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Smart Grid Discussions Take Center Stage in Australia
At the recent NG Utilities Summit Australia, discussions were about the role the Smart Grid will play in transforming energy delivery in Australia. One hundred leaders from the Australian Utilities sector met to discuss the changes that are ...
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Global Investment in Renewable Academia on the Rise in Europe
As Europe seeks to make the move from coal-based energy production to cleaner alternatives, the requirements for further investments across the board are imperative. One key avenue of investment is research and university based funding, which ...
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Smart Grids on the Verizon
The European Union recently announced concern that more than 55% of its energy still comes from outside of its jurisdiction. Therefore new legislations have been passed to force large utilities to promote to their customers a more frugal approach to ...
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Gulf Leak spurs Renewable Future
We cannot get away from the gulf disaster, the effects on the environment have been catastrophic and now more than ever the need for a renewable future is key. The NGU LA committee was called to action to discuss implementation strategies and ...
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Australia’s Smart Grid Opportunity
Australia is now considered to be one of the world leaders in technology, comparable only to the United States in terms of smart grid innovation. Last year they received from the Federal Government a National Energy Efficiency Initiative of AU$100 ...
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Solar: From small-scale experiment to utility-scale solution
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The Grass is Greener over in MENA
The Middle East and North African Utilities Industry is in a state of growth, global investment has meant that the Middle East is officially on the road to recovery. Investment banks are increasing their spending within the utilities sector. ...
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Obama’s ‘Greener Dollar’ creates a state lottery
North America’s Leading Utility bosses meet at the NGU Summit to talk about real solutions Recent reports have shown that the Utilities industry in America is struggling. Profits in the second quarter have fallen and experts say it may not be until ...
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‘NIMBY’ attitude stalling US growth, says AEP Chairman, Michael Morris
Electricity growth has increased over the last decade. Coal in particular accounts for over 50 percent of U.S. electricity and over 32 percent of its carbon emissions. However, with constant media coverage on the urgency to use renewable energy to ...
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Google’s new ‘powermeter’ sparks excitement at the NGU Europe Summit
It is not very often the words ‘Google’ and ‘energy-saving’ appear in the same sentence. However, in Portugal last week at the industry-leading Next Generation Utilities Summit, over 50 European Utility leaders were presented with the company’s new ...
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Europe`s utility leaders gather to discuss alternative energy at next generation utilities summit
João Torres, President of EDP - Distribuição - Energia, S.A., has confirmed attendance as the keynote speaker at the Next Generation Utilities Summit, the most important annual meeting of Utility executives in Europe. The summit, which will be held ...