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Defective Meters and Whistleblower Complaints Raise Questions About Gas Utility’s Profits

DeSmogBlog

A little over a decade ago, Gary Dye, then a gas measurement engineer at NW Natural, Oregon’s largest gas utility, lost faith in his employer to responsibly deal with what he believed to be systematic inaccuracies among the company’s hundreds of thousands of gas meters. Faulty Meters Raise Questions About Profits.

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Smart grid innovations booming with Asia as emerging hub

Smart Energy International

While the smart grid innovations – as measured by the number of smart grid ‘international patent families’ (IPFs) as a share of the overall power IPFs – have been on the decline since a high in 2011, they increased dramatically in 2022, provisional data indicates. Have you read?

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Silver Spring Networks founder sees promise long-duration energy storage with iron-flow batteries

Renewable Energy World

a manufacturer of long-duration iron flow batteries for commercial and utility-scale energy storage applications, announced the appointment of Eric Dresselhuys as Chief Executive Officer. In 2002, he co-founded Silver Spring Networks, a leader in smart grid networking and data solutions. Last month ESS Inc.,

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Managing dust risks at quarries

Envirotec Magazine

In the following article, Josh Thomas from instrumentation specialist Ashtead Technology, discusses the risks associated with dust at quarries, and highlights the vital role of monitoring. Buildings and other structures are also included, as are common areas and prospecting sites. An installed TSI DustTrak monitor.

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Sustainable Facilities Forum – Our Sponsors

Green Technology

the world’s first battery-powered office systems furniture product. Battery power enables flexible layouts and easy reconfiguration. It is an effective way to technically upgrade older or historical buildings. The product powers laptops, monitors, sit-stand desks, and wireless phone charging.

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GCSHE Summit – Our Sponsors

Green Technology

the world’s first battery-powered office systems furniture product. Battery power enables flexible layouts and easy reconfiguration. It is an effective way to technically upgrade older or historical buildings. The product powers laptops, monitors, sit-stand desks, and wireless phone charging.

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20-year research project reveals “devastating loss of British & Irish flora“

Envirotec Magazine

The creators of the new Plant Atlas say it is “the most powerful statement ever produced on the state of our wild and naturalised plants“ Thousands of botanists from the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) 1 have spent the last twenty years collecting data on changes in the British and Irish flora.