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Jul 23, 2020

Apple joins tech rivals with pledge to be 100% carbon neutral by 2030

Apple said it is supporting the development of what it claims is the first-ever direct carbon-free aluminum smelting process and that the first batch of this low-carbon aluminum is being used in production of the 16-inch MacBook Pro. article: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-joins-tech-rivals-with-pledge-to-be-100-carbon-neutral-by-2030-2020-07-21?mod=rachel-koning-beals Read more.

Jul 21, 2020

Launched: Digital Substation Initiative to Modernize Power Grid Infrastructure

A Digital Substation Automation Systems (DSAS) initiative has been launched to enhance the power grid’s modularity, interoperability, and scalability to accelerate the effort toward carbon neutrality by 2050. article: https://www.environmentalleader.com/2020/06/launched-digital-substation-initiative-to-modernize-power-grid-infrastructure/ Read more.

Jul 16, 2020

LF Energy announces open source substation project to better handle variable renewables, EVs

article: https://www.utilitydive.com/news/lf-energy-announces-open-source-substation-project-to-better-handle-variabl/580413/ Read more.

Jul 14, 2020

LF Energy Launches Digital Substation Initiative to Modernize Power Grid Infrastructure

Linux Foundation organization, LF Energy, with GE Renewable Energy, Schneider Electric and RTE, also launched CoMPAS to make substation systems interoperable as part of this initiative. article: https://devops.com/lf-energy-launches-digital-substation-initiative-to-modernize-power-grid-infrastructure/   Read more.

Jul 10, 2020

Words Matter: Finally, Tech Looks at Removing Exclusionary Language

This month the tech industry’s lexicon is seeing a small but significant shift: Common technical phrases, most notably “Master/Slave” and “Whitelist/Blacklist” that have been red-flagged as offensive, or even racist, sometimes for decades, are getting updates. article: https://thenewstack.io/words-matter-finally-tech-looks-at-removing-exclusionary-language/ Read more.