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Reskilling IT for digital success

The tech talent shortage has CIOs scrambling to ensure that employees brush up on the latest skills and technologies that facilitate business agility. But the COVID-19 pandemic illuminated the need to have adaptable, flexible staff willing to learn new skills in critical domains such as cloud software, machine learning and cybersecurity. Indeed, 72% of 3,670 senior corporate […]

Recurrent Energy will install 2.3 GWh of energy storage in California over next year

The existing 100-MW Mustang solar project will receive a 300-MWh storage addition. Canadian Solar subsidiary Recurrent Energy announced new energy storage projects contracted to be built in 2021 and 2022. These projects span retrofits as-a-service, solar + storage PPAs, and stand-alone storage tolling agreements. Projects include: 200-MW/800-MWh Crimson storage project for Southern California Edison (SCE) […]

SpaceX president says Starlink global satellite broadbrand service to be live by September

SpaceX president and chief operating officer Gwynne Shotwell has revealed the company’s low-Earth orbit Starlink satellite broadband may be operational by around September. “We’ve successfully deployed 1,800 or so satellites, and once all those satellites reach their operational orbit we will have continuous global coverage so that should be like [the] September timeframe,” Shotwell said, […]

Newly introduced Efficient Grid Interconnection Act aims to equitably allocate costs of transmission system upgrades

On Tuesday, Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL), Chair of the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, introduced the Efficient Grid Interconnection Act, a bill that would help families power their homes with affordable and abundant clean energy by reducing costly transmission congestion and connecting more low-cost renewable energy to the electric grid. “Expanding access to affordable, clean […]

Here’s how Digit Insurance predicts the policy renewal rate with data and AI, IT News, ET CIO

In conversation with ETCIO, Vishal Shah-VP Technology, Digit General Insurance talks about the newest renewal prediction algorithm, automated pre-inspection process and how he is striking the balance between automation and human interference in the projects. “Renewal prediction algorithm is basically a model which predicts the number of customers who are likely to renew their policy. […]

2022 Aston Martin Vantage F1 Edition: A Sharper Edge

Many road cars have been created around often tenuous connections to motorsports, their uniqueness frequently running no deeper than stickers and graphics. On the surface, the new Aston Martin Vantage F1 Edition, with its carefully trademarked logos and an optional stem-to-stern racing stripe, fits this mold. But dive deeper and there’s actual substance to this […]

Pecan Street developing distributed energy adoption toolkit for HBCUs

The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation awarded Pecan Street Inc. a $40,000 grant to bring its unique data and research capabilities to developing a Distributed Energy Resources Toolkit for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Pecan Street will partner with Huston-Tillotson University in Austin to develop resources that support DER deployment on HBCU campuses to […]

NBN invites all governments to participate in AU$300m regional co-investment fund

Image: Getty Images The company responsible for the NBN is calling for expressions of interest from government agencies to take part in its AU$300 million regional co-investment fund (RCIF). The fund, first announced in September 2020, is designed to provide fibre and digital capability upgrades in regional and rural Australia. Government agencies at the federal, […]