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These Courses Will Sharpen Your Knowledge On 6 Emerging Technologies

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With companies buying and selling our personal data, protecting privacy and securing the data remain important. With 15 billion devices now connected to the IoT worldwide—and the number forecast to double by 2030 —the need to protect cloud-based, Internet-connected hardware and associated networks has never been greater.

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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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Minigrids use distributed off-grid energy solutions that operate independently from the national transmission grid. Orajaka says his off-grid system of the first of its kind developed and implemented in Nigeria. To a large extent, I wouldn’t be the person I am today if not for the support from the IEEE and IEEE Foundation.”

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2023 was a record year for wind power growth – in numbers

Baua Electric

Wind installations in Africa & Middle East increased in 2023 by 182% compared with 2022. Your personalized solar quotes are easy to compare online and you’ll get access to unbiased Energy Advisers to help you every step of the way. Brazil installed 4.8 GW of wind in 2023, putting the country in third place globally.

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Drone Startup to Fly Pallets Without Pilots

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It addresses the less sexy but equally important middle-distance problem—the route that connects factories to warehouses. In October, Dronamics announced that it would use Malta as its base, with a view to connecting first to Italy and later to other Mediterranean countries.

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Study forecasts even with modest warming, global energy demand to increase by mid-century

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The lower the level of income per person, the larger the share of income that families need to spend to adapt to a given increase in energy demand. —lead author Bas van Ruijven, a researcher with the IIASA Energy Program.

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AMPECO CEO discusses the software that makes large-scale EV charging systems work in comprehensive Q&A

Charged EVs

Same goes for fleet customers—you can benefit from the cars that are connected for a longer period of time, and you can charge them when it’s cheaper. We have Chile and Brazil, and even a few customers in Africa. Charged : What about bidirectional charging and vehicle-to-grid tech? Do you work in the US as well?

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AMPECO CEO discusses the software that makes large-scale EV charging systems work in comprehensive Q&A – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Same goes for fleet customers—you can benefit from the cars that are connected for a longer period of time, and you can charge them when it’s cheaper. We have Chile and Brazil, and even a few customers in Africa. Charged : What about bidirectional charging and vehicle-to-grid tech? Do you work in the US as well?