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GreenCom Lands Funding to Expand IoT Home Energy Controls in Europe and Beyond

GreenTechMedia

Centrica’s 2019 investment , for example, cemented GreenCom’s role in providing the IoT backbone for the home energy services related to Centrica’s Hive smart home devices , now used by about 1.7 Enabling European virtual power plants. million customers. The company declined to provide more details on the partnership.

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Managing power grid complexity: The 5 biggest priorities for utilities in 2024

Smart Energy International

In today’s distributed energy system, managing power grid complexity is challenging. But grid operators are often handling these changes with an ageing infrastructure that wasn’t built with a distributed energy system in mind. This puts enormous pressure on power generation,transmission and the distribution network.

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The case for raising up women in climate tech

GreenBiz

percent in 2020, according to Crunchbase figures. Growing up in the Niger Delta exposed Eneyo early in life to the realities of both grid failure and the ecological and social devastation caused by the oil and gas industry. Unfortunately, the trend lines for women entrepreneurs aren’t as heartening — at least not yet. .

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Startup UtilityAPI raises $10M in Series A round

Smart Energy International

In 2020, Hampton, UtilityAPI’s CEO, took to social media to hold up a mirror to his industry, writing, “As a clean energy leader and a black man, I often go to conferences and gatherings where I am one of a few, if not the only black person in the room.”. This article was originally published on Power Grid International.

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Targeting grid resilience with digitalisation

Smart Energy International

New solutions for a digital grid are being pioneered by Gridspertise building on Enel’s positioning over two decades at the forefront of advances. According to US federal data, there were more than 180 major disruptions in 2020, compared with fewer than two dozen in 2000.

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How Microsoft Plans To Eliminate All The Carbon It Ever Emitted

R-Squared Energy

In January 2020, Microsoft launched a company-wide focus on sustainability by announcing an? The project is also a blueprint for how energy providers can adapt as the falling price of solar panels enables distributed electric power generation throughout the existing electric power grid. . Houston Ion Building : On Dec.

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Online Event - VERGE Energy Conference

Green Market Oracle

VERGE Energy Conference (VERGE 20) will take place on October 26-30, 2020. The State of Vehicle-Grid Integration (Panel Discussion): The vehicle-to-grid market is finally about to kick off in earnest. All access pass $99 until September 11, 2020. What can we learn from these early implementations? Click here to register.