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Urban grids are ‘feeling the heat’, IEA reports

Smart Energy International

Power grids in many cities are being pushed to the edge of their operating limits with increased cooling demand and other climate change impacts, the IEA has reported. In China alone, in 2023 a 70% year-on-year increase in air conditioner sales was recorded.

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Maneuvering Through Daytime Energy Rates for Economic Efficiency

The Environmental Blog

While nocturnal electricity use generally sees lower demand and subsequently lower rates, its daytime usage, with air conditioners whirring, appliances running, and electronic devices charging, tends to drive up utility bills. Daytime energy rates are primarily a response to peak demand periods.

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Keeping it cool: O2 data centres aim to take the heat off carbon emissions

Business Green

Mobile giant reveals plans to harness new smart cooling technologies to slash emissions from its data centres. O2 has announced plans to harness smart cooling technology to save energy at its data centres and core network sites to the tune of one million kilograms of CO2 every year. Data centre cooling is a great example," she said.

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Introduction to Intelligent Power Management

The Environmental Blog

In many cases, this includes heating and cooling buildings, preparing hot water, lighting, and operating electronic devices and machines. Many measures, such as optimizing heating and cooling systems or switching to energy- efficient lighting , can be implemented with little effort and still lead to significant savings.

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Argonne National Laboratory - Can a roof's material cool the outside air and lower energy demand? An Argonne study says it can

Global Renewable News

With increasingly warming temperatures during the summer months, urban cities like Chicago need to arm decision makers and communities with information about strategies to help keep their residents co.

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Tech Talk | The AI energy challenge

Smart Energy International

Data centres, crypto mining and AI are ultimately different sides of the same coin, requiring banks of processors churning away often on a 24/7 basis with their need for energy for operations, cooling and other associated tasks such as communications for the in and out data flows.

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The Power of Smarter Data In Utilities

Bidgely

This includes being able to more confidently plan grid optimization that accounts for DER adoption and demand-side shocks, and uncovering untapped opportunities for load management. Bottom-up hourly end-use demand data. An essential tool in a utility user’s toolbox, is an 8760 demand curve. Data that Makes a Difference.