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Study establishes £37 million saving from pollution measures

Envirotec Magazine

EarthSense Zephyr monitors were employed in the study. This study also included a series of workshops with the local citizens understanding different perspectives, how data could be best communicated as well as discussing possible interventions and policy changes to improve air quality for everyone.

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MISO worries about meeting electric power demand this summer

Smart Energy International

The US Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) said in a summer readiness workshop that it will likely need to import more non-firm energy and/or need additional energy resources to meet the 2022 summer peak demand. powers innovation district with green energy.

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Challenges & Solutions in Sustainable Energy Engineering: Navigating the Transition to a Low-Carbon Future

Hydrogen Fuel News

As the world grapples with the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change, sustainable energy engineering has taken center stage.    This dynamic field is focused on developing innovative solutions to generate, store, and use energy in a cleaner and more environmentally friendly way.

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Ed’s note: Energy poverty in our own backyard

Smart Energy International

The first International Energy Poverty Action Week (IEPAW) is held virtually this week, from the 21st (yesterday) to the 25th (Friday) of February. It brings together academics, policymakers and various experts in the field of energy poverty for a series of seminars, workshops and discussions. What qualifies as energy poverty?

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Distributed Energy Helped Fight California’s Grid Outages, But It Could Do Much More

GreenTechMedia

During last week’s heat-wave-driven grid emergency in California, grid operator CAISO and the state’s utilities sent out desperate calls to demand response providers, behind-the-meter battery aggregators, electric-vehicle charging providers, microgrid operators and backup generator owners, seeking whatever help they could provide.

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UK soils could see step change in carbon sink potential, with proper investment

Envirotec Magazine

In a paper published in Food and Energy Security journal, a multi-disciplinary group of academic scientists along with prominent UK agriculture campaigner, Lord Curry of Kirkharle, suggest that investing in the quality of earth to enhance its ability to ‘lock in’ carbon should be a central pillar in the national and global push towards Net Zero.

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The NICFI Satellite Data Program: Celebrating Three Years of Using Space to Help Reduce & Reverse Tropical Forest Loss

Planet Pulse

Strategic Area #1: Land Use Policies Land use governance is critical to reducing deforestation, decoupling deforestation from commodities production, and meeting global climate and sustainable development goals. Hear directly from NICFI users on impacts of the program 3 years to date.