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Q&A: Gearing up for smart meter mass rollout

Envirotec Magazine

Smart meters are prominent in water companies’ 2025-2030 business plans, in line with regulatory expectations for large-scale rollouts. What are the key benefits of smart meters for utilities and their customers? What are the key benefits of smart meters for utilities and their customers?

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Home energy usage data goes under spotlight in UK

Smart Energy International

A new Energy Demand Observatory and Laboratory will gather data on energy usage in UK homes, in order to inform future measures to reduce carbon emissions. Smart meter data – new uses under investigation in GB Unlocking smart meter data for research. Have you read? Data collection. Dynamic research.

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IoT and cloud analytics network to preemptively mitigate wildfires

Smart Energy International

Dryad Networks (Dryad), an environmental IoT startup based in Berlin, has launched its Silvanet, a solar-powered, cloud analytics-incorporated sensor network aimed at delivering ultra-early detection and forest monitoring for wildfires. According to the United Nations (UN), wildfires are likely to increase by a third by 2050.

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Even if it ain’t broke, you still oughta fix it

Envirotec Magazine

Making FMCG manufacturing more sustainable using intelligent energy management. Reducing Scope 1 GHG emissions in the order of magnitude that is necessary to meet 2050 net zero targets will entail optimising and modifying existing plant and processes – even if they are working perfectly.

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New startup project ‘nudges’ seafarers to reduce ship emissions

Envirotec Magazine

Behavioural change startup Signol launched a seemingly first-of-its kind project with Stolt Tankers on 11 September, aiming to further reduce shipping emissions by using IoT data to help seafarers understand the impact of their actions on overall fuel consumption and CO2 emissions and motivate them to adopt new behaviours.

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Accelerating energy transition by forming virtual power plants on blockchain

Renewable Energy World

Influenced by the increasing penetration of “behind-the-meter” distributed energy resources (DER), power systems are experiencing a paradigm shift from a centralized structure to a decentralized one. million rooftop solar power systems installed in total, as of 31 December 2020. Increase in DER integration.

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The rise of smart water

Envirotec Magazine

Smart water metering. The first two items: smart metering and leak detection, are more about building awareness of what’s happening, and supporting access to live to monitor water consumption and wastage. It could enable the introduction of bespoke water charges that depend on the usage in peak vs off-peak hours.