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IoT and cloud analytics network to preemptively mitigate wildfires

Smart Energy International

Dryad Networks (Dryad), an environmental IoT startup based in Berlin, has launched its Silvanet, a solar-powered, cloud analytics-incorporated sensor network aimed at delivering ultra-early detection and forest monitoring for wildfires. According to the United Nations (UN), wildfires are likely to increase by a third by 2050.

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Comment: The Energy sector will continue to thrive through HPC, even as Moore’s Law comes to an end

Envirotec Magazine

McKinsey estimates that global power consumption will triple by 2050. Artificial intelligence (AI), advanced analytics, 3-D imaging, and the internet of things (IoT), supported by HPC, are all contributing to energy production to ensure a smoother transition to a more sustainable pathway.

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Microsoft and Apple among winners of Lighthouse Awards

Envirotec Magazine

Launched in 2020 by the Brave Blue World Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to scientific and educational storytelling, the Lighthouse Awards identify pioneers who have shone a path to water resilience and security for others to follow. A climate education toolkit to teach students about water conservation has also been developed.

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Plugging into electricity’s energy challenge

Envirotec Magazine

Similarly, the US and Canada have targets to double electricity consumption and be carbon-free or net-zero by 2050. Because infrastructure failure poses a risk to life, we work closely with our colleagues at Hitachi Energy to achieve safer, more resilient, and sustainable operations.

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The rise of smart water

Envirotec Magazine

This would also help flatten the demand curve on the network, enhancing network resilience while providing consumers more cost-effective billing options. The UN predicts that almost 70% of the world’s population will inhabit cities by 2050. Reducing or eliminating the need for vans or transport for manual meter readers.

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Unlocking the value of energy communities

Renewable Energy World

In Europe, studies estimate that by 2050 half of all citizens across the European Union could be producing their own energy and about 45% of Europe’s renewable generation assets could be owned by collective projects including small businesses, households, and public entities (JRC 2020). in 2015 to 60% in 2050 (IRENA).

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Yorkshire Water targets smart water metering for new housing

Smart Energy International

In a 20-year partnership Yorkshire Water will be supplied with water meters and data collection by the IoT operator Netmore, while network provider Connexin will provide the network and water meter connectivity. Yorkshire Water aims to drive leakage and consumption reductions with an advanced water metering infrastructure. Have you read?