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Schneider Electric leads the smart grid revolution

Corporate Knights

In this weeks Corporate Knights drill-down, we focus on the importance of smart grids to transition to a sustainable economy, and Schneiders electrics investments in smart grid technologies. Smart grids are crucial for transitioning to a sustainable economy and addressing climate change.

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Budget 2023’s clean investments don’t add up

Corporate Knights

Life is full of mysteries, and the federal budget for 2023 is one of them. Contrary to what people might think, the federal budget tells us precious little about what the government is actually spending money on this year when it comes to clean economy incentives, or anything else for that matter. of the climate investment gap.

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A Cisco Strategy To Support Clean Energy

3BL Media

It begins with Ciscos net-zero goals and expands to include everything from circularity and smart grids to more energy-efficient products and investments in new solutions like wave power. Another strategy? Long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for clean energy. It will be great to see more cooperation like this.

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Schneider Electric Calls for Rapid Deployment of Smart Grids To Accelerate Energy Transition

3BL Media

The urgent call comes as world leaders gather at COP28 in Dubai to accelerate climate action while at the same time, key players in the electric power industry meet at Enlit Europe 2023 in Paris, France, to discuss transformative solutions for Europe’s electricity systems.

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DOE opens $13B funding opportunity for transmission expansion, smart grid integration projects

Utiliity Dive

The first round of funding for the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership program includes $3.8 billion for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.

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IoT news of the week for Jan. 20, 2023

Stacey Higginbotham

is moving ahead on a smarter grid : Back in the early 2000s, the smart grid referred to adding connected meters to homes and business to remotely track electricity use, as well as adding sensors on power lines and transformers to track outages as they happened. Tofel The U.K.

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“DC factory” picks up Energy Efficiency Award from German Energy Agency

Envirotec Magazine

An important industry award in Germany has gone to direct current (DC) power technology firm Schaltbau for what’s described as the world’s first DC factory.