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Low carbon generation set to meet electricity demand growth – IEA

Smart Energy International

The IEA’s Electricity 2024 report records electricity demand growth easing in 2023 but is projected to accelerate over the next three years through 2026. The update finds that world demand for electricity grew by 2.2% Nuclear power generation also is expected to reach an all-time high, with growth averaging close to 3% per year.

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Energy trilemma evolving to reflect new ambitions and threats

Smart Energy International

The World Energy Council’s World Energy Trilemma 2024 report reveals changing ambitions and new challenges facing global energy systems. Energy security now encompasses the reliability of renewables, availability and accessibility or critical minerals, and resilience in the face of physical and cyber threats.

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US grid-scale energy storage installations reach new record in Q2 2023, report says

Smart Energy International

Across all segments of the industry, the US energy storage market added 5,597MWh in the second quarter of 2023, a new quarterly record. According to Wood Mackenzie and the American Clean Power Association’s (ACP) latest U.S. According to Wood Mackenzie and the American Clean Power Association’s (ACP) latest U.S.

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Smart Energy Finances: Glasgow’s SMS acquires heat pump specialist

Smart Energy International

Glasgow-based Smart Metering Systems (SMS plc), an energy infrastructure company, has acquired the domestic services division of Manchester-based heat pump specialist Evergreen Energy, which imports and distributes European-made renewable energy products.

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Report flags “overlooked” potential of groundwater

Envirotec Magazine

Making smarter use of the potential of still sparsely developed groundwater resources, and protecting them from pollution and overexploitation, is essential to meet the fundamental needs of an ever-increasing global population and to address the global climate and energy crises” says the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay.

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Technology Trending: Cyber protection for space data, battery passport, battery for hot climates

Smart Energy International

Protecting satellite imagery from fraud Satellite imagery is becoming increasingly important as a source of data for energy and water utilities, as for other sectors also. Such climates generally have abundant sun or wind and are thus ideally suited to renewable energy production. Have you read?

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New leaders at Patagonia, McDonald's, Netflix

GreenBiz

It's not necessarily that the game of musical chairs has intensified in the C-suite, but you'll note major executive moves at big apparel, food, energy, finance and technology corporations, some of which have enlisted a chief sustainability officer (CSO) or equivalent for the first time.