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Emerson Acquires OSI for $1.6B as Grid Edge Software Landscape Consolidates

GreenTechMedia

In the latest example , Emerson, one of the country’s biggest industrial, commercial and residential automation and HVAC systems providers, is acquiring OSI Inc. It’s also a long-time player in grid-enabled devices such as smart thermostats and remote-controllable water heaters.

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Some 75% of surveyed Americans would jump at a ‘green’ job in solar, wind or EVs, which tend to pay 21% more

Mosaic

That might include wind, solar and nuclear energy, and an upgraded power grid, all areas that require engineers, software developers, solar-panel installers, HVAC technicians, finance professionals and more. They asked a cohort of more than 5,000 U.S. The clean energy revolution involves an incredibly diverse workforce.

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Canada’s power grid is pretty clean. Here’s why it needs to be cleaner

Clean Energy Canada

It includes the people who make our homes waste less energy: insulators and HVAC operators. It also includes the people who manufacture electric cars and buses. So far, our series has covered what the federal government has implemented to support electric vehicles. The post Canada’s power grid is pretty clean.

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Sustainability alliance upgrades energy infrastructure in Solano County

Smart Energy International

It also provides emergency generators, county-wide LED lighting retrofits, essential HVAC equipment replacements, and 54 Level 2 electric vehicle (EV) charging ports at six locations. “Solano County currently relies heavily on the power grid, and our rates went up eight percent this year,” added Greve.

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AI can significantly improve grid management reports DOE

Smart Energy International

However, it is crucial that new AI use cases do not introduce new risks to the grid, the report states. Thus AI models for grid applications should be rigorously validated as well as scalable in performance and adherent to power grid governance standards. Have you read?

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The retrofitting strategy behind Sonoma Clean Power's all-electric headquarters

Business Green

The headquarters has installed an impressive number of electric vehicle chargers - 23 in total - one for each and every parking stall available, incentivizing its staff to voluntarily purchase electric vehicles. Several other electrification measures in the headquarters have sealed its success as an energy saver.

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A year on from setting the target, the UK must re-energise the drive towards net zero

Business Green

Our power grid saw a new coal-free record of more than two months, and the International Energy Agency estimates this crisis has cut global carbon emissions more than any other event in the last century. Making green the 'new normal'.

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