IN THE PRESS
ZPRYME NOW: Interview with Executive Director Andrea Johnson, discussing the global transition to clean energy and how to shift focus from individual wealthy customers to creating a more inclusive approach with a broad base and systemic change.
September 2020
Microgrid Knowledge: Open Source Tech Improves Microgrids inSoutheast Asia
by Lisa Cohn
"Villagers turning on just a few too many appliances can spark problems, and micro-hydro operators might have to work in pitch black to reconnect breakers. Micro-hydro systems need some kind of control system to balance the generated energy with demand. While this can happen manually, another option is..." read more
July 31, 2020
Zpryme: The Evolution of a Good Idea: Smart Grids for Small Grids
by Slok Gyawali
"Years before Green Empowerment’s Open Source campaign to design smarter more reliable microgrids, partner engineers were tinkering with circuits to make thetechnology work. Working across vast geographic differences such as Malaysia, thePhilippines, Italy, and the UK, engineers collaborated to solve load distribution problems..." read more
August 6, 2020
From the Archives
IEEE Spectrum: How Nicaraguan Villagers Built Their Own Electric Grid
by Lucas Laursen