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Energy
24
Mar

Taiwan Introduces 5G Base Station Energy Saving Solution

March 24, 2022
Source: https://opengovasia.com/taiwan-introduces-5g-base-station-energy-saving-solution/ Jerome Siacor March 22, 2022 The 5G industry may mean greater possibilities in communications but 5G base stations are notorious for their big appetite for energy – far more than conventional base stations (e.g., 4G). It’s why countries utilising 5G networks have been welcoming new business opportunities associated with the move towards net-zero...
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28
May

Electricity consumption from China’s digital sector on track to increase 289% by 2035: Greenpeace

May 28, 2021
BREAKING: Our latest report shows that electricity consumption from China's digital sector is on track to increase 289% by 2035. https://t.co/idqsOLhvPl pic.twitter.com/9ehOIMcIlz— Greenpeace East Asia (@GreenpeaceEAsia) May 28, 2021 Electricity consumption from China’s digital sector on track to increase 289% by 2035: Greenpeace Greenpeace East Asia May 28, 2021  BEIJING, 28 May 2021 – Electricity...
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05
May

Cell phone radio waves have insufficient energy to damage DNA and cause serious illness – an enduring fallacy

May 5, 2021,
Source https://tinyurl.com/ufd8vfa4 Guest Blog, from Professor Denis L. Henshaw, on the myth where EMF’s too low energy to break chemical bonds is automatically equaled to ‘no meaningful effects possible’ Posted on May 4, 2021 Below is the next in a series of Guest Blogs on BRHP. The opinions expressed in this Guest Blog are of Professor Denis L....
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01
May

Why renewable energy won’t end energy poverty in Zimbabwe

May 1, 2021
Source: https://theconversation.com/why-renewable-energy-wont-end-energy-poverty-in-zimbabwe-159008 April 29, 2021 Article by Ellen Fungisai Chipango Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Johannesburg Zimbabwe is one of the African countries that hopes renewable energy technologies will help to address their energy problems. About 42% of Zimbabwe’s households are connected to the electricity grid. The country has huge and diverse renewable energy potential. Its sustainable...
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01
May

Constructing, understanding and interpreting energy poverty in Zimbabwe: A postmodern perspective

May 1, 2021
E.F. Chipango, Constructing, understanding and interpreting energy poverty in Zimbabwe: A postmodern perspective, Energy Research & Social Science, Volume 75, 2021, 102026, ISSN 2214-6296,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102026. Abstract Energy poverty is well acknowledged in the global public and scholarly discussions. Nonetheless, it is habitually analysed in isolation from the discourse through which it is framed, produced, represented and...
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18
Dec

5G energy efficiencies Green is the new black

December 18, 2020
The GSMA’s latest report assesses the imperative to reduce emissions in the 5G era, how networks consume energy, which innovations can help boost efficiency and the challenges that remain in the way. Nov 2020 Authors: Tim Hatt, Emanuel Kolta https://data.gsmaintelligence.com/research/research/research-2020/5g-energy-efficiencies-green-is-the-new-black
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28
Sep

The 5G Promise: “Green and Sustainable”

September 28, 2020
The way in which a telecommunications company operates and deploys its network has an enormous influence on its energy and carbon emission performance. The challenge 5G will cause an enormous rise in energy consumption and has the potential to be one of the biggest culprits in contributing to adverse environmental impacts through greenhouse gas emissions....
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08
Aug

South Africa’s Lights Flicker as Its Electric Utility Ponders a Future Without Carbon

August 8, 2020
A legacy of deferred maintenance, mismanagement, and massive debt for underperforming power plants built by South African utility Eskom may be tough to overcome 04 Aug 2020 By David Wagman Optimists look to the future of Eskom, South Africa’s electric utility, and see a glass half full. Pessimists see a glass nearly empty. The optimists look to...
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08
Aug

Zimbabwe Hopes Rural Electrification Can Stop Deforestation. Here’s Why It Might Not Work

August 8, 2020
04 Aug 2020 Researchers say bigger issues — poverty, corruption, inequality — can undermine rural energy programs if unaddressed. By Maria Gallucci In Zimbabwe, where access to the electrical grid is sparse and unreliable, millions of people still burn wood to cook food and heat their homes. The practice is partly to blame for worsening deforestation...
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17
Feb

Rare Metals: “An Electric Vehicle Generates Nearly As Much Carbon As Diesel” – Interview with Guillaume Pitron

February 17, 2018
From the author of ‘Towards Better Health’   http://mieuxprevenir.blogspot.co.za/2018/02/rare-metals-electric-vehicle-generates.html Rare metals: « An electric vehicle generates nearly as much carbon as diesel » by Marine Ernoult, liberation.fr, 1 February 2018  (translation) Interview with Guillaume Pitron In his latest work, « La Guerre des métaux rares » (The War of Rare Metals), Guillaume Pitron denounces the «...
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