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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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A Blockchain-Enabled Smart Meter for Clean Power Trading?

GreenTechMedia

Blockchain’s energy sector uses range from the highly speculative—think peer-to-peer energy trading using cryptocurrency raised in initial coin offerings (ICOs)—to more incremental efforts, grounded in real-world challenges of operating an increasingly decentralized power grid. are testing it out. are testing it out.

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Mining Giants Embrace Renewables, But Decarbonization Remains a Steep Climb

GreenTechMedia

Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto announced last week that it will build its first in-house solar plant to power mine operations, adding to a slew of recent renewable energy pledges from mining companies. Another mining behemoth, Anglo American, will only use renewable energy for its Chilean operations after 2021.

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World Energy Storage Day: a global platform for the energy industry’s potential

Smart Energy International

Who should join the World Energy Storage Day? World Energy Storage Day (WESD) is a global movement. Also of interest: India’s EV market to grow at CAGR of 49% between 2021-2030: IESA report India’s energy transition special supplement.

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Tracking Climate Action: How the World Can Still Limit Warming to 1.5 Degrees C

The City Fix

Today’s climate change headlines often seem at odds with each other. One day, it’s catastrophic wildfires wreaking havoc around the world; the next, it’s an optimistic piece on the rapid scale-up of solar and wind power. Taken together, such stories.

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China Finances Most Coal Plants Built Today

DeSmogBlog

The International Energy Agency warns in a new analysis that if the world hopes to reach net zero emissions by 2050, widely seen as necessary to meet the Paris climate agreement goals, there should be no investment in new fossil fuel supply projects or in new coal-fired power plants that don’t capture their carbon emissions. China Talks.

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How green hydrogen could completely reshape the global energy map

Business Green

Driven by net zero, hydrogen could make up 12 per cent of global energy use by 2050, according to IRENA. The geopolitical ramifications of the green energy transition have long been contemplated by foreign policy wonks. But it isn't just cheap and abundant wind, solar and batteries which threaten the dominance of oil and gas.