Solar and Energy Storage trends for 2018

March 20, 2018

The solar industry continues to be an exciting and challenging place to work, keeping our role as analysts very interesting. 2017 saw annual installations grow by almost 20% from the year earlier and edge within reach of 100 GW, a milestone that the industry will reach this year. Such remarkable expansion occurred against a backdrop of trade disputes and far-reaching policy changes on the one hand, as well as technology advances and cost improvements on the other all of which have only served to make solar one of the most dynamic industries of our time, even as it continues to make a significant contribution to the global supply of electricity.

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Astonfield is the largest multi-modality renewable energy company in South Asia, delivering affordable clean energy solutions tailored to the unique needs of communities in emerging markets across the world. Committed to addressing the challenges of sustainable development, Astonfield partners closely with local governments to shape renewable energy markets and drive economic growth.Led by a world-class management team with extensive experience in financing and developing power projects in emerging markets, Astonfield brings a unique combination of vast global expertise and deep local knowledge to ensure seamless execution. By partnering with top tier global technical providers, Astonfield is able to deliver the world’s most advanced clean energy technologies to its customers in the emerging markets.

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Grid Modernization Transmission Grids – the bedrock of the energy transition

whitePaper | June 22, 2022

Siemens Energy is fully committed to supporting the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. For more than 150 years we have been working on the transformation of the energy world. Our ambition as Siemens Energy is to achieve climate neutrality in our own operations by 2030 and to cover 100% of our own electricity consumption from renewable sources by 2023.

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PLANNING MOZAMBIQUE’S OPTIMAL POWER SYSTEM EXPANSION

whitePaper | November 1, 2022

Mozambique has the largest power generation potential in the entire Southern African region thanks to its vast and largely untapped gas, hydro, wind and solar resources. Despite this huge generation potential only 38.6%1) of its population had access to electricity in 2021. The total installed power capacity in Mozambique stood at around 2,800 MW in the year 2021 whereas the peak demand reported by the state-owned energy utility Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) was at 1,035 MW. Over 50% of the total electricity demand is originating from the capital area Maputo and the surrounding southern part of the country, while only around 20%2) of the population.

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Zero Carbon Technology Roadmap

whitePaper | November 11, 2022

The Study presents, with the utmost authority and according to super-partes criteria, a reference framework to manage decarbonisation in Hard to Abate sectors providing a first of a kind technology framework and mapping of available solutions to achieve the decarbonisation objectives. The aim is to encourage the adoption of a broad scope for dedecarbonisation technologies based on the cost-effective ability to reduce CO2 emissions.

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2023 Large-scale Renewable Energy Market Intelligence Report

whitePaper | July 4, 2023

This market intelligence report is written for foreign and local investors looking to invest directly in the South African renewable energy market. It highlights opportunities in the public and private large-scale renewable energy1 market in South Africa.

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NIGERIA LEADING AFRICA TO NET ZERO

whitePaper | October 28, 2022

BY 2030 Nigeria reaches its 30-30-30 target, which means 30 GW of grid-connected capacity by 2030 of which 30% comes from renewables. The amount of unserved energy drops significantly in the later part of the decade, which means that a much larger portion of the population now has access to electricity. A lot of flexibility has been added to the power system thanks to ICE technology. The system is now ready to accommodate the massive renewable energy deployment planned in the 2031-2040 decade. Our model reveals that reaching the 30-30-30 target in the most cost-effective way will require $18.7 Billion of investment.

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Astonfield is the largest multi-modality renewable energy company in South Asia, delivering affordable clean energy solutions tailored to the unique needs of communities in emerging markets across the world. Committed to addressing the challenges of sustainable development, Astonfield partners closely with local governments to shape renewable energy markets and drive economic growth.Led by a world-class management team with extensive experience in financing and developing power projects in emerging markets, Astonfield brings a unique combination of vast global expertise and deep local knowledge to ensure seamless execution. By partnering with top tier global technical providers, Astonfield is able to deliver the world’s most advanced clean energy technologies to its customers in the emerging markets.

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