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Europe’s power system – vision for carbon neutrality

Smart Energy International

The new vision document, which builds on the organisation’s ongoing network development plans and innovation roadmaps, states that three elements are key for the power system of the future.

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Hitachi drops ABB Power Grids and is now officially Hitachi Energy

Renewable Energy World

This summer Hitachi announced its intention to change its name to Hitachi Energy and drop the joint venture name it adopted when it purchased the grid business from ABB. Today, the company is announcing that the former name, Hitachi ABB Power Grids, has been officially changed to simply Hitachi Energy. a carbon-neutral future’?,

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Hitachi ABB Power Grids is supporting world’s largest wind farm with third interconnect contract

Renewable Energy World

Hitachi ABB Power Grids announced that the owners/developers of the 3.6-GW Hitachi ABB Power Grid is already delivering the interconnects for Dogger Bank A and B and the new contract is for the third phase, Dogger Bank C. Hitachi ABB Power Grids has delivered more than half of the world’s HVDC projects, it says.

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Apple has an edge over its competitors in the fight against climate change

The Verge: Energy

To be sure, a completely separate report published by a different environmental group last week casts some doubt on Apple’s recent carbon neutral claims. Most power grids don’t have enough solar and wind farms online yet to fulfill companies’ goals of becoming carbon neutral.

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Plugging into electricity’s energy challenge

Envirotec Magazine

How is technology helping to address the challenges faced by power grids? Despite popular belief, electrification does not always lead to a reduction in carbon footprint. Similarly, the US and Canada have targets to double electricity consumption and be carbon-free or net-zero by 2050. Tom Christensen writes.

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Russian firm to offer natural gas-powered EV charging in London

Charged

“Using hydrogen or an LNG/H 2 mixture instead of connecting to the power grid connection is the most efficient way to provide power on-site,” says L-Charge CEO Dmitry Lashin. Even using pure LNG to charge EVs we are already substantially reducing emissions.”.

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Group targets retired American coal plants for clean energy hubs

Renewable Energy World

The companies plan to address the growing energy storage market by approaching utilities and power generators with thermal energy solutions at facilities that are being phased out. E2S Power offers a solution to ensure security of supply while preserving important assets and power plant jobs.