional hydroelectric generation Read more…
Since 2018, six pilot solar mini-grids are giving 15,000 people access to reliable electricity in Nigeria. Those people no longer rely on diesel generators to light homes and run small businesses such as grain mills, cocoa drying and welding operations, Read more…
Africa is the leading place to power places far from the grid using diesel generators. Entire villages, companies or sites are powered only by electricity produced by such diesel generators. Until recently, solar PV was considered as an add-on to Read more…
Digitalization is currently playing a big role in fostering access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Since the early 2010s, companies have been adapting traditional business models for the installation of Solar Home Systems (SHS) to the specific African context where Read more…
Kenya is endowed with high solar insulation averaging at 4.5kWh/m2/day. Generally, being in the equator, Kenya has a higher potential of solar PV than many other nations. As a means of promoting private sector involvement in solar PV, the government Read more…
The deployment of solar PV is mainly driven by Egypt (660 MW), Morocco (606 MW) and Algeria (519 MW) in Northern Africa and by Lesotho (79 MW) and South-Africa (1,815 MW) in Southern Africa. Not surprisingly those are the countries Read more…
Solar trees work very much like real ones, as they have leaf-like solar panels connected through metal branches using sunlight to make energy. Solar trees can be seen as complementary to rooftop solar systems. They are more ergonomic than solar Read more…
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