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Plugging into electricity’s energy challenge

Envirotec Magazine

How is technology helping to address the challenges faced by power grids? According to the International Energy Agency, global electricity demand rose by more than 6% in 2021, the largest increase since the recovery from the financial crisis in 2010. The energy distribution model is becoming decentralised.

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Coronavirus, the stay-at-home workstyle, and cloud energy consumption

Business Green

Between video calls, collaboration applications and streaming services, data centers are working overdrive - proving why energy efficiency matters more than ever. One obvious exception: the world's data centers and internet infrastructure, which are experiencing an unprecedented spike in usage. How much more efficient?

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything. Jacobson’s Early Story.

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Is There Enough Biomass to Fuel the World? Part II

Mr. Sustainability

How much energy do we need and where do we need it? Summary - The world needs 384 TWh of energy per day, of which 87% comes from fossil fuels. Energy is needed in 3 sectors, to do 3 things (3x3 rule). The things we need energy for (applications) are heating, transport and electricity. I’ll explain later.

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Your ‘Love Is Blind’ addiction is not heating the planet … yet

Grist

billion — Fortune Magazine published a more-alarming statistic : Streaming the nearly five-minute video that many times required as much computing power “as 40,000 U.S. homes use in a year.”. And all that computational activity takes energy. That’s mainly thanks to improvements in energy efficiency. Curbing energy use.

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Why There Won't Be A 'Nest For Water'.

Varuna

Most utility industry folk, and investors who are bullish on energy-tech, point to Nest as the poster child of a successful product that snuck into the power utility industry and created a new ‘market’. Nest also partnered with solar companies, hardware stores (Lowes/Home Depot) etc. Or at least claim to do so.

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Why There Won’t Be A ‘Nest For Water’.

Seyi Fabode

Most utility industry folk, and investors who are bullish on energy-tech, point to Nest as the poster child of a successful product that snuck into the power utility industry and created a new ‘market’. Nest also partnered with solar companies, hardware stores (Lowes/Home Depot) etc. Or at least claim to do so.