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Newsletter May 2021

COVER STORY

THE OFFICIAL BIRTH OF THE EU DSO ENTITY

On 8 June 2021, the long-awaited official launch of the EU DSO Entity took place. E.DSO members experienced a prestigious momentum by attending the constitutive General Assembly and the first meeting of Board of Directors and constituting its governance along with various organisation aspects. ...

GLOBAL STORIES ON SMART GRID

South Korea reveals plans for offshore wind farm

European Commission approves Polish Scheme to Support Offshore Wind Fa...

Smart Grid Community in Development in Ontario

Fastned and Tesla tie up to Establish Electric Vehicle (EV) ...

National Grid U.K. Announces World's First Large-Sc...

World's First EV-Charging Highway Trial to Start in Italy

DOE Announces Up to $8.25 Billion in Loans to Enhance El...

Dancing Robot Set to Help Energy Sector

Chile to track Renewable Energy for Copper Mining on Blockchain

E-Newsletter
May 2021

Content

COVER STORY

THE OFFICIAL BIRTH OF THE EU DSO ENTITY

GLOBAL STORIES ON SMART GRID

MEMBER UPDATE

SMART GRID EDITORIAL

“Karmic” Utilities: A Future Possibility

UPCOMING EVENTS

International Events

MEMBER UPDATE

LEED and PEER Synergies – Enhancing Building, Power System, Community Resilience, and Reducing Emissions

The sector accounts for 38% of all energy-related CO2 emissions when adding building construction industry emissions Direct building CO2 emissions need to halve by 2030 to get on track for net zero carbon building stock by 2050. GBCI (Green Business Certification Inc.) through its LEED (Leadership i...

Welcoming EPRI

We are pleased to welcome Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) as an Associate Member of GSEF The Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. (EPRI) conducts research and development relating to the generation, delivery, and use of electricity for the benefit of the public. As an independent, no...

What Technological Choices Should Be Made To Advance Electrification In Africa?

West African countries have set ambitious goals to extend energy access to their entire territory, while 75% of the world’s unconnected households are located in Africa. But in areas far from the central network, where populations are often dispersed over great distances, achieving electrifica...

GSEF SMART GRID EDITORIAL

“Karmic” Utilities: A Future Possibility

Science, business and philosophy reside in different schools and intersect only when it must. While the first two intersect more often, the third remains relatively isolated on its own. Business schools teach “organizational behaviour”, but there is no business discipline that studies “chronic problem management” for business continuity. Thus, the cause and effect of chronic problems, gets defined only within the disciplines of philosophy. One such is the “karma” philosophy (“as you sow, so you reap&rdq...