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Britain’s smart meter programme – more needs to be done

Smart Energy International

Britain’s smart meter programme has failed to hit targets and secure public support, the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has reported. In that period the deadlines have been pushed back three times and the targets reduced from “all homes and small businesses” to have smart meters by the target date to the current 74.5%

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SK Forsyning’s integration platform designed to support energy sector needs

Smart Energy International

Have you read: Tampa Electric pilots community microgrid platform The flexible, digital grid platform of the future. Let’s say we decide to replace our meter retrieval system tomorrow. The other platforms had problems delivering the exact timestamp required to handle meter data, but KMD Utilihive handles the task to perfection.

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Net zero: Green grid innovation takes centre stage in UK energy sector plans

Business Green

Energy Networks Association and National Grid reveal plans to harness green and flexible energy technologies through latest innovation strategies. The coronavirus crisis reminds us of electricity's indispensable role in our lives," he wrote in a blogpost.

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Global Briefing: Coronavirus crisis will have 'negligible' impact on emissions without green recovery, study warns

Business Green

It estimates that if the recovery emulates the recovery from the 2008 financial crisis then global temperature will rise by more than 1.5C A new report published in the journal Scientific Reports has warned that extreme droughts are set to become much more frequent across central Europe in the coming decades as climate impacts escalate.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Often working from home themselves, they empathized with employees and other stakeholders, some refusing to issue layoffs. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. and globally by 2040.

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Price and provenance: Does the UK have an appetite for eco-labels on food?

Business Green

Between 2008 and 2019, the average amount of meat eaten each day per person in the UK fell from just under 104g to a little more than 86g, according to the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey. Eating sustainably needn't cost a fortune and lots of people making small changes to their diet can make a big difference for our planet.".

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

An Awe-Inspiring Place The Arctic, also affectionately called the North Pole and home to Santa Claus, has always been a magical place that captivated our imagination. With the Northern sea routes available all year, costs for transporting goods (especially from Asia to Europe and the U.S.) Good news for boats, bad news for polar bears.