Will Energy Offer the Next Market for Blockchain? Electric devices that operate at what is sometimes known as the edge of the power grid—devices that range from electric vehicles to rooftop solar arrays—could help upend the utility business model and further decentralize energy production. Helping in that process is a tool more familiar to accounting … Continue reading Will Energy Offer the Next Market for Blockchain?
Artificial Intelligence Is Crucial For The Energy Industry As the world begins to turn away from fossil fuels and depend increasingly on renewable resources, the energy sector is presented with a problem. Renewables are simply not as reliable as oil and gas, as they are largely dependent on weather conditions such as sunny skies and … Continue reading #Artificial_Intelligence Is Crucial For The Energy Industry
Biggest U.S. Companies Setting More Renewable-Energy Targets – Corporations bought 2.5 gigawatts of clean energy last year – Fortune 500 companies saving $3.7 billion with clean power Almost half of the biggest U.S. companies have established clean-energy targets for themselves, according to a report Tuesday from sustainable investors and environmental groups including the World Wildlife … Continue reading Biggest U.S. Companies Setting More Renewable – Energy Targets
US energy systems at the mercy of cyberattack, warns report The digital systems that run the electricity grid, gas pipelines and other critical infrastructure in the US have 25 years’ worth of fundamental weaknesses to hacking that need fixing. That’s a main finding in a report from MIT’s Internet Policy Research Initiative by a former … Continue reading US energy systems at the mercy of cyberattack, warns report
Hackers increase attacks on energy sector computers Reports released this past week by U.S. security officials and private cybersecurity researchers suggest hacking of energy facility computers is on the rise, and happens far more often than the public assumes. The Department of Homeland Security said it received reports of 59 cyber incidents at energy facilities … Continue reading #Hackers increase attacks on energy sector computers
Power companies urge Senate energy committee to fix regulatory ‘dogpile’ Innumerable, disjointed federal regulatory processes are hampering the ability of U.S. power companies to modernize America’s energy infrastructure. The result has been money-sucking, delayed projects and lost opportunities for job growth, economic development and investments, among others – not to mention the stalled creation or … Continue reading Power companies urge #Senate energy committee to fix regulatory ‘dogpile’
The Disruption And Global Transformation Of The Energy Industry Power generation is no longer a straightforward business. The first hit was the computer mainframe industry in the 1980s, then the conventional camera business of the 1990s was transmogrified followed by the telecommunication industry in the 2000s: and now it is the turn of the electric … Continue reading The Disruption And Global Transformation Of The Energy Industry
Underregulated, Overregulated, or ‘Just Right?’ Across our 50 states, cogent arguments against specific “bad” regulations have their place. But is there tangible evidence that U.S. electric utilities are over-regulated in general? Have the current claims that regulations are “bad” or “excessive” been soundly justified when it comes to our industry? Putting aside the paradox that … Continue reading Underregulated, Overregulated, or ‘Just Right?’
US household energy spending hits 50-year low As renewable energy use has expanded significantly over the last decade, household energy costs have declined. That’s the conclusion of a new report from the Business Council for Sustainable Energy and Bloomberg New Energy Finance. FEBRUARY 20, 2017 —Substantial growth in US renewable-energy capacity will undoubtedly have a … Continue reading US household energy spending hits 50-year low
Austrian Utility Giant Trials Blockchain Energy Trading Wien Energie, Austria’s largest utility conglomerate, is taking part in a new blockchain trial focused on energy trading. The conglomerate is working with Vancouver-based BTL Group, as well as EY’s Austrian outfit, on the project. The firm, according to its website, provides power to more than two million … Continue reading Austrian Utility Giant Trials Blockchain Energy Trading
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