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Smart energy benefits the people, and those who deliver it

Smart Energy International

Ahmed Ashour, CEO of utility management platform Pylon, writes about how management of our energy, water and food production will benefit greatly from the application of efficiency-enhancing smart energy technologies. This allows us to feed energy into the grid that previously was untapped or wasted.

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Is Load shedding the solution?

Smart Energy International

When the electric grid is under strain, many electric utilities use the load shedding technique to lower demand and balance it with energy production. The idea is to turn off the power supply to certain areas on a cyclical basis, for example, two hours ON, then two hours OFF. The actual power gap now exceeds 8GW.

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Gas sensor network provides early wildfire detection

Envirotec Magazine

The “solar-powered digital nose” in situ. The first live demonstration of the group’s Silvanet system of solar-powered gas sensors was recently conducted successfully in a forest near Berlin, says the firm. By adding additional sensors, the network can also be used to monitor tree health and growth.

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Lost revenue is biggest Covid risk facing utilities

Envirotec Magazine

Non-payment of customer bills poses the biggest Covid-19 threat to water utilities worldwide, one of several water industry issues discussed at a technology consultancy’s recent webinar. As a sector we are not short of new technology, however, the industry is often described as being slow to adopt.”.

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The Olympics of Geothermal – WGC 2023 experience of African participants

ThinkGeoEnergy

As such, a significant contingent of participants in the WGC 2023 came from Africa. Geothermal energy is one of the more important baseload elements for achieving carbon emission peaking and carbon neutrality. The technical committee and IGA were very supportive. Fortunately, he had a copy of the presentation in his USB drive.

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Modern-day windcatchers: How we can protect ourselves and the planet against heat

Business Green

Government, business and consumers must work together to slash the emissions of air conditioners and fridges as temperatures rise around the globe and demand for 'cooling systems' snowballs, argues Arçelik CEO Hakan Bulgurlu. Some thousands of years ago, people of the Persian Empire built strange towers with one goal in mind: to cool down.

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Water-Efficiency is No Longer a Pipe Dream: How companies are addressing the global water shortage

Sustainability Consulting

According to the Pacific Institute , prolonged droughts can also kill off fish and wildlife, produce extreme wildfires, reduce agricultural output, diminish rural communities’ supply of water, and strain the energy system. industry uses an estimated 18.2 industry uses an estimated 18.2 water consumption.