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CenterPoint Energy to deploy 3 million Intelis natural gas smart meters

Smart Energy International

Itron has signed a contract with CenterPoint Energy to further modernise its natural gas distribution system with 3 million Intelis natural gas ultrasonic smart meters. In this way, it minimizes the risk of a natural gas explosion. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Behind the Buzzword: A Brief History of Energy ‘Resiliency’

GreenTechMedia

There’s no shortage of “resilience” talk in the energy industry, but it hasn’t always been that way. Resilience 101: Where we’ve been. Thirty years ago, the concept of resilience held a very different and less pressing connotation than it does today.

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IEA: ‘Historic Plunge’ in Investment Could Undermine the Energy Transition

GreenTechMedia

Coronavirus will create a $400 billion hole in energy investment in 2020, but the power sector is faring relatively well compared to oil and gas, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Going into 2020, the IEA had expected a 2 percent increase in global energy investments this year. It now expects a 20 percent drop.

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‘Reliable Energy New York’ gets go ahead

Smart Energy International

Iberdrola’s Avangrid subsidiaries New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas and Electric (RG&E) have the go ahead for their joint ‘Reliable Energy New York’ plan. RG&E serves approximately 378,500 electricity customers and 313,000 natural gas customers in the region surrounding the City of Rochester.

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An Update on Our Fund IV Investment Themes

Better Ventures

The BV Investment Team Better Ventures backs the most important companies of tomorrow that are building a sustainable, healthy, and equitable society. This is the first in a series of posts on our investment themes, which will be followed by deeper dives into each of the three categories below. a $13T opportunity.

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Hazer Group Rises as Hydrogen and Critical Minerals Powerhouse – Here’s Why

Hydrogen Fuel News

At the heart of its business model is the commercial deployment of the Hazer process – a cutting-edge technique designed to convert natural gas and similar feedstocks into hydrogen and premium graphite. This is in recognition of the company’s considerable investment in technology during the previous year.

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Macquarie eyes coal exit by 2024 as bank ramps up green investment plans

Business Green

Macquarie, Asian Development Bank, and Church of Scotland all strengthen their restrictions on fossil fuel investments. The draft document, which has been widely welcomed by environmental campaigners, forms part of a review of ADB's lending policies, with the multilateral bank's energy policy having last been updated in 2009.