Category: Featured Posts
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Nation-Scale Decarbonisation: Why the UK’s Energy Future Hinges on Storage, Grid Reform, and Community Buy-In
The UK’s ambitious goal of decarbonizing its national grid by 2030 faces significant challenges beyond just renewable energy deployment. Infrastructure, regulatory inertia, and stringent planning systems hinder progress. Effective battery storage, AI integration, and community engagement are crucial for overcoming these obstacles and achieving a cleaner, more reliable energy landscape.
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Europe’s Energy Transition Is Happening Faster Than Anyone Expected—Here’s What’s Next
Europe’s energy transition is rapidly advancing, with renewables now providing nearly half of the continent’s electricity. Solar has surpassed coal, while gas declines. However, challenges like inadequate storage and outdated infrastructure threaten this momentum. Policy reforms are essential for continued progress, as Europe’s shift influences global energy dynamics significantly.
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The Energy Transition Is Unstoppable—But Are We Moving Fast Enough?
The global energy transition is accelerating as fossil fuels decline, driven by economic factors rather than solely political will. Key challenges include reliance on coal, the limitations of hydrogen and carbon capture, and the rising energy demands from AI. Urgent investments and infrastructure advancements are crucial for achieving climate goals.
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Balancing the Grid: The Key to Unlocking 100% Renewable Energy
The article discusses the challenges of achieving 100% renewable energy due to grid flexibility issues as solar and wind power become more prevalent. It emphasises the need for advanced technologies, such as flexible engine power plants and battery storage, to maintain grid stability. Policy reforms are also vital for developing resilient energy systems.
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IBM acquires Weather.com for Cloud, AI (aaS), and IoT
IBM has announced the completion of the acquisition The Weather Company’s B2B, mobile and cloud-based web-properties, weather.com, Weather Underground, The Weather Company brand and WSI, its global business-to-business brand. At first blush this may not seem like an obvious pairing, but the Weather Company’s products are not just their free apps for your smartphone, they…
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Salesforce on track to being the cloud crm provider with the lowest carbon emissions
We have highlighted often enough what a poor job some cloud companies are doing of making their cloud infrastructure cleaner, and being transparent about their emissions. Against that backdrop, it is heartening to see some more enlightened cloud companies doing the right thing. Salesforce announced today its second renewable energy purchase agreement. The first announcement,…
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What do we do in a world where energy is in abundance?
The cost of solar power is falling in direct relation to the amount of solar power modules being produced. With no end in sight to this price reduction, we should soon be in a world where energy is in abundance. Moore’s Law, the law that says the number of transistors in computers doubles every two…
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GreenTouch release tools and technologies to significantly reduce mobile networks energy consumption
Mobile industry consortium GreenTouch today released tools and technologies which, they claim, have the potential to reduce the energy consumption of communication networks by 98% The world is now awash with mobile phones. According to Ericsson’s June 2015 mobility report [PDF warning], the total number of mobile subscriptions globally in Q1 2015 was 7.2 billion.…