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Smart meter network passes 20 million milestone

Envirotec Magazine

The firm behind the telecommunications infrastructure underpinning the UK’s smart meters rollout, the Data Communications Company (DCC), says the 20 millionth smart meter has been connected to its national network. The group’s CEO, Angus Flett, said: “These 20 million meters have been added in less than 4 years.

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EPA Requirements for Monitoring Buried Carbon Emissions Are Too Weak: New Report 

DeSmogBlog

The nation’s top environmental regulator doesn’t have sufficient rules to monitor leaks from carbon capture projects, according to an environmental watchdog’s new report. The agency also lets operators largely set the terms for the methods they use to monitor for leaks, as well as for the duration of the monitoring.

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Capgemini and Schneider Electric collaborate on Energy Command Center solution

Smart Energy International

Capgemini and Scheider Electric are collaborating on the Energy Command Center solution to help organisation with smarter and greener facility management and energy efficiency. We share this vision and commitment with Schneider Electric. “We

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Transforming concrete from a carbon problem to a carbon solution

Envirotec Magazine

Accurately measuring the veracity of claims has become a key issue in the private sector’s Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM), which is increasingly emphasising the need to monitor, verify, and report the amount of CO2 that is actually captured and stored. Carbonaide’s technology utilises CO2 to produce a carbonate mineral.

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‘Deeply Troubling’ Lack of UK North Sea Oil and Gas Monitoring

DeSmogBlog

This month, the company awarded the UK’s first ever licences for carbon capture and storage (CCS), which it said “could store up to 30 million tonnes of CO2 per year”. However, the role of CCS in the energy transition is hotly contested. In 2022, £65,000 fine was imposed on Equinor, the firm that owns much of the new Rosebank oilfield.

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Flexidao to scale Google’s carbon-free energy tracking globally

Smart Energy International

Barcelona-headquartered digital solution provider Flexidao is collaborating with Google to track and validate its carbon-free energy portfolio across the globe. They are helping us accelerate our electricity management and verification process and provide us with an end-to-end solution for 24/7 carbon-fee energy reporting.”

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Virtual power plants: the importance of integrating smart-enabled tech with microgeneration

Envirotec Magazine

Jordan Brompton is co-founder of myenergi, a UK designer and manufacturer of renewable energy products. Jordan Brompton explains how developments in smart tech are enabling increasingly eco-conscious consumers to more easily and effectively transition towards off-grid renewable energy.