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Best Graphics Card Under 15000

A graphics card is a computer hardware which is responsible for the images you see on your monitor or display screen. Technically, a graphics card is used to render the images and also to convert the data into signals which can be interpreted by the monitor. If you are a hardcore gamer or make use of high end softwares such as CAD, Photoshop, etc then you might be looking for a graphics card ...

Oct. 11, 2021

By National Institute of Disaster Management

Villara Energy Systems Teams up with Lumin to Provide High Power Battery Backup for Homes

Villara Energy Systems, maker of the high-powered VillaGrid energy storage system, announced this week its partnership with smart panel provider, Lumin. Lumin turns ordinary electrical panels into smart panels, protecting more circuits against power outages without allowing unintentional energy usage to drain batteries prematurely. Villara Energy Systems notes that its VillaGrid is the first home ...

Oct. 11, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

GM Set to Reach 100 Percent Renewable Energy in the U.S. 5 Years Ahead of Schedule

General Motors recently announced that it plans to source 100 percent renewable energy to power its U.S. sites by 2025 – five years earlier than previously announced, and 25 years ahead of its initial target that was set in 2016. By accelerating its renewable energy goal, GM aims to avoid 1 million metric tons of carbon emissions that would have been produced between 2025 and 2030. “We know ...

Oct. 4, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Free guide explains important updates to heat network regulations

The clock is ticking on the 27 November 2021 deadline for heat network suppliers to assess whether it will be compulsory to retrofit final customer meters in around 170,000 unmetered homes on their networks. Where metering is proved viable, they have less than a year (by 1 September 2022) to complete installations, which can deliver huge cost and carbon savings of 35 to 50%. The free guide ...

Oct. 1, 2021

By Switch2 Energy Limited

Centrica completes construction of British Army’s first solar farm

Completed earlier this month and the size of almost eight football pitches, the solar farm is based at The Defence School of Transport (DST), Leconfield, and forms part of the British Army’s £200 million Project Prometheus investment which is designed to see the Army using renewable energy. Built by Centrica Business Solutions, the solar farm is made up of over 4,000 solar panels and ...

Oct. 1, 2021

By Centrica Business Solutions

U.S. Department of Energy Announces $1 Million in Funding for Cybersecurity Manufacturing

Earlier this week (Sept 27), the U.S. Department of Energy, in partnership with the Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII), announced an investment of over $1 million in five projects to help make advanced manufacturing processes and supply chains more cyber-secure. The selected projects will work to not only increase the efficiency of the advanced manufacturing technologies that make a ...

Sep. 28, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

3rd Annual Utility Cyber Security Forum Coming Up October 6-7, 2021 in Chicago

The cyber security risk facing electric utilities is of critical and growing importance. The need to protect substations and distribution and transmission networks from cyber attacks is a top priority, as grid SCADA and PLC grid control networks are inherently a weak link for cyber threats. To help utilities meet this challenge, the 3rd Annual Utility Cyber Security Forum, October 6-7, 2021 in ...

Sep. 19, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Tantalus User Community Grows to 200 Utilities

Smart grid technology leader Tantalus Systems this week welcomed the multi-commodity utility servicing the City of Escanaba, MI to its user community, bringing the total number of utilities leveraging its solutions to 200. Tantalus provides mission-critical smart grid solutions to the public power and electric cooperative utility market segment across North America and the Caribbean Basin. The ...

Sep. 16, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

IEA Executive Director named on Time 100 list of the world’s most influential people

IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol has been named as one of the world’s 100 most influential people by Time in its closely watched annual list, highlighting the growing global impact of the IEA’s work on energy and climate issues under his leadership. The Time 100 list, announced Wednesday, is now in its 18th year and recognises the impact, innovation and achievement of the most ...

Sep. 15, 2021

By International Energy Agency

IEA contributes to Brazilian government report on energy efficiency of road freight sector

Brazil has significant opportunities to improve the energy intensity of its road freight sector, which is responsible for an estimated 13% of energy demand in the country, according to a report by the country’s Energy Research Office (EPE) that includes notable contributions from the IEA. The report, Road Freight Transport: International Benchmarking, is being released today in English and ...

Sep. 14, 2021

By International Energy Agency

Stricter energy and climate targets will accelerate the phase-out of coal from the Czech Republic’s energy mix, IEA policy review finds

The Czech Republic needs to prepare for an earlier phase-out of coal than previously envisaged and develop low-carbon energy sources to replace it while taking steps to cushion the economic and social impacts in coal-producing regions, the International Energy Agency said today in its latest in-depth review of the country’s energy policies. Currently, coal accounts for almost half of the ...

Sep. 13, 2021

By International Energy Agency

UK Custom Made Battery Pack Manufacturer and Assembler

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Sep. 13, 2021

By PMBL Limited

The Benefits Of Using Biochar Production Equipment

If you wish to recycle biomass, biochar production equipment is going to take that biomass and change it into charcoal that can be used in a number of ways. The charcoal is normally useful for heating which is also utilized for cooking as well as make incense. Charcoal is also an ingredient in numerous products. So there is huge demand for Beston charcoal production equipment. When you have taken ...

Sep. 9, 2021

By BESTON (Henan) Machinery Co., Ltd | BESTON Pyrolysis Machinery

Franklin Energy Partners with Energy Infrastructure Partners for Focus on Energy Equity

Franklin Energy, a provider of energy efficiency and energy management solutions, announced this week a partnership with Energy Infrastructure Partners (EIP), a nationally certified minority-owned business with a leading-edge multifamily strategic energy management offering. Together, Franklin Energy and EIP will leverage decades of results-oriented expertise to improve energy equity throughout ...

Sep. 8, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

EDF Renewables N. America and Clean Power Alliance Sign Power Purchase Agreement

EDF Renewables North America (EDFR) and Clean Power Alliance (CPA) recently announced the signing of a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement for the Desert Quartzite Solar-plus-Storage project. The project, consisting of a 300 megawatt (MWac) solar project coupled with a 600 MWh battery energy storage system, is expected to begin delivery of clean electricity to CPA's customers throughout Los Angeles ...

Sep. 7, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Duquesne Light Company Investing in New Technology to Enhance Grid Capacity and Reliance

Duquesne Light Company (DLC) recently partnered with LineVision to install no-contact sensors on several transmission towers across DLC's service territory, which serves 600,000-plus customers. The pilot project, which began in July, uses real-time and forecasted dynamic line ratings to monitor transmission conductors and uncover additional grid capacity with the purpose of making service more ...

Sep. 1, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Webinar: Maximising Sustainable Opportunities to Power Data Centres

Data Centre operators must find new lower carbon energy solutions to meet their mission critical power requirements and support continued growth of the sector, while also assisting carbon reduction targets. Webinar panelists will tackle some of the big energy questions facing the data centre sector, such as: How can you combat the increasing risk of grid-constraints, flexible Maximum Import ...

Sep. 1, 2021

By Centrica Business Solutions

GridPoint Launches Grid-Interactive Electric Vehicle Charging Solution for Small and Mid-Sized Commercial Buildings

Intelligent energy network provider GridPoint this week announced the launch of its new building-centric electric vehicle charging solution. GridPoint takes a whole building approach to managing customers' peak demand charges by analyzing and managing load across several controllable, grid-interactive assets from a single platform, including HVAC, lighting and now EV chargers. Customers can also ...

Sep. 1, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

AutoGrid and Intertrust Partner to Improve Trust and Fluidity of Business-Critical Electric Grid Data

AutoGrid, a leader in AI-powered energy flexibility management software, and Intertrust, a leading data rights management software company announced a partnership recently to add AutoGrid's Flex product to the Intertrust CleanGrid toolkit. Intertrust CleanGrid is an open, modular toolkit that is designed to provide utilities and city planners the capability of planning rapid infrastructure ...

Aug. 31, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

California ISO Launches New Tools for More Refined Grid Outlook

In its ongoing effort to inform the public about changing conditions on the electrical grid, the California Independent System Operator (ISO) has begun posting new graphs for a fuller picture of projected supplies and shortfalls of energy up to seven days in advance. The ISO's Today's Outlook Demand webpage has been upgraded with the addition of "Resource adequacy capacity trend" and "7-day ...

Aug. 30, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer