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“Water shutoff ban saves lives”, says US research

Envirotec Magazine

Research highlighted at a recent water industry webinar appears to show that nearly half a million Covid-19 infections could have been prevented in the US alone if there had been a nationwide ban on water shutoffs. Access to water is vitally important for health, businesses and communities. Efficiency through innovation.

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Empowering India’s Energy Revolution with AI and Prosumers

AutoGrid

With a power grid that has been notoriously unreliable in the past, India’s goal to transform formerly passive consumers into prosumers would seem an uphill battle. The stakes are particularly high because India is the world’s third largest energy consumer.

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Connecticut powers into the lead with breakthrough customer battery program

Renewable Energy World

By Todd Olinsky-Paul, Clean Energy Group / Clean Energy States Alliance. With the long-anticipated approval of its new Statewide Electric Storage Program , Connecticut has just leapfrogged the rest of New England to become the new regional leader in distributed battery storage program development. Incentives to support goals.

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4 Big Challenges Facing FERC’s Plan to Open Up Power Markets to Distributed Energy

GreenTechMedia

Last month, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved Order 2222 , a groundbreaking effort to open up U.S. wholesale energy markets to aggregated solar systems, smart inverters, batteries, electric vehicles, smart appliances, grid-responsive building controls and other distributed energy resources (DERs).

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Small businesses want to be more energy efficient - but they need support

Business Green

SMEs must be encouraged to embrace energy efficiency measures if governments are to deliver on net zero targets, argues Carbon Trust's Laura Timlin. When focusing on the need for corporate action on climate change, many people think about the major multinationals - airlines, car manufacturers, energy companies, and food and drink brands.

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CBAM Ignites New Era of Equitable Contest in Europe

Hydrogen Fuel News

This mechanism serves as a protective shield for the EU’s climate policies, preventing them from being undermined by production relocation to countries with less stringent environmental standards or by the substitution of EU products with more carbon-intensive imports.

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Will low-carbon hydrogen will be the silver bullet in APAC?

Renewable Energy World

On Thursday the 19 th of August, the Climate Council in partnership with the law firm Shearman & Sterling, hosted an intriguing panel to discuss a major topic in the energy industry: Will low-carbon hydrogen be the silver bullet in APAC? The controversy around blue hydrogen. China’s entry into Blue H2.

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