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Energy Transition #10: Africa and the Energy Transition

Africa is a diverse continent with a wide range of climate, economies, and living standards.  Increased electricity access is critical to improve economies and living standards including clean water and improved sanitation.  The Energy Transition is challenged by prevailing climate conditions affecting Solar and Wind Renewables in some areas, so […]

Energy Transition #9: Hydrogen as an Energy Source and Storage Medium

Almost a century and a half ago, a visionary man described a potential role for Hydrogen: As discussed in several recent articles, Hydrogen can be an attractive source of Clean Energy but it can also be an effective Energy Storage medium.  Both the Upstream and Mining Industries have good applications […]

Energy Transition #8: The Role of Wind Power in the Upstream and Mining Industries

As discussed in the previous article, the Upstream and Mining industries have been working to accommodate sources of Renewable Power generation for their facilities.  Wind Power is the topic of this article.  For every amount of power generation generated from Renewables, a remote facility saves fuel costs and reducing conventional […]

Energy Transition #7: The Role of Solar Power in the Upstream and Mining Industries

The Upstream and Mining industries have been working to accommodate sources of Renewable Power generation for remote facilities including Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Power.  Onshore energy facilities have been quite successful deploying Solar PV Power and recently offshore facilities have begun to deploy more of these systems, sometimes combined with wind […]

Energy Transition #5: Energy Storage Systems for Microgrids

As we read previously, Energy Storage Systems are very important for the Energy Transition – most Renewables have “intermittency” which is interruptions to continuous energy generation due to various factors: Solar PV Power – adversely affected by clouds, precipitation, dust – anything in the atmosphere that reduces the solar radiation […]

Energy Transition #4: Microgrids and Digital Transformation

The Energy Sector is changing – projecting tremendously increasing electricity demand (both in access and as a substitute for other forms of energy consumption) along with major trends called the “three D’s”:  Decarbonisation, Decentralisation, and Digitalisation.  All three of these D’s are associated with Microgrids.  Microgrids are an attractive option […]