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Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan

GreenBiz

The global COVID-19 pandemic is a historic Black Swan event that offers a Green Swan of opportunities to harvest innovation from 50 years of converging exponential technologies. To lessen the impact of current and future Black Swan events, we have Green Swan solutions that are ready to deploy on behalf of preparedness and resilience.

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As Renewables Surge, Australia Ponders Options for Demand Response Market

GreenTechMedia

One of the big questions is around demand response, and who will oversee a market that has only started emerging in Australia. Australia lags behind most of Europe and North America in the provision of demand response, which means grid operators have to ensure generation matches consumption at all times.

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In focus: How to push climate resilience up the corporate agenda

Business Green

Climate change isn’t a 'side of desk' activity, yet corporate efforts to bolster resilience are failing to keep pace with worsening climate impacts - BusinessGreen Intelligence's latest trend report explores how firms should respond to escalating climate risks "The wolf is at the door," warns Greenpeace UK's head of politics, Rebecca Newsom.

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ComEd to lead impact study of climate change on the grid

Smart Energy International

Changing climatic patterns are expected to bring operational challenges, while electrification for decarbonisation will result in more reliance on the grid as electricity demand increases in sectors such as transport and industry. Have you read? Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Ed’s note: Smart meters – still a cornerstone of utility operations

Smart Energy International

Over the past few years, we have seen an acceleration in the need for the deployment of renewables, the growth of storage, the emergence of widespread electric vehicle infrastructure, the mainstreaming of new enablers such as blockchain, the shift of intelligence to the edge, the race for hydrogen and more. Smart Meter 2.0, Have you read?

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Crypto mining and data centres – the green challenge

Smart Energy International

Crypto mining operations and data centres are both in essence banks of IT systems – energy hungry with the demand for round-the-clock computation and the necessary cooling. An example is crypto miner Hive Blockchain Technologies, which is partnering with demand response specialist Sympower to deliver flexibility to Sweden’s grid.

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Technology Trending: REC transactions and energy consumption matching

Smart Energy International

eFORT project to enhance European grid resilience Now is the time to get serious about Europe’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism The initiative involved collecting data from multiple sources, including solar panels, generators and energy storage systems, to calculate the rate of green energy production into the grid. Have you read?