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Portland General Electric Turns to Data to Achieve “Net Zero by 2040” Goal

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Hear Portland General Electric’s Larry Bekkedahl in a fireside chat, as we discuss the role that data is playing in helping the utility achieve “Net Zero by 2040” in the on-demand session from UA Summit 2021 called “ Unlocking Operational Outcomes: Digital Transformation and Clean Energy Initiatives with AMI Data.”.

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Reaching COP28 energy goals requires real VPP progress in 2024

Smart Energy International

Power grids globally must be upgraded by 2040 to keep the lights on. And while these upgrades will likely cost trillions, virtual power plants (VPPs), writes Autogrid’s Gisela Glandt , can curb these costs to the tune of $10B annually. Have you read?

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Con Edison awards $30 million contract for energy efficiency programme

Smart Energy International

US utility Con Edison has awarded consulting firm ICF with a $30 million contract for the management and implementation of the energy firm’s residential consumer energy efficiency programme. ICF and Con Edison have partnered on energy efficiency projects implementation and optimisation over the past 15 years.

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Demand-side emission reduction key to meeting decarbonization goals, report says

Renewable Energy World

New study from Brattle Group and Oracle shows utility customer action can be twice as impactful as current clean energy supply policies in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Related: Could energy efficiency and demand response solve Texas’ energy woes? Consumer action essential to quick wins in GHG reductions.

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Sustainable city valued at $1bn to drive net zero goals

Smart Energy International

OMRAN Group and Diamond Developers have launched ‘The Sustainable City – Yiti’, which has an investment value of nearly $1 billion. It will be a fully integrated, urban, mixed-use master project spread over an area of 1 million square meters. These hope to align with Oman Vision 2040 and the national tourism strategy.

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Greentown Sector Pitch Day Explores Decarbonizing Existing Buildings?

Greentown Labs

For the first edition of 2022, we turned our attention to decarbonizing existing buildings—a focus critical to climate action, given that about two-thirds of today’s total building area will still exist in 2040. government and make them searchable to residential and commercial sectors using a property’s address.

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5 States Blazing the Trail for Integrating Distributed Energy Resources

GreenTechMedia

Distributed energy resources (DERs) is an expansive term, including everything from backup generators to microgrids. In some states with 100 percent clean energy mandates, like California and Hawaii, the focus is on solar — lots and lots of it — and the tools needed to integrate this massive new grid edge resource.