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EU Grid Action Plan highlights the importance of networks for the energy transition

Smart Energy International

Electricity grids that are interconnected and reliable enable the delivery of affordable and clean power for European consumers. Action 14: Commission to promote common technical requirements for generation and demand connection. Action 5: Commission to issue guidance on cross-border cost sharing for offshore projects.

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Battery-integrated chargers offer a cure for America’s weak electric infrastructure

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Adding batteries to the system offers several benefits: coupled with on-site generation, it allows charging to be offered at off-grid locations; it enables peak shaving to avoid utility demand charges; and in some cases it allows a site to avoid expensive grid connection upgrades. A battery-buffered system is just taking energy from the grid.

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Scientists Find Appalachian Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Put Endangered Species at Risk Thousands of Times

DeSmogBlog

Mountaintop removal coal mining — one of the most notoriously destructive forms of mining — has torn through over 500 mountains across Appalachia, even as coal’s dominance over American energy supplies has faded in recent years. Mountaintop removal is a form of strip mining. Image Credit: SkyTruth.

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This is climate tech

Business Green

The stunning array of technologies emerging to decarbonize the world and make it more habitable for flora, fauna and humans goes far beyond cleantech 2.0. The list is gratifyingly long, encompassing advances in carbon capture and sequestration, combined heat and power systems, crop waste recycling, building automation and biofuels.

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Why I Joined AutoGrid: Abigail Carson

AutoGrid

It can be a challenging role with juggling internal resources, competing priorities, and overlapping deadlines, but knowing that AutoGrid enables utilities to operate their distributed energy resources (DER) portfolios more efficiently makes the hard work worthwhile and rewarding. Doing Mission-Critical Work.

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Why I Joined AutoGrid: Abigail Carson

AutoGrid

It can be a challenging role with juggling internal resources, competing priorities, and overlapping deadlines, but knowing that AutoGrid enables utilities to operate their distributed energy resources (DER) portfolios more efficiently makes the hard work worthwhile and rewarding. Doing Mission-Critical Work.

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As U.S. LNG Expands in Europe, a Hidden Threat Grows

DeSmogBlog

Academics and industry professionals alike are concerned about the potential for these radioactive isotopes to build up along the LNG distribution chain and harm workers and communities in the United States and Europe. The LNG export industry has been expanding for several years. Radioactive Natural Gas’s Journey to Europe.

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