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AES enlists AI to boost its sustainable energy business

CIO

American utility and power company AES launched a renewable energy program in mid-2022 that is not only reducing its carbon footprint but adding wealth to its coffer. The project, dubbed Farseer AI Generation Forecasting and Market Automation Program, was developed by a handful of AES data scientists in partnership with Google.

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Elevate your digital transformation with impactful sustainability

CIO

These priorities are concretely influencing IT buying decisions: According to a global survey by Enterprise Strategy Group, 98% of IT decision-makers report that IT suppliers’ environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs influence their IT purchasing decisions, and 85% have eliminated a potential technology supplier due to ESG concerns. [1]

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AgBiome lands $166M for safer crop protection technology

TechCrunch

As part of farmers’ integrated pest program, they often spray fungicide applications 12 times per year in order to yield fruits and vegetables. We don’t want to pollute the Earth, but we have to find a way to feed 9 billion people by 2050,” Obloj said. The company saw 10x sales growth in 2020, Uknes told TechCrunch.

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SunCulture wants to turn Africa into the world’s next bread basket, one solar water pump at a time

TechCrunch

The world’s food supply must double by the year 2050 to meet the demands of a growing population, according to a report from the United Nations. “We have to double the amount of food we have to create by 2050, and if you look at where there are enough resources to grow food — all signs point to Africa.

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ConocoPhillips enlists 3D printing for supply efficiencies on Alaska’s North Slope

CIO

Yet this site is home to one of ConocoPhillips’s three major development programs in the state, and central to its operations are the company’s gas turbines. Such lead times call for a large physical inventory of replacement parts, which comes with warehousing costs and the ad valorem tax of storage.

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Carbon Offset in Aviation Explained: How ICAO CORSIA Helps Airlines Get Closer to Net Zero

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IATA and its members committed to go net zero by 2050, which sounds great, but the problem is that the amount of air traffic is forecasted to be more than 3 times greater by that time. Later on, we’ll look at the regulating standards and talk about offsetting programs. IATA commits to halve emissions by 2050. They include.

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Profile of Michael Antonov

Pandora's Brain

At school and university, he loved programming, and he teamed up with a college friend to launch Scaleform, a business developing user interfaces for computer games. When these emigrants become immigrants they bring great skills and determination to their adopted homelands.

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