AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoIsland Power Upgrade: Sri Lanka’s small islands of Nainativu, Analaitivu and Delft are set to get 24/7 electricity via a hybrid renewable microgrid (solar plus storage), cutting reliance on costly diesel shipments. Renewables for Energy Security: Reliance Industries outlined a major push into renewables, green hydrogen and battery storage to reduce India’s heavy energy import dependence. Grid-Ready Hybrids: India’s hybrid solar-wind-plus-storage approach is getting fresh industry focus at Mercom’s Renewables Summit, aimed at tackling intermittency and transmission limits. Battery Storage Growth: Germany’s MaxSolar and Entrix are optimizing a 20MW/100MWh grid-support BESS, while Zambia signed for a 500MW solar plant with 500MWh storage to ease shortages. Waste & Pollution Watch: India’s informal e-waste workers face toxic health risks from unsafe dismantling, and the Philippines’ plastic crisis is driven less by use and more by leakage through weak collection and recycling. Aquaculture Finance: Norway’s SalMar raised about $272M via green bonds to fund lower-emissions and welfare-focused aquaculture upgrades.
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