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Plugging into electricity’s energy challenge

Envirotec Magazine

How is technology helping to address the challenges faced by power grids? Similarly, the US and Canada have targets to double electricity consumption and be carbon-free or net-zero by 2050. The increasing use of renewably generated energy is a major shift in the way that we generate and distribute power to and across a nation.

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IP/MPLS secures the journey to a net-zero emissions future

Smart Energy International

Dominique Verhulst, head of utilities for Nokia, writes on how, in line with this need, utilities are turning to IP/MPLS networks for their grid modernisation. Around the world, governments, enterprises and utilities have set ambitious goals to reduce carbon emissions on their journey toward net zero in 2050.

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How Microsoft Plans To Eliminate All The Carbon It Ever Emitted

R-Squared Energy

to become carbon negative by 2030, and by 2050 to remove from the environment more carbon than they have emitted since they were founded. 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. .

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T3 Transformation: A New Chapter for Net-zero Carbon Intelligent Campus

Smart Energy International

The global investment into the energy transition is predicted to reach US$131 trillion by 2050; China’s investment alone will reach CNY138 trillion (nearly US$22 trillion) and over CNY1 trillion will be invested to net-zero carbon intelligent campuses during the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025). Hu has a Ph.D.

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The case for raising up women in climate tech

GreenBiz

By empowering women and girls globally, Project Drawdown calculated that we could avoid 120 billion tons of emissions by 2050. economy to net-zero emissions by 2050. Among the 80 solutions evaluated for their potential to reverse global warming, educating girls and ensuring women have access to family planning resources ranked No.

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Online Event - VERGE Energy Conference

Green Market Oracle

The State of Vehicle-Grid Integration (Panel Discussion): The vehicle-to-grid market is finally about to kick off in earnest. California is in the process of setting important policy targets that will help stimulate the positive benefits of using electric vehicles for the power grid. How will this market unfold?