The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The Gansu Wind Complex, China The Gansu Wind Complex stands as a testament to China’s commitment to renewable energy and sustainable development. Unveiling the Giant: Gansu Wind Complex The Gansu Wind Complex is one of the world’s largest wind power installations, covering vast expanses of the Gansu Province in northwestern China.

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Business Green

APRIL 21, 2021

Industry groups welcome move that promises to unlock a new era for clean technologies and flexible grids. A growing number of energy companies are offering so-called time of use tariffs, which see prices change during the day to reflect peaks and troughs in capacity. Market-wide half-hourly settlement is a vital enabler of flexibility.

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The Environmental Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

In total, the maritime industry’s carbon emissions only make up 3% of the total emissions worldwide. It’s not much compared to other big industries but a study has found this figure may rise to as much as 17% by 2050 if the industry doesn’t become more sustainable. Increased use of cleaner fuel.

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Business Green

APRIL 15, 2021

Corporate clean energy initiative now boasts 300 members after Heineken, Epson, Novartis and LG Energy Solution pledged to switch their operations to renewables. In a blog post, RE100 said its growth had been driven by the falling costs of renewable energy generation and soaring corporate awareness of the impacts of climate change.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Maintaining healthy, comfortable buildings can be expensive in Minnesota — especially during polar vortex events. Warren, a small city in Northern Minnesota, is offering an innovative public service: images that reveal building heat loss, captured by drones. Warren does not generate its own electricity. How can they save energy?

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AutoGrid

AUGUST 6, 2019

Energy-Storage Control Options: Optimizing Batteries for Maximum Value. In this blog, we discuss energy-storage control options to manage battery storage units. Controlling Battery Charging and Discharging. It may do so at a variable-phase angle to inject or absorb reactive power. By Adam Todorski.

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AutoGrid

AUGUST 6, 2019

Energy-Storage Control Options: Optimizing Batteries for Maximum Value. In this blog, we discuss energy-storage control options to manage battery storage units. Controlling Battery Charging and Discharging. It may do so at a variable-phase angle to inject or absorb reactive power. By Adam Todorski.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Increased awareness of the negative impact of business on the environment is driving companies to develop sustainable and climate-friendly goods and services. The new industry could mean big benefits for businesses that pay attention to these trends and work to take advantage of the new category. The Basics of ClimateTech.

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Business Green

APRIL 9, 2020

Between video calls, collaboration applications and streaming services, data centers are working overdrive - proving why energy efficiency matters more than ever. One obvious exception: the world's data centers and internet infrastructure, which are experiencing an unprecedented spike in usage. How much more efficient?

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

How much energy do we need and where do we need it? Summary - The world needs 384 TWh of energy per day, of which 87% comes from fossil fuels. Energy is needed in 3 sectors, to do 3 things (3x3 rule). The sectors are transportation, industry and buildings. Ok, this is more than just one question.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Itron has launched its Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Optimiser solution, which enables EV charging assets to work in harmony with the grid. Itron’s initial focus for the solution will be on the fleet segment to address potential locational capacity constraints and the need for charging operators to optimise their energy consumption.

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Clean Energy Trust

AUGUST 30, 2019

August Cleantech Roundup: Energy Storage is Growing, Cleantech Startup are Fundraising, and Scooters are Driving Themselves Clean Energy Trust’s cleantech roundup highlights interesting cleantech news and perspective, across industry, technology policy, and investing. Of Note Batteries. Lots of Batteries.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

These 20 C-suite executives have steered their companies forward through much disruption, providing inspiration for the possibilities of advancing sustainability, social responsibility and circular business models — sometimes all at once. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

MAY 14, 2021

New York’s recent legalization of recreational marijuana for adult use has set off a flurry of entrepreneurial activity as businesses seek to establish a foothold in the State’s new and lucrative market. Due to their fans, lights, and 24/7 operation, indoor cannabis farms and manufacturing facilities consume a lot of electricity.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 30, 2021

A technical, environmental and economical evaluation from a shipowner’s perspective by Gilles Hagen Summary - This thesis performs a technical, economical and environmental feasibility study of dense hydrogen carriers as a fuel to power the largest semi-submersible offshore crane vessel in the world – Heerema’s Sleipnir. Download Full Report.

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The Environmental Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2022

According to a recent survey , the general public expects businesses to do more for climate change, and more than 40% of consumers have already changed their buying habits accordingly. Furthermore, sustainability often reduces business costs and improves efficiency. Start with the business infrastructure. Reduce Waste.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

MAY 14, 2021

New York’s recent legalization of recreational marijuana for adult use has set off a flurry of entrepreneurial activity as businesses seek to establish a foothold in the State’s new and lucrative market. Due to their fans, lights, and 24/7 operation, indoor cannabis farms and manufacturing facilities consume a lot of electricity.

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AutoGrid

JULY 27, 2023

At the recent National Association of Regulatory Commission (NARUC) Summer Policy Summit, I saw up close the growing concern about grid reliability among state regulators, utilities and the industry at large. Electricity demand is expected to grow more rapidly with accelerated electrification across the building and transportation sectors.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 22, 2019

It was during a “CO2 Conference” in Rotterdam and I was listening to a presentation about “the Energy Transition”. These captains of industry have experienced quite some challenging situations in their career. Every single one of them stated that the energy transition is difficult. And what does “Final Energy” mean?

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 2, 2020

How to (possibly) create the largest zero-emission vessel in the world Summary - This blog sketches a vision on how to convert the largest crane vessel in the world - Sleipnir - owned by Heerema Marine Contractors, to a zero-emission vessel. Why push for zero-emission vessels, if the marine industry is only a small part of the total problem?

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 22, 2014

Article originally published on Technica Communications blog. Today, transportation is witnessing another technological shift to electric plug-in and extended range vehicles. MW of energy each day. “We That amount of power is like displacing over 500 gallons of fuel.” That’s a charging load of approximately 7.5

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AutoGrid

MAY 16, 2023

Microgrids and VPPs are similar concepts and are playing an increasingly vital role in the development of a more decentralized and clean power delivery system. Yet they are not one in the same, as was delineated in this previous blog entitled How DER Growth Feeds Synergy Between VPPs, DERMS and Microgrids. Department of Energy (DOE).

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In EBCE’s service area, PG&E is continuing to implement Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events, proactively shutting off power to thousands of customers to prevent accidental wildfires. While power shutoff events may reduce community risk to wildfires they can also deeply impact residents and businesses.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

These 20 C-suite executives have steered their companies forward through much disruption, providing inspiration for the possibilities of advancing sustainability, social responsibility and circular business models — sometimes all at once. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 17, 2022

The carbon footprint of a business is the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions released by an organization. More and more businesses are disclosing their carbon footprint due to increased stakeholder pressure and as a response to climate change. . 18 ways business leaders can lower their carbon footprint .

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Clean Energy Trust

APRIL 6, 2021

Plus: Clean Energy Trust portfolio company Varuna shows up on the Google homepage, Jigar Shah is heading to the DOE, and BNEF puts out more graphs about energy than you can shake a stick at. On the one hand, we’re seeing top tier automakers integrate vertically by bringing battery manufacturing capacity in house. A few things.

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AutoGrid

MAY 19, 2022

Virtual Power Plants: How Disparate DERs Can Be Integrated into a Single, Dispatchable Resource: Part I. For decades, utilities have used Demand Response (DR) and Distributed Energy Resources (DER) as the basis for reducing peak demand, reducing coincident peaks, managing circuit-specific issues, and assisting the grid in emergencies.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Noah Garcia is a policy principal at Advanced Energy Economy, an industry association for clean energy companies across technologies. * * *. FERC continued in 2020 to double down on new wholesale market rules challenging states’ ability to implement clean energy and environmental policies.

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AutoGrid

MARCH 15, 2023

What is a Virtual Power Plant (VPP)? By Peter Asmus, Director of Strategic Marketing Buzzwords are popping up in the new energy landscape, and chief among them is the term “virtual power plant” or VPP. Back in 2012, most VPPs did not include energy storage whereas today, storage is often viewed as a fundamental building block.

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

This blog reveals why we are addicted, and provides a possible methadone that is needed to transform the transportation, buildings and industry sector. This is a review of an article from the Financial Times , which first appeared in February 2020 just before the fossil fuel industry had its worst year ever.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

How business can lead the way. Kate Brandt , Google’s Lead for Sustainability, emphasized how businesses can lead the way in promoting a “circular economy” that’s more than just a buzzword. Google, the largest corporate non-utility buyer of renewable energy in the world, is well positioned to lead the way. The company’s vision?

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Mearth

JANUARY 30, 2021

You might obtain one copy of any copyrighted material for your personal, non-commercial house use only. The Seattle Symphony will continue sharing performances that provide power, consolation, and joy. That offers you a direct link to help through a monitoring center without buying any extra safety tools.

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