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What Is Energy Transition? A Guide to the Future of Energy

3BL Media

Key Drivers of the Energy Transition The energy transition is driven by several significant factors, including the critical need to combat climate change and the economic benefits of renewable energy sources. Combatting climate change Reducing carbon emissions is at the core of energy transition efforts.

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What to do with old coal plants, gas stations in the energy transition? Recycle them

Corporate Knights

Reusing space in an energy transition At a time when more local smart grid projects — bringing together local renewables, battery storage, smart controls, heat pumps and electric vehicles — are being developed, there’s a need to consider how to go beyond recycling to reuse existing space and infrastructure.

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Guest Post: The Path to AI-Powered Sustainability and ESG Lies in Partner Ecosystems

ESG Today

We have operationalized smart grid management systems that use AI to predict and adjust energy supply based on real-time data from renewable energy sources, reducing waste and enhancing efficiency. This has helped to secure food systems and simultaneously reduce resource use.

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The benefits of being a climate optimist

Corporate Knights

The reality was impressive enough for 2005: some of the first industrial-scale wind turbines I’d ever laid eyes on, gathered in small clusters of two or three in farmers’ fields, solar thermal plants large enough to heat whole towns, and hyper-efficient district heating plants burning pellets made of waste straw.

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Building a More Sustainable Future with 6G

3BL Media

As climate change brings rising temperatures and extreme weather, global citizens are demanding urgent action. By focusing on sustainability as a key driver of 6G research, we will discover new ways to combat climate change in the following industries and beyond. 6G’s environmental sustainability use cases. Agriculture.

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Open letter: Our governments must act now to decarbonize and expand the electricity system, or Canada will fail to reach net-zero by 2050. 

CREA

Our 25 organizations, representing a diverse range of interests, are writing to express our serious concern that Canada is not acting with the urgency required to build the foundation required to meet our climate-change commitments—a decarbonized and much expanded electricity system. There is much to do and there is no time to waste.

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Closing the sustainability gap

Sustainability Matters

As industries grapple with climate change, resource scarcity and increasing regulatory scrutiny, businesses are being pushed to prioritise ESG principles. Advanced software solutions are being deployed to anticipate maintenance needs, minimise waste and enhance efficiency.