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Comment: Massive IoT enables massive opportunities for utilities

Envirotec Magazine

Massive IoT , alias massive Machine-Type Communications (mMTC), is already impacting multiple industries. From fleet management to environmental monitoring and smart grid management, to consumer applications including smart watches, smart buildings and, ultimately, entire smart cities.

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Data centre virtualisation and cloud computing can play a pivotal role in power sector emissions reductions, says report

Envirotec Magazine

A new report from power market analytics firm Aurora Energy Research suggests that increased deployment of (and continued improvements in) virtualisation technology could reduce potential future European computing emissions 55% by 2040.

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David Energy Raises $1.5M to Turn New York’s Buildings Into Energy Market Players

GreenTechMedia

Brooklyn startup David Energy on Wednesday announced a $1.5 million pre-seed funding round, as it looks to transform into an energy retailer that helps customers get more value out of their solar and storage systems. Lining up against the giants.

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Monitoring an important greenhouse gas (Sponsored content)

Envirotec Magazine

Dutch greenhouse operators are collaborating with the country’s industrial sector to support the reuse of waste CO2. The Dutch horticultural sector aims to be climate-neutral by 2040. This programme monitors and displays the effects of a grower’s dosing strategy. Monitoring carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide in greenhouses.

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Think tank outlines possible clean energy industrial strategy for the UK

Envirotec Magazine

Accelerating the build-out of clean energy will reduce costs and make the UK more secure, write Josh Freed and Isabelle Chan of US think tank Third Way, which released a new policy paper on the topic on 29 September. For example, the UK has the Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy Department. Why industrial strategy?

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Volvo CE investing in electric wheel loaders

Charged

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) reports that, as part of its efforts to become fossil-free by 2040, it is investing SEK65 million, or about $6.3 million, in the production of electric wheel loaders at its plant in Arvika, Sweden. Source: Volvo

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Circular economics and the $57B e-waste opportunity

GreenBiz

gigatons of the stuff cluttering landfills, waterways and oceans, or being incinerated by 2040. Two other data points to mull, courtesy of the Global E-waste Monitor : Researchers figure just 17.4 Just as stunning: Plastic isn't the fastest growing waste stream the world needs to deal with. . More details in a moment.

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