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Repairing an off-grid wind and solar electrical system

Low Impact

We recently blogged about a project : ‘rebuilding a home, and changing the surrounding fields from dead agricultural land into an oasis of natural life’ – as well as building an off-grid electrical and heating system. This is basically putting a multi-meter set on DC 10 amps directly across the output of the panels.

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Emporia’s energy management system prepares for the bidirectional EV charging future

Charged

Total control of power usage: from solar to EV and back to the house. Once an EV can double as a stationary storage device, it will take its place as part of an energy ecosystem that includes rooftop solar and energy management—and could even become a source of revenue for owners and a valuable grid-balancing resource for utilities.

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Driving Decarbonization Initiatives Amidst the Global Pandemic

Bidgely

In fact, over the past three years, more than 20 utilities in the United States have announced they’ll supply their customers with carbon-free or net-zero-carbon energy by 2050, with some making commitments to do so as early as 2035. At the same time, states and municipalities are making a similar push with 455 U.S.

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Carbon Mapper Launches Satellite Program to Pinpoint Methane and CO2 Super Emitters

Planet Pulse

Our mission is to help fill gaps in the emerging global ecosystem of methane and CO 2 monitoring systems by delivering data that’s timely, actionable and accessible for science-based decision making.” These home-grown satellites are a game-changer. In short, if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. .

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Driving Decarbonization Initiatives Amidst the Global Pandemic

Bidgely

In fact, over the past three years, more than 20 utilities in the United States have announced they’ll supply their customers with carbon-free or net-zero-carbon energy by 2050, with some making commitments to do so as early as 2035. At the same time, states and municipalities are making a similar push with 455 U.S.

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Delivering a net zero-ready grid

Smart Energy International

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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Squeezing valuable drops out of smart water innovation

Smart Energy International

A $4m project is attempting to deliver groundbreaking smart water metering solutions that cater for utilities in terms of readability, battery lifetime, interoperability and cost. Jonathan Spencer Jones reports. Pre-commercial procurement. from Italy.