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Why Empty Office Buildings Still Consume Lots of Power During a Global Pandemic

GreenTechMedia

What happens to an office building’s electricity demand when almost everyone who works there is stuck at home? The result has been significant drops in electricity demand in big commercial centers like New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area , and forecasts that commercial energy usage across the country will decline by 4.7

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Planet Accelerates Deployment of Forest Carbon Monitoring System

Planet Pulse

Salo is a climate technology company that builds cutting-edge forest monitoring systems to measure Earth’s constantly changing ecosystems using artificial intelligence and multi-sensor Earth observation data. Salo Sciences’ global data on forest carbon stocks reveals tree-level insights.

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Specialist CHP firms deliver big results for local authority AD plant

Envirotec Magazine

The 600kW facility converts over 30,000 tonnes of kerbside-collected food waste each year into renewable energy and employs two MWM V12 CHP (combined heat and power) engines. Unlocking the control panel has given the power back to the operator. The control panels also feature IGS-LOG software as standard.

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UK Power Networks? New Platform for Flexibility Services Could Be Groundbreaking

GreenTechMedia

UK Power Networks, a wires-only utility managing three distribution grids in the United Kingdom and serving approximately 20 million people, is implementing a novel holistic approach to network operations and DER lifecycle management. and Europe. Managing network constraints in a new way. So, what is the ANM system?

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Hundreds of water sector research reports made available at UKWIR

Envirotec Magazine

UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) is providing free access to over 1,000 of its water sector research reports aimed at helping to improve water and wastewater services for customers, and protecting the environment. It can also help build bridges to new organisations, instigate new partnerships, and spark new ideas.

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Emporia’s energy management system prepares for the bidirectional EV charging future

Charged

Total control of power usage: from solar to EV and back to the house. Once an EV can double as a stationary storage device, it will take its place as part of an energy ecosystem that includes rooftop solar and energy management—and could even become a source of revenue for owners and a valuable grid-balancing resource for utilities.

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Leveraging Satellite-Based Solutions for Illegal Logging

Planet Pulse

Learn how satellite technology can be used to address illegal logging and help ensure compliance with regulations. Illegal logging presents a major global environmental challenge. As more government agencies and organizations adopt satellite monitoring for illegal logging, the worlds collective ability to protect forests will improve.

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