Energy

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The irresistible rise of urbanization

At Marcus Garvey Village, a low-income community in Brooklyn-Queens, electricians have built New York’s first digitalized microgrid, complete with solar photovoltaic panels, a fuel cell and even lithium-ion batteries for energy storage. Installed and managed by Demand Energy, a unit…
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The city in the net

As massive two-way flows of electrons and data, of electricity and information, reshape whole industries and transform contemporary society, energy companies are preparing to change the face of urban living in the 21st century.
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Enel in the carbon neutral fast lane

Thanks to a partnership with global energy company Enel, Formula E is able to power the world’s first ever carbon-neutral car races with its own transportable micro-grid, minimizing its use of the existing electricity grid in host cities.
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Tomorrow’s energy

Coupled with the emergence of new technologies for energy storage, renewable energy holds out the almost inconceivable promise of free electricity for consumers.
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Enel supports V2G start-up

Faced with the rise of the electric vehicle (EV), giant Italian energy company Enel and Japanese carmaker Nissan have partnered with Nuvve, a start-up based in San Diego, to develop a new business model based on Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology.
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A transformation journey

We believe in Clayton Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation explained in this book “The Innovator's Dilemma”: one can't transform purely from inside.
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Is the future solar?

The first advantage of solar is that it is clean. No matter how much people work on clean coal, it is going to emit more than 20-30 times CO2 and other emissions than solar.