Tag: europe
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Why You Can’t Drone a Solar Panel: Electrification and Europe’s New Energy Security
Europe’s energy vulnerability was exposed by disruptions, highlighting the need for renewable electrification. Reports show a major shift towards clean energy, emphasizing its security and affordability benefits.
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Friday Green Numbers round-up for Feb 4th 2011
And here is a round-up of this week’s Green numbers… Europe’s Energy Member States of the European Union have agreed on targets aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by cutting energy consumption by 20% and increasing the share of renewables in the energy mix to 20% by 2020. The ‘Europe’s Energy’ project gives users a…
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Dude – Where’s My Customer? On Telcos, Utilities and Smart Grids. Towards a “SIM Card” for Smart Grids
We had a really solid briefing with Convergys today. The firm sells software and services to telcos and utilities for customer care and billing – it has 80k employees worldwide, 550+ clients, and $3bn in revenue. According to Greenmonk research most utilities are failing to understand the the need to put the customer right at the…
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EU rules against Microsoft
I heard the breaking news on RTE this morning that the EU upheld the decision that Microsoft abused its dominant position to “freeze out rivals in server and software products”. At the end of the audio report, RTE’s Europe correspondant Sean Whelan added that Microsoft may appeal this decision. What is amazing to me about…