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New Jersey Approves PSE&G’s $778M Smart Meter Rollout

GreenTechMedia

million smart meters — but with regulator insistence that it share the benefits of the data they will collect with its customers. Thursday’s approval of Public Service Electric & Gas’s $778 million advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) plan marks the first big deployment for the state.

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IMechE calls on Government to support more local energy trials on UK university campuses

Envirotec Magazine

The energy barn of the Energy Transition Centre (EnTranCe), on the campus of Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, Netherlands. The report illustrates the evolution of local energy from single technology projects, such as solar farms, to whole system schemes which might include energy storage and smart management systems.

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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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Women innovators celebrated as C40 tech challenge winners announced

Envirotec Magazine

The winners were: Lorena Gordillo Dagallier from Cambridge (UK) who successfully pitched her initiative “open-seneca”- a mobile air quality sensor network that will be installed throughout the city alongside educational workshops. Uniquely the monitors’ data is captured and recorded by volunteer ‘citizen scientists.’

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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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COI Energy Cuts Buildings’ Power Consumption, Driven by Philosophy of Mutual Responsibility

Greentown Labs

Berrien is from a small Pennsylvania town, where her family experienced energy poverty. As an adult, she went into the energy industry—a decision, she explains, that she didn’t realize was fueled by her previous experiences with energy. By reducing their energy use during peak times, businesses can actually make money.

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How to buy second-hand solar panels

Low Impact

In early October 2021 I was teaching a series of workshops for The Brighton Permaculture Trust. One of these was a solar battery half-day workshop which I believe went very well, giving people an introduction to further solar courses. The other workshop was about woodland management ; there will be more in 2022.