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US Reliability Commission warns of bulk EV charging’s grid impact

Smart Energy International

In NERC’s Potential Bulk Power System Impact of Electric Vehicle Chargers white paper, the Corporation calls for greater cross-sector collaboration due to significant load growth, projected by the Energy Information Agency (EIA) to 2050, estimating that EV sales will grow to add millions of vehicles each year.

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How Supply Chain Resilience Mitigates Risks from Pandemics and Climate Change

Green Market Oracle

Whether as a defense against global pandemics or as part of a wider climate strategy companies are exploring ways of improving their supply chain resilience. Now more than ever companies need to increase their efforts to build more resilience into their supply chains so that they can quickly respond to changing demands and disruptions.

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Flexibility as support for power system resilience

Smart Energy International

Flexibility features are able to improve the resilience, provided they are integrated in grid planning and defence plans and properly evaluated in the energy market design. Have you read? Flexibility – stakeholder interaction is key The EU Project Zone Podcast: X-FLEX with Lola Alacreu.

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Fluid thinking: Equipping cities to avoid inundation

Envirotec Magazine

For example, completely removing and replacing CSOs, would require an entirely new sewer network costing up to £600 billion4 and widespread, disruptive roadworks over many decades, according to a recent white paper on sewer security published by water technology firm Grundfos.

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'Now we're into delivery': Adaptation and resilience champion Anne-Marie Trevelyan on her COP26 priorities

Business Green

The UK has singled out adapatation and resilience as a critical priority for the COP26 Climate Summit it will co-host in Glasgow this autumn, amid calls for the government to use its platform to significantly increase the flow of cash to help poorer nations adapt to escalating climate impacts.

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Report: Circular construction practices could cut CO2 in half

Business Green

Implementing net zero-aligned circular economy approaches to infrastructure and construction could cut costs and boost resilience, according to AECOM. This isn't a choice between the environment and the economy: but it is a choice between the old linear, wasteful economy, and the new resilient and sustainable circular economy," he said.

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INFLEXION: “World first” V2X pilot launched for grid resilience

Smart Energy International

In what they are calling a “world first”, INFLEXION – a Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) bidirectional charging programme – hoped to drive grid resilience – is being launched by a consortium of stakeholders. million) in innovation funding.