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Blockchain demonstrated for smart grid cybersecurity

Smart Energy International

Blockchain has been demonstrated to validate communication among devices on the smart grid and thereby enhance its resiliency. They work to cross-reference each other and easily locate any incorrectly added data and remove it. Such activities could trigger cascading power outages as breakers are tripped by protection devices.

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The emerging “non-utilities”—EVs are helping new players in the energy marketplace.

Charged

The emergence of non-utility market participants is being enabled by four forces that have begun to converge: advances in information and communications technologies; the movement towards sharing economies; new business models and ownership models; and blockchain-encrypted transaction systems. What do the utilities think of all this?

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Ontario aiming for uniform EV charging permitting

Smart Energy International

Some of the time savings are a result of the streamlined processes not requiring a Terms of Reference, lasting up to two years, for the project as the streamlined process already sets out the requirements.

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Salesforce, Microsoft get creative with clean energy procurement

Business Green

The latest BNEF data underscores the current reality: A vast majority of all corporate purchases are centered on North America and Europe, largely because of favorable regulatory climates and the existence of power purchase agreement (PPA) contract structures that enable companies to offtake energy from wind and solar installation.

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An Environmentally and Socially Conscious Food Supply: Our Investment in Agricycle

Clean Energy Trust

First of all, food loss and food waste are two distinct issues: Food loss is chronologically the first piece, and refers to any degradation that occurs from harvest up to, but not including , retail sale. In industrialized regions of North America and Europe, it’s roughly a 2 to 1 ratio of loss to waste.

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Where are they now? Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni

GreenBiz

I have heard IKEA leadership referring to coming back stronger than ever and there is no question that its 2030 strategy is at the heart of it; with product circularity, renewable energy investment and taking care of workers as some of the key tenants, IKEA's stewardship continues to be part of its core business model.

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How carbon-smart farming is catalyzing the big bucks needed to transform the way America eats

GreenBiz

million to fund its marketplace, which uses blockchain technology to pay farmers for carbon sequestration. Some refer to this practice as "insetting." . RePlant has partnered with Danone North America (another ESMC member), committing to invest as much as $20 million over the next few years to help Danone’s suppliers transition. .

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