Onsite Energy Articles
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Plastic Pyrolysis: Exploring Alternative Energy Sources
In the quest for sustainable energy solutions, plastic to fuel machines emerge as a promising avenue, harnessing the power of pyrolysis to transform discarded plastics into usable energy. Pyrolysis, a thermal decomposition process in the absence of oxygen, offers a pathway to convert non-recyclable plastics into valuable resources. Plastics, ubiquitous in modern life, pose a significant ...
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The Dixon Ridge BioMax Success Story (Winters, California) - Case Study
Dixon Ridge Farms, a vertically integrated farming operation that grows, processes and sells organic walnuts was established by the Lester family in 1979. Each year the farm processes annually more than 1.5 million pounds of walnut meats, resulting in more than 2 million pounds of walnut shell. In the past, Dixon Ridge Farms was selling most of the walnut shell to a nearby large commercial ...
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Photovoltaics and Building Efficiency towards a Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB)
According to statistics, 40% of the energy consumption in Europe comes from the building sector. This led the European Commission to create energy efficiency directives to improve the energy efficiency of buildings, introducing the concept of NZEB or Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings. One of the main measures to be implemented is the requirement for all new buildings from 2021 (public buildings from ...
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Project with Nexeya - Case Study
Project with Nexeya. HyProvide™ A30 to produce hydrogen on-site using excess renewable energy for energy storage and hydrogen as fuel. Key Facts A-Series A30 Product 65 Production (kg H2/day) 28 Outlet pressure (bar) France Project location On-site production of hydrogen HyProvide™ A30 to produce hydrogen on-site using excess renewable energy for energy storage and hydrogen as ...
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Project with Alliander - Case Study
HyProvide™ A90 Electrolyser for Ecomunitypark in the Netherlands. To produce hydrogen on-site from excess renewable energy. Key Facts 3 x A-Series A90 Product 580 Production (kg H2/day) 28 Outlet pressure (bar) Netherlands Project location A large-scale Power-to-X pilot project Alliander, a Dutch energy company, chooses Green Hydrogen Systems (GHS) to supply the electrolysers for a ...
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Soiling Research at Green Energy Park with DustIQ
One of the first customers to use DustIQ was Green Energy Park in Morocco, to support research field tests. Since February 2018, OTT HydroMet's DustIQ Soiling Monitoring System has been on their site and measuring the on-site soiling ratio. Green Energy Park (GEP) is a research center, a training platform and a testing facility located in the green city of Ben Guerir, mid-south of Morocco ...
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A holistic approach to harness renewable energy
The healthcare industry is being called upon to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build more climate resistant infrastructure through the U.S. Office of Climate Change and Health Equity’s (OCCHE) Health Care Sector Pledge. As a result, healthcare facilities will need to incorporate clean energy solutions such as distributed generation to make good on this commitment. With this comes key ...
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Net-zero energy or net zero-carbon - what does it all mean?
My third article for Forbes talks about moving past awareness of climate change and doing something about it. I noted how buildings are one of the most significant contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, so we must address how new and existing buildings use energy. And this is especially urgent if we want to achieve the ambitious 2050 net-zero goal spearheaded by the UN Net Zero Coalition and ...
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Why 98% of commercial and industrial buildings aren’t getting the most value out of their solar installations
Solar installations at commercial and industrial buildings have soared in recent years, with businesses realizing that they’re smart investments. Part of the reason is that solar installations produce clean, locally generated energy — a must-have in a time of ambitious sustainability goals. But not all solar installations are alike. According to a 2021 study by Berkeley Lab, 98 ...
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Business transformation towards sustainability: Embracing AI at scale
At a time of complex, competing business priorities, most progressive and responsible organizations agree on two things. Firstly, to ensure our collective future, we all have a responsibility to act in the fight against climate change. Secondly, we have no choice – we must use digital technologies and data to innovate. The real difference for businesses, however, lies in bringing these two ...
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Solar Heating Solutions for the Brewery, Distillery and Wine Industries
SOLAR THERMAL SOLUTIONS FOR DISTILLING, BREWING, AND WINE INDUSTRIES The growth of craft brewing in the United States has been explosive in recent years. The producers who thrive in this more competitive market will be the ones who can lower production costs while maintaining the high quality responsible for their success. In an era where the American public demands social responsibility from ...
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Getting Commercial Buildings to Net Zero
As the discussion at last fall’s COP 26 reminded us, reducing CO2 and greenhouse gases are global priorities to minimize the growing impacts of climate change. The International Energy Agency has stated that buildings and construction are responsible for nearly 15% of global CO2 emissions annually. In Canada, where our climate requires significant energy loads for seasonal heating and ...
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How digitalizing your critical power distribution delivers a fast and massive ROI
In the previous two posts in this series, we’ve looked at the hidden risks that make managing critical power facilities so challenging. We’ve also seen how digitalizing electrical power distribution networks trends mean you no longer have to ‘work blind.’ Connected smart devices sharing data with cloud or facility-based software and mobile apps help shine a bright light on ...
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How sustainable commercial real estate can make your business more profitable
In the first post of this series on commercial real estate, I talked about the urgency to transform properties to support an ‘all-electric, all-digital’ future. In this post, I will zoom in on one specific pillar of the Schneider Electric vision for Buildings of the Future: the tangible value of ...
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How power monitoring can improve sustainability, efficiency, and resilience
Earlier this year, U.S. President Biden announced “a new target for the United States to achieve a 50-52 percent reduction from 2005 levels in economy-wide net greenhouse gas pollution in 2030.” While governments around the globe make stronger sustainability commitments, more businesses are strengthening their own. This is confirmed in a 2020 KPMG survey that found 90% of “top ...
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What is the Schneider Electric Innovation Hub?
Schneider Electric’s Innovation Summit World Tour kicked off with a fully digital Global Keynote on October 12. Next off, we bring it home with a series of 11 regional events, tailored to deliver a lasting experience for our customers, partners, and industry enthusiasts worldwide. The theme this year is ‘The Path to Sustainability.’ Over 20 sessions with industry experts and ...
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Customer-sited solar: four pathways to maximize the green energy revolution’s potential
Decarbonizing power generation is pivotal in the fight against climate change. Accounting for circa 30% of global energy related CO2 emissions, the sector is responsible for more emissions than any other industry. Decarbonizing how we generate energy is a mammoth task. Fortunately, we have the technology today to ensure that, with selective policy intervention, power generation becomes the first ...
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Clarke Energy Deliver Full Turnkey Hydrogen Ready CHP Plant to Sterling Pharma Solutions - Case Study
Sterling Pharma Solutions is a global pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO). As part of its sustainability strategy, Sterling partnered with Clarke Energy to act as principal contractors, to design, construct and maintain a bespoke hydrogen ready, gas fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant. With on-site energy generation estimated to be 40% more efficient ...
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OnSite Energy - Case study
OnSite Energy is a locally owned solar energy contractor in Bozeman, Montana that has been specializing in solar design, project development and installation since 2012. This team has a very strong commitment to the environment with industry expertise and loves to help their community feel empowered to choose solar energy. According to OnSite Energy's Communications Director, Nicola Preston, "We ...
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Permianchain Miner: A Mining Pool Aggregator With An Integrated Digital Energy Marketplace For Crypto-Asset Miners
PermianChain Miner, part of the PermianChain platform, offers bitcoin and other cryptocurrency miners tokenized energy. This allows miners access to consistent, low-cost electricity that is generated on site at energy projects, mainly on natural gas production sites. It is an environmentally responsible solution to the problem of flared natural gas which is thought to represent around US$16 ...
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