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The top 25 most sustainable fleets

GreenBiz

The definition of fleet is evolving. It's been building out smart grid tech and testing out a virtual power plant. Of its fleet of 125,000 package vans, trucks, motorcycles and tractors, UPS has 10,300 alternative-fuels vehicles, and it's done a substantial project in London with smart grid tech and EVs.

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Silver Spring Networks founder sees promise long-duration energy storage with iron-flow batteries

Renewable Energy World

In 2002, he co-founded Silver Spring Networks, a leader in smart grid networking and data solutions. Dresselhuys will guide the company through its next phase of growth as it expands its market presence and joins the global effort to decarbonize our energy systems.

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Smart Cities – Seeing the Invisible and Doing the Impossible

Daniel Burrus

By sheer definition, the word “impossible” connotes something that simply cannot be done. Even something as simple as a “smart meter” for energy or water usage can drastically reduce costs and conserve resources by 20 to 25%. And because these benches are off the grid, there was a 100% reduction in energy costs.

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LIDAR helps Greece become a renewable energy leader

Renewable Energy World

Always a pioneer and definitely an outdoorsy individual, today Eunice is already a teenager with more than 14 years of exemplary service. One such innovation is a smart energy management and distribution system known as S4S (Storage for Sustainability, Smart Grid, Solutions, Security). Leading through Lidar.