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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

Canada has made commitments to a net-zero electricity grid by 2035, 100% Zero-Emission Light-Duty Vehicle sales by 2035, and net-zero greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions across the economy by 2050. These investments are driven by both economics and the environment.

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Help Along the Way to Carbon Neutrality

Cisco CSR

Examples of that technology include smart grids and smart buildings. Smart grids. Ensure optimal usage of energy provided through the electric grid. Today, every utility company may be looking at ways to deploy smart grids to increase the efficiency and sustainability of their electric grids.

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Siemens announces Beyond 1% Summit: Accelerating digitalisation for sustainability and economic growth

Sustainability Matters

Our Net Zero 2050 commitment means that by 2050 the nation will have addressed those emissions. It will explore technologies critical to sustainability including Industrial AI, digital twins, additive manufacturing, digital decarbonisation platforms, smart grids, industrial metaverse and more.

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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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The Plan for Possible: How Cisco is Connecting a Regenerative Future

3BL Media

We have a plan: It is possible to power the world with affordable clean energy , so we are helping to digitize smart grids and smart buildings. It is possible to design out waste , so we are re-building products from used ones. We believe that future is possible, and Cisco can help get us there.

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How European Climate Policy Can Bolster Energy Efficiency Measures

3BL Media

That means better incentivizing end-users to consume their energy as efficiently as possible, minimizing unnecessary waste. However, renewables and electrification alone can’t realize the EU’s net-zero ambition. Digital technologies render energy waste visible. C above pre-industrial levels.

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The top 25 most sustainable fleets

GreenBiz

But in early 2019, Amazon announced an industry-first for a delivery company: It pledged that half of all of its shipments would be net-zero carbon by 2030. The entire company (including transportation) will be net-zero carbon by 2040. It's been building out smart grid tech and testing out a virtual power plant.