Climate change is a significant issue for ICT industry

Climate change is a significant issue for ICT industry

ICTpost Energy Bureau ICTpost estimates that mobile communications currently represents about 18% of the global ICT sector impact though this could grow to 25% by 2025 through the continued growth in subscribers. This numbers should also be seen in the context of GDP contribution. About 80% of a mobile operators’ energy is used by the […]

Market-linked microgrids provide customers choice that can drive down costs and risks

Market-linked microgrids provide customers choice that can drive down costs and risks

16 March, 2021: New Delhi The demand of power in India is enormous and is growing steadily. The vast Indian power market, today offers one of the highest growth opportunities for private developers.Growth of Power Sector infrastructure in India since its Independence has been noteworthy making India the third largest producer of electricity in Asia. […]

Technology leapfrog effect: Innovating the Energy Sector in India

Technology leapfrog effect: Innovating the Energy Sector in India

ICTpost Energy Bureau In the age of innovation , the green theme is throwing up a broad and bewildering array of new companies ; many promising clean-energy start-ups are hitting the market with products and services that could radically alter how we think of, and consume, power. Billions of $s of Venture and government support […]

Greenhouse gases are turning Earth into Venus?

Greenhouse gases are turning Earth into Venus?

ICTpost News Network A study from the University of Victoria is suggesting that our atmosphere is far more susceptible to a runaway greenhouse effect than previously assumed. The phenomenon occurs when a planet absorbs more solar energy than it can give off in return. That causes surface water to evaporate, fill the atmosphere with steam, […]

Business models are innovation engines for the Indian solar industry

Business models are innovation engines for the Indian solar industry

ICTpost Energy Bureau According to ICTpost Energy Tracker, renewable power installations (excluding large hydro projects) held a 24.2% share of the India’s overall power mix and stood at about 90.6 GW as of September 30, 2020. This was a marginal increase from last quarter’s 89.5 GW. In the same period the previous year, the country […]

Supergrids in India: Can we smooth the path to transmission’s future?

Supergrids in India: Can we smooth the path to transmission’s future?

ICTpost Energy Bureau The concept of a “super-grid” capable of moving huge amounts of electricity over long distances is popular with environmentalists and governments keen to promote the integration of more renewables into the power supply, overcome transmission bottlenecks and bring power to remote communities. An electricity super-grid could take green electricity produced in one […]

Energy Internet and Real Time Energy Information: Indian Scenario

Energy Internet and Real Time Energy Information: Indian Scenario

By ICTpost Energy Bureau India’s power grid is being renovated as the country moves towards smart grid technology. The upgrade will facilitate a range of new technologies, from more efficient appliances to solar and wind farms. While it will take decades for the entire grid to wise up, it is already a reality in dozens […]

Why social entrepreneurs are critical to recovery from COVID-19 crisis

Why social entrepreneurs are critical to recovery from COVID-19 crisis

By François Bonnici, Head-Social Innovation, World Economic Forum Social entrepreneurs solve market and government failures by serving excluded and vulnerable populations, which are most at risk to impacts of COVID-19.Decades of work in the impact sector are at stake during the economic crisis.A new alliance of 40 organizations aims to coordinate response to support social […]

How to improve factor productivity and adoption of competitive solutions

How to improve  factor productivity and adoption of competitive solutions

McKinsey Global Report Asia’s initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 was partly enabled by technological foundations developed long before the crisis. Over the past decade, the region has developed and deepened its technological capabilities and infrastructure rapidly, accounting for a large share of global growth in technology company revenue start-up funding, spending on […]