Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2022

How is technology helping to address the challenges faced by power grids? To effectively manage the energy supply power grid requires the collaboration between both information technology (IT) and operations technology (OT) expertise. Tom Christensen is Global Technology Advisor and Executive Analyst at Hitachi Vantara.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Led by an interagency working group, the “Net-Zero Game Changers Initiative” will direct billions of dollars under the bipartisan infrastructure law, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act toward five initial priorities: Efficient Building Heating and Cooling , including refrigerants with low global warming potential; Net-Zero Aviation (..)

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 25, 2021

Burns & McDonnell said on Monday that it was selected by LG Energy Solution and Sustainable Environmental Renewable (SER) Capital Partners to provide engineer-procure-construct (EPC) services for three 10-MW/20-MWh lithium-ion, stand-alone battery energy storage systems. The three facilities are located in the West Texas region.

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AutoGrid

MAY 24, 2023

This term – bidirectional – is related to V2G in that it refers to the ability of EVs to not place a load burden on utility power grids but instead offer up a compelling solution to meeting peak demands while lowering emissions, accelerating the transition to a zero carbon energy economy.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

With regard to increasingly volatile electricity markets, battery storage can be used to profitably market storage capacity while having a stabilizing effect on our power grids,” explained Florian Schönberger, CTO of VISPIRON Energy. Have you read? Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

As our digital dependency grows and more companies turn to cloud computing and increase their data storage needs, there has been a growing spotlight on the data centre industry and its sustainable development. Why data centres and sustainability have often been at odds. Distributed grids: A promising solution. Image: Eaton.

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AutoGrid

JUNE 20, 2023

With this comes a surge in electricity use, mostly from cooling systems. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is predicting a historic demand of over 80,000 MW , putting immense pressure on the state’s power grid. Temperatures across Texas will run 10-15 degrees above normal for at least the next seven days.

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Eco-Business

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Rising temperatures across the world has cast a spotlight on the need to provide cooling in cities without overburdening urban power grids and in turn further contributing to climate change.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In addition, with multi-market optimisation, national grids are able to sustain a steady electricity frequency,” Taskinen added. “This means less of a need for reserve power plants that mostly use fossil fuels to produce electricity, which then leads to less carbon dioxide emissions.” A subsidiary of E.ON Essent has 2.3

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2021

The report also provides an overview of how data centres can play a role in helping integrate renewables into European electricity grids. engaging in demand response by reducing data centre power consumption to better match the current local supply of renewables.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

utilities have to plan for an electricity peak driven by summer air conditioning and cooling demand, Duke and other Southeastern utilities face an equally daunting winter peak driven by a reliance on electric heating and unpredictable cold snaps, as this U.S. While most U.S. Energy Information Administration data illustrates.

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EDF + Business

JULY 19, 2019

Its DeepMind team has been able to use AI to reduce the amount of energy for cooling in their data centers by up to 40 percent. The company is also using machine-learning algorithms to harness the power of wind energy by predicting wind output 36 hours in advance and delivering optimal hourly delivery commitments to the power grid.

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Better Ventures

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Entrepreneurs — this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to build what we call the Better Economy, which runs on renewable resources, promotes sustainable production and consumption, offers equitable opportunity and makes good health accessible. Its software provides the visibility layer for building heating and cooling.

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This heat feeds surging demand for electricity and increased strain on already taxed power grids. These climate change linked trends are highlighting the growing need for distributed energy resource management systems (DERMS) that can manage the grid intelligently while quickly responding to the real-time needs of grid operators.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 18, 2021

Related: This development offers sustainable, affordable housing and tiny homes in Colorado The all-electric affordable housing complex, dubbed the Hub at Willits, will set aside 138 beds for Aspen Skiing Company employees. While there is a housing market dedicated to local workers, much of this housing has turned into retirement homes.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The design team removed three natural gas-fired heating and cooling units and replaced them with four rooftop heat pump alternatives and one split heat pump system to account for the increased occupant density and change in spatial programming from the previous existing office building design.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 19, 2020

But with Uplight and Nest able to precool homes by cranking up the AC before peak hours, the new program should be a much more sustainable and customer-friendly version of demand response than simply switching off air conditioners. And Consumers' 1.6 Avoiding the AC "snapback effect".

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Business Green

APRIL 9, 2020

Google, for example, can deliver seven times as much computing power today as it did five years ago, using the same amount of electrical power, according to a blog published by Urs Holze, senior vice president of technical infrastructure, in late February. A long legacy of energy efficiency.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

They also need to support the communities where they and their suppliers operate if they want to continue to sustain business after climate related disasters. Planting native tree species can reduce flood risk and cool city streets. Restoring coastal wetlands helps protect against coastal erosion and flooding.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Below you will find several sustainable home products that can bring long-term cost savings and help preserve our resources and planet health. Energy and Water Efficient Sustainable Home Products. Sustainable home products also apply to yard maintenance. Finding Certified Sustainable Home Products. GPF for large flushes.

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Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2022

On the one hand, the Christmas holidays marked a particularly green period for Britain's power grid, with electricity from fossil fuels falling to an all-time low, taking a mere six per cent share of overall generation on 29 December, according to analysis commissioned by energy company Drax.

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GreenTech Gazette

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Everyone looks forward to summer after a long winter and an incredibly wet and cool spring. Yet, all too often, extended heatwaves can ruin the joy of being outside on a hot summer afternoon while you choose to stay indoors where your air conditioner keeps your space cool and comfortable, 68F. Here’s how Geothermal Energy Works.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The project is meant to enhance statewide emergency response operations by integrating the HERO Hubs with utility-owned electric grid infrastructure and backup generation assets. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed Originally published by Sean Wolfe on, and edited with permission from, Power Grid.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

Emerging climate technologies (ECT) – clean hydrogen, carbon management, and sustainable aviation fuels – experienced the highest Q4 growth at $4.3B, a 10X jump relative to Q4’22. Weaker residential construction activity cooled the HVAC sector, and heat pump sales bore the brunt at a 16% decline compared to 2022. 

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

New demands on the network from the cars we drive, to the way we heat/cool, or power our homes will change the traditional power flows and role of the electricity network. Society can move faster than power networks. Experiential data shows that one EV takes about the same amount of power as one house in a year.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In Hawaiʻi, some advocates are exploring the possibility of a zoning category for “traditional lands” that would support sustainable housing communities along with culturally rooted farming and fishing. Drier soils and limited surface water caused by climate change make it ever-harder to sustain thirsty crops like wheat and alfalfa.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 23, 2021

has built systems of transportation, heating, cooling, manufacturing and agriculture that rely primarily on fossil fuels. a 2021 battery EV – charged from today’s power grid – creates only about one-third as much greenhouse gas emissions as a similar 2021 gasoline-powered car. The Conversation , CC BY-ND.

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