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Transforming Heating and Cooling creates jobs, new businesses

March 5, 2019 by Mark Woodward

The UK has had great success in reducing emissions: down 43% overall since 1990. But, like most places, Heating and Cooling is struggling. Mark Woodward, of The Smart City Alliance and Nordic Heat, sets out a plan for progress, and includes lessons from Europe. The focus is on four core energy efficiency activities: reduce, recover, store and distribute. He explains how this also opens up new business models: in one town in Sweden chemicals firm … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, HVAC, Platform Tagged With: 5GDHC, emissions, energy efficiency, heat networks, heating and cooling, HVAC, jobs, smart cities, smart grids, training

Smart cities: not enough projects make the grade

September 17, 2018 by Clare Taylor

Despite the hype about smart cities, and the availability of EU funding, there are very few projects out there that qualify for funding, according to Lada Strelnikova, lead fund manager at the European Energy Efficiency Fund (EEEF). An exception: Belgian bank Belfius has, with the support of the European Investment Bank (EIB), provided €1 billion to smart city projects involving more than 100 municipalities in Belgium. According to Joost Declerck … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Energy efficiency, EU Policy Tagged With: electricity market, energy efficiency, energy transition, EU energy policy, financing, smart cities, smart grids, sustainable mobility

How to make the smart city a reality: forget technology, focus on the people

August 30, 2018 by Clare Taylor

European public funding has kicked off the first generation of ‘smart city’ projects, a recent concept in sustainable urban development aimed at integrated planning for energy, mobility and ICT. But successful smart city development does not come easily: above all, it requires engagement from citizens, say several experts Energy Post spoke with. “Forget technology. The smart city is about identifying solutions that are part of everyday life”. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, EU Policy, Innovations Tagged With: electricity market, energy efficiency, energy transition, EU energy policy, infrastructure, renewables, smart cities, smart grids

RWE’s Head of Innovation Inken Braunschmidt: “We want to be the Uber for energy”

October 5, 2015 by Sonja van Renssen

Big energy companies are looking to the sharing economy, digitisation, big data, and mega-cities to inspire future revenue streams. In this exclusive interview with Energy Post, Inken Braunschmidt, leader of RWE’s “Innovation Hub” talks about her unique role at the helm of a department that’s not a department. Her job? To think non-utility ideas. Braunschmidt:”We’re really going to the edge of what energy has meant for 100 years.” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Energy, Innovations, KIC B booster Tagged With: big data, business models, diversification, electric cars, energy efficiency, energy trading, energy transition, energy2030, innovation, prosumers, renewables, smart cities, smart grids, sustainable mobility

EU turns up the heat: finally, a policy push for heating and cooling (half our energy use)  

February 25, 2015 by Clare Taylor

Heating and cooling accounts for almost half of primary energy consumption in Europe, yet it has been largely ignored in the EU’s climate and energy policies. This is now starting to change. At the end of this year, member states in the EU must submit an assessment of the low-carbon potential provided by co-generation and district heating systems. Clare Taylor looks at some of the EU-funded district heating and co-generation projects that are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Catch 2030, Energy, EU Policy Tagged With: biomass, climate change, co-generation, district heating, electricity market, energy efficiency, energy transition, energy2030, EU energy policy, grid, heating and cooling, infrastructure, renewables, smart cities, smart grids

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