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Home Depot announces sustainability fixes across its business

Business Green

US DIY retail giant publishes annual ESG Report, detailing how it has cut electricity usage by 50 per cent across its portfolio since 2010. It added that it has now managed to cut electricity usage by 50 per cent across its entire US portfolio since 2010 thanks to a raft of energy saving measures.

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Hanwha Q Cells to Buy Storage Software Startup Geli to Tackle C&I Market

GreenTechMedia

Over the past decade, Geli has seen its software put to use to design, install and operate megawatts of grid-connected and behind-the-meter battery and microgrid projects. In 2017, battery software startup Greensmith was bought by Wartsila and German energy storage software and project owner Younicos was bought by Aggreko.

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Tory MPs propose free power for households living near new wind farms

Business Green

MPs on influential 1922 Committee publish proposals for reforming energy markets to tackle 'energy trilemma', including plans to revive the Department of Energy and Climate Change. This report recommends reforms for the next phase of the UK's energy system, with a focus on all three legs of the trilemma," she added.

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DistribuTech: Itron and Landis+Gyr Take Smart Meter Energy Disaggregation Mainstream

GreenTechMedia

SAN ANTONIO — Energy disaggregation is a term of art for technologies that can parse out energy usage of individual loads like air conditioning, heating, lighting and appliances, simply by analyzing single sources of data like smart meter feeds or circuit-level sensors. ” Gupta said.

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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.

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Struggling Distributed Wind Sector Eyes Role in Microgrids Market

GreenTechMedia

Distributed wind is often forgotten in discussions about clean energy sources. Although lawmakers eventually passed an extension of the federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for small wind turbines, recent years have not been kind to the distributed wind industry, even as growing attention has been paid to behind-the-meter solar and storage.