Tag: wind energy
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Spain’s Blackout: Why Renewables Weren’t to Blame, And What Needs Fixing
On April 28th, a massive blackout affected the Iberian Peninsula due to a cascading voltage control failure, not because of renewables. Reports revealed a compliance issue with generators amid technical faults. This incident highlighted the need for a modernised grid, better regulations, and integration of renewables to enhance resilience and stability in energy systems.
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How the Energy Transition Will Reshape Business: Opportunities, Risks, and Regulations
The conversation around energy is at a crucial inflection point, driven by a potent mix of geopolitics, technological innovation, and public awareness of climate issues. As we face challenges ranging from escalating conflict in the Middle East to the pressures of climate change, the energy transition—our collective move from fossil fuel reliance to clean, sustainable…
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Three Industries Where Technology Is Reducing Our Carbon Footprint
The science is in. We need to significantly reduce our carbon emissions to limit the amount of warming our planet undergoes as a consequence of climate change. The good news is, technology is rising up to meet this challenge. The bad news is it needs to do far more, and do it faster. How…
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Technology is moving us to a world where energy is cheaper, smarter, and less carbon intensive
More and more variable electricity generation sources (wind and solar) are being added to the grid. Can technology help bed these in without making the electricity grid more unstable?
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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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It is surprisingly easy to leave yourself open to claims of Greenwashing!
Companies need to take a lot of care when making Green claims. The whole Green energy space is massively complex and it is surprisingly easy to leave yourself open to claims of Greenwashing. What do I mean? Well, take the Irish energy sector, for example. Anyone who generates electricity in Ireland, which is to be…
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Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 04/09/2010
Iowa, Texas tops [US] in wind power efforts Iowa and Texas lead the nation in wind energy efforts, according to the annual report released Thursday from the American Wind Energy Association. Iowa claims the title for the state with the largest percentage of electricity from wind energy. As of the end of 2009, over 14…
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Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 02/05/2010
Photo credit arekiiu Here is this week’s Friday Green numbers round-up: Scant Arctic ice could mean summer double whammy | Reuters Scant ice over the Arctic Sea this winter could mean a “double whammy” of powerful ice-melt next summer tags: greennumbers, arctic sea ice, arctic ice, ice melt Tibet temperatures hit record high in 2009…