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AutoGrid Responds Across the Globe to a Summer Like No Other

AutoGrid

Temperature records were logged across both the northern and southern hemispheres, with nearly 400 new records set. This heat feeds surging demand for electricity and increased strain on already taxed power grids. GW of dirty power plant usage Controlling over 1.1

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Forest Green Rovers and taxi app Bolt encourage football fans to ditch their cars on matchdays

Business Green

It's chairman Dale Vince is also the CEO and founder of green energy supplier Ecotricity, which supplies the club with 100 per cent renewable energy to the club, and it also only serves vegan food at its stadium near Stroud. The sun gets hotter and hotter and rain gets less and less and water more and more precious.

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Home Improvement Month: Thank You to Our Industry Professionals

Mosaic

How contractors can position financing to meet client demands for more energy-efficient upgrades. This also created a log jam for many contractors, with unparalleled waiting lists. Utility usage and bills increased for many with all-the-things from home. Contractor tips to a more consultative approach to financing options.

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Logistics provider NFI opens heavy-duty EV charging hub near California ports

Charged

The charging hub will support NFI’s fleet of 50 heavy-duty electric trucks, which perform drayage operations in and around the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Microgrid functionality will enable charging resiliency for fleet operations even when grid power is unavailable.

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AMPLY Power offers EV fleets guaranteed uptime and zero charging challenges

Charged

AMPLY Power says its charging as a service model provides 99.9% During previous tech revolutions, third-party contractors emerged to provide turnkey services to companies for things like data centers and solar installations. I’ve been a long-time clean energy entrepreneur. uptime, critical to scaling EV deployments.

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Satellite telemetry supports flood protection in Scotland

Envirotec Magazine

Water monitoring expert OTT Hydromet explains some of the practicalities behind a recent project. The expansion of mobile telecommunications has meant that more locations now benefit from increased coverage, so that water level and meteorological monitoring systems can now be installed in remote locations. “In

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Local Solar Installers Embrace Big New Opportunity: Home Battery Add-Ons

GreenTechMedia

Local solar installation companies have faced a number of challenges in recent years, from the decline of state net metering policies to the Trump administration's import tariffs. 2019 was a big year for both residential solar and home storage in the U.S. homes added about 1.9 megawatts of storage. Puerto Rico and Canada.