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Cisco’s Sustainability 101: What Are Smart Grids?

3BL Media

Cities, regions and countries are creating electricity networks that use digital communications technology to detect and react to local changes in usage (“ smart grids ”). Digitalization of electric grids is supporting new ways to source and use energy more sustainably while also enhancing cybersecurity.

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IONATE Raises $17 Million to Help Grids Meet Decarbonization and AI Needs

ESG Today

Matthew Williams, IONATEs Founder & CEO, said: Just as national networks, industrial players and data centers realized how much of their progress depended on modernizing their electrical infrastructure, we are ready to help them do exactly that.

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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.

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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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3M 2025 State of Science Insights Reveals Optimism for the Future

3BL Media

Specialized 3M adhesives are also enabling vehicle manufacturers to disassemble EV battery packs more efficiently, allowing them to reduce waste, enable repairs, and repurpose or recycle batteries. Additionally, a resilient and intelligent electrical grid is essential to meet the increasing energy demands of modern economies.

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The Clock is Ticking for Businesses to Meet Sustainability Targets

3BL Media

The “Keep the Play Alive” campaign encourages passing on bricks to promote creativity and reduce waste, and the company is expanding its recycling and trade-in programs to make brick repurposing easier. A recent article in ESG News highlights a new campaign being launched by LEGO to promote brick reuse and expanded recycling programs.

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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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