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Hungary, Portugal and Poland sign up to EU quantum communication infrastructure initiative
QCI will help Europe to secure its critical infrastructure and encryption systems against cyber threats. It will also enable data centres to store and exchange information safely. Long-term plan is for the QCI infrastructure to become the backbone for Europes Quantum Internet. QKD can secure confidential data, power grids, government communications and digital transactions, even against crypto code-breaking by the quantum computers of the future. Andrus Ansip, European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Single Market, said: All sectors of our economy and society have the potential to benefit from deploying a quantum secure communication infrastructure all over the ‘In a world where securing our information online is of the utmost importance, Europe cannot afford to lag behind, I am confident that other Member States will join this initiative, which has potential to become EUs next major success story’ The Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, Mariya Gabriel, added: ‘In the years to come, we need to work together’.
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Steklarna Hrastnik is the leading glass products manufacturer in Slovenia. The company has a strong environmental regulation compliance strategy. To comply with European energy regulation and meet the energy consumption reduction target, the company carried out an energy management project.
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SIJ Metal Ravne is one of the biggest steel companies in Europe. The company decided to run an energy management project with the following purposes: 1- Monitor and analyze real-time energy consumption, 2- Define and analyze key energy efficiency indicators.
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Telekom Slovenije is a communications service provider in Slovenia. It also operates through its subsidiaries on the markets of South-Eastern Europe. The main objectives of the EM project were: complete digitalization of energy data for energy management system implementation.
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Blockchain Technology – a Threat to Distribution Network Operators?
distributed network operators in Europe are threatened by a potential application of blockchain technology in the energy sector. The eurelectric report reads like an attempt by the industry to reassure itself that its core business model - asset ownership and operation of the electricity networks - is.
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Blockchain in the energy sector is moving forward - Key takeaways from the EventHorizon 2018
In 2016, investments in blockchain startups in the energy realm were five times larger in the US than in Europe. In the US, however, only 16 new companies have entered the field of energy blockchain in 2017. China is now the second largest market for.
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Why do you need energy storage monitoring?
DNV GL has acquired Green Power Monitor, which monitors 2300 facilities in over 51 countries. In the wind and solar business, Resource Panorama is an online data analytics service. IMPRESS is designed to create best practices for energy storage monitoring.
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Does VR work for Energy Efficiency markets? A review of the VR presentation of the Investor Confidence Project at Hannover Messe 2018
Investor Confindence Project ICP is partner in the EU funded H2020 project ICP. ICP aims to better connect financial markets with energy efficiency sector in Europe. The approach is build on what financial markets call the "DNA" of business.
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Energy Transition goes virtual - the ICP project
Energy efficiency is the hottest energy-related topic. We will provide up to 50 "physical" participants with a mobileVR headset. The solution we have choosen works simultaniously via laptop, mobile and full VR. You can join the event.
Read Full articleTranslating SAP Add-Ons
Energy efficiency is not only about technology. From time to time we are highlighting related services of relevance. This article includes a short paper about SAP add-ons. If this is of potential relevance for you, check this 2pg paper from textand.
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