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Five predictions for energy transition trends in 2022

Smart Energy International

David Hall of Schneider Electric highlights five trends to watch for power and utility firms this year. The global shift towards more climate-conscious energy efficiency has accelerated the need for sustainable technology to deliver a cleaner, greener, and fairer energy system. Microgrids fit for the future.

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything.

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Technology Trending: data centres in space, smart home appliances, LNG tractor

Smart Energy International

Investigating the possibility of putting data centres into space, LG’s ThinQ UP smart home appliance global launch and ‘circular’ farming with onsite methanol production and use for powering tractors are in the week’s technology radar. Task force to innovate space applications for energy Unlocking smart meter data for research.

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Comment: Technology will be crucial to the success of vertical farms

Envirotec Magazine

According to the World Bank, agricultural development is one of the most powerful tools to end extreme poverty, boost shared prosperity, and feed a projected 9.7 Agriculture is extremely sensitive to the effects of climate change, with higher temperatures, drought, flooding and extreme weather all presenting greater risks for farmers.

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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

The International Geoshpere-Biosphere Programme and Stockholm Resilience Center published a dashboard of 24 indicators that each depict a synchronous acceleration of upward trends from the 1950s to present day. They also have a direct effect on climate, changing how much solar radiation is reflected or absorbed in the atmosphere.

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What makes a company a climate leader?

Business Green

The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned in August that such extreme weather events will become a more regular occurrence if global warming continues. However, there is a growing recognition that every industry, across the global market, needs to play its part in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Climate Intelligence: The Digital Fabric for Climate Action

Better Ventures

With a focus on outsized impact and returns, we recognize the incredible opportunity climate tech presents: to invest in solutions that will help avoid (or at least temper) our looming crisis. Saildrone (Series B | $86M | $260M): wind- and solar-powered autonomous sailing drones collecting and relaying real-time ocean data.