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Technology will boost real-time monitoring of remote peatlands

Envirotec Magazine

Researchers will develop new ways to monitor carbon emissions from vast swathes of peatland after winning almost half a million pounds to develop new sensors that can be used in remote areas. Peatlands store around one-third of the world’s soil carbon, playing a vital role in reducing carbon emissions and combatting climate change.

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Electric dreams: Innovators step up at the Scottish Green Energy Awards in Edinburgh

Envirotec Magazine

The UK’s first all-electric intercity bus service drove off with a top prize at the Scottish Green Energy Awards on 1 December. Ember, whose low-emission coaches can complete a 130-mile round trip to Edinburgh and Dundee on one charge, were proud winners of the Carbon Reduction Award.

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Most innovative energy start-ups recognised in German awards

Envirotec Magazine

Fifteen start-ups deemed to have the most innovative business models in the field of energy transition and climate protection were celebrated at an award ceremony in Berlin on 28 March – recipients of The Start Up Energy Transition Award (SET Award) administered in part by the German Energy Agency ( dena ).

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Data innovations drive National Grid smart meter project

Smart Energy International

British distributor National Grid (formerly Western Power Distribution) has launched the new Smart Meter Innovations and Test Network (SMITN) project. Smart meters and heat pumps to drive Belgian domestic flexibility Energy Transitions Podcast: Optimising smart meter installations and project execution. “The

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Monitoring an important greenhouse gas (Sponsored content)

Envirotec Magazine

Scientists at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands have employed Vaisala carbon dioxide sensors in their research greenhouses for over a decade. Carbon dioxide in greenhouses. This programme monitors and displays the effects of a grower’s dosing strategy.

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Technology Trending: The metering edition – 100 million smart meters, smart meter data in Japan, Kaifa

Smart Energy International

100 million smart meters and counting by Gridspertise, a new era for smart meter data in Japan and Kaifa going OSGP and Sigfox are on the week’s technology radar. 100 million smart meters and counting by Gridspertise, a new era for smart meter data in Japan and Kaifa going OSGP and Sigfox are on the week’s technology radar.

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Report details China’s complex energy landscape and its enormous green energy shift

Envirotec Magazine

Wind is China’s largest source of electricity after coal and hydropower, delivering 9.4% of the total electricity supply in 2023. The seeming enormity of the green energy shift taking place in China is given shape by what’s described as the most comprehensive English-language report on China’s energy transition.