Local businesses play a significant role in Reunion Island's renewable energy initiatives, with companies like Reuniwatt and Albioma leading the way in innovation and implementation. A recent article in pv magazine highlights their contributions. You can find the article in the pv magazine Photovoltaic markets and technologies 07 & 08 2024 edition, pp. 46-77. Transforming the Electricity Grid in Reunion Reunion Island has emerged
Contrails observations to reduce climate impact Contrails are the cloud-like formations created when aircraft exhaust mixes with cold high-altitude air. Recent studies suggest that their climate impact may be greater than that of carbon dioxide emissions from aviation, which has propelled contrails to the forefront of climate research, as the aviation industry seeks to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. Understanding the formation, persistence, and
Reuniwatt continues its expansion with the opening of its Australian office in the capital of Victoria, Melbourne. Australia offers an exceptional environment for Reuniwatt's growth, thanks to a regulatory framework that is favourable to the development of renewable energies. Green power acceleration in Australia The Australian renewables market has rapidly expanded, driven by the country's abundant natural resources, government policies, and a commitment to
Starting this August, Reuniwatt will intensify their activities in Australia. TotalEnergies supports Reuniwatt in its international development. TotalEnergies' support is ideal for developing Reuniwatt's business and enables us to offer our employees abroad a comfortable and stimulating working environment, in the presence of colleagues from the same sector of activity. The collaboration was announced at Intersolar 2024 in Munich in a press release from
[Webinar] No Clouds on the Horizon: The Future Looks Bright for FSOC In the last decade free space optical communications (FSOC), also called laser communications, has evolved from a niche to a mature technology. Recent successes have pushed this technology forward, with the aim of providing global broadband coverage. However, FSOC still faces two major challenges to providing similar performance to terrestrial "backbone
Reuniwatt provides Sunology with weather data for its STREAM app for the real-time monitoring of solar production: Sunology, the French leader in residential solar systems that require no complicated work or assembly, has selected Reuniwatt, the market leader for estimating and forecasting solar irradiance, for a collaboration. Supporting residential solar power producers STREAM is Sunology's brand new mobile application. It helps residential solar plant
Building on the decades-long legacy of Meteosat’s first- and second-generation satellites, Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) will orbit the Earth at an altitude of 36,000 km with a stable view of Europe and Africa. It's launch offers multiple opportunities outside the space sector. MTG satellite system features and improvements EUMETSAT has provided society with more than three decades worth of satellite data, starting with the
Weather and environmental parameters are key factors affecting PV performance. Over the years, the accuracy of the yield prediction has increased. Still, the fundamental question remains when considering development of a new solar plant: how much energy will it generate? Many parameters are subject to tough discussions between a project’s different stakeholders. One of them is future performance, and the question regarding solar resource
The DYVALOCCA project is a collaboration between French, German and Gabonese partners. Reuniwatt's Sky InSight (infrared all-sky imager) was used during a field campaign to monitor the evolution of clouds and evaluate their effects on water and light availability in a forest along the Atlantic coast of Central Africa. Low clouds are key components of climate. However, they are rarely well represented in weather
[Webinar Series] Renewable hybrid energy solutions: Decarbonising mines, cost reduction and energy security The mining industry faces a complex challenge: how to provide the essential resources the modern global economy needs while reducing its own environmental impact. The integration of renewables and energy storage into its power system offers a number of opportunities for mines: making production more sustainable and reducing costs, while
