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How critical and emergency services can benefit from battery power

Smart Energy International

As blackouts become more common due to the severity of climate change, sources of continuous battery backup power can be one less headache—and a life-saving advantage—to fire departments and emergency services already faced with rising costs and operational challenges, explains Lance Honea of Swell Energy. are volunteers.

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New 30MW tidal energy project unveiled in Orkney

Envirotec Magazine

Tidal energy firm Orbital Marine Power (Orbital) has been awarded an Option Agreement from Crown Estate Scotland for a new tidal energy project in the Westray Firth. We’re proud to be building that vision in Orkney with this investment in our Westray Project.”

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Why Most US Utilities Are Failing to Make the Most of Their Smart Meters

GreenTechMedia

Advanced metering infrastructure — the two-way communicating smart meters that now serve more than half of U.S. These are all proven methods to improve energy efficiency, and they can really add up when multiplied across millions of customers. Energy efficiency: Not in utilities' best interest?

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Market-wide half-hourly settlement – the data revolution unlocking net zero in UK

Smart Energy International

The UK electricity industry is undergoing the biggest change since privatisation in 1991 with the rollout of the national Market-wide Half-Hourly Settlement (MHHS) programme, writes Lacey Montague, chief strategy officer at IMServ. And just what does this data enable?

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Defective Meters and Whistleblower Complaints Raise Questions About Gas Utility’s Profits

DeSmogBlog

A little over a decade ago, Gary Dye, then a gas measurement engineer at NW Natural, Oregon’s largest gas utility, lost faith in his employer to responsibly deal with what he believed to be systematic inaccuracies among the company’s hundreds of thousands of gas meters. Faulty Meters Raise Questions About Profits.

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Steps taken by Government of India in Promoting Energy Efficient Buildings

Econaur

Energy Efficiency in Buildings. With the current rate of urbanization and the subsequent increase in energy demand, energy efficiency in buildings has a significant role to play in contributing to energy security in developing countries. In conventional Indian buildings, energy consumption is 200 kWh per sq.

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Utilities plus telcos: The case for an arranged marriage

GreenBiz

The notion of power utilities and telecommunications companies combining or working together is not new. Too often, however, regulators stand in the way of a more meaningful, holistic strategy for bringing these clearly compatible, symbiotic industries together. Telco plus utility = Energy savings and modernized infrastructure.