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Renewable Energy Transition: Opportunities, Challenges, and Costs

Flexibility in Renewable Energy Systems: A Crucial Challenge for the Energy Transition Flexibility in power systems based on renewable energy has become a critical issue in the energy transition.... continue reading

AI Transforming Energy Sector

When considering AI applications in the energy sector, use cases that come to mind normally include predictive analytics, reporting, and the automation of back-office processes and operations. Modern forecasting... continue reading

Nuclear Energy and AI: How hyperscale tech companies are shaping the power landscape

Recently, I came across several articles discussing the growing demand from hyperscale tech companies like Google, Amazon, and Meta for reliable, low-carbon, 24/7 electricity to power their data centers,... continue reading

Will China be a pioneer in nuclear fusion power production?

Nuclear fusion has long been considered a potential solution for producing emission-free energy without generating long-lived radioactive waste. The concept relies on heating hydrogen isotopes to extreme temperatures, causing... continue reading

Power Grid and BESS Investments in China are far ahead of Europe

With the development of renewable energy sources and the progression towards Net Zero plans, electrical grids are becoming increasingly important. In Europe’s fragmented energy system, grid development, including the... continue reading

Impressions from Munich Exhibition Alliance for Energy Industry

Last week, I had the opportunity to visit an exhibition in Munich dedicated to solar energy, along with several parallel exhibitions that together formed Europe’s Largest Alliance of Exhibitions... continue reading

Does AI development threaten climate goals through with its power demand?

Modern technology sometimes has unexpected impacts on the climate goals. For example, recent articles in the Financial Times make us aware that power demand growth in the US leads... continue reading

Reality check: Hydrogen’s role in the decarbonized economy.

I used to think about hydrogen as a game-changing fuel that could significantly decarbonize the economy and I was somewhat disappointed reading the recent article in the Financial Times... continue reading

Large European Utilities (temporarily) scale down investments into renewables.

As the Financial Times reported on the 20th of May (https://on.ft.com/3V93KSN), several major European energy companies are apparently reassessing or reducing their renewable energy targets due to high costs... continue reading

What is the place of nuclear technology in the future energy mix?

Discussions on how to reach net zero are running hot given that energy systems fully based on renewable power are not within reach in the next decades.  The reasons... continue reading

Revolutionary spirit of software vendors for energy transition at ENLIT

I recently attended ENLIT in Paris, and it was truly an exhilarating experience! The event gathered numerous innovative companies with smart ideas, demonstrating a revolutionary spirit driving the energy... continue reading

FIS sees hydrogen market ready for take-off

Hydrogen consistently garners attention in energy-related publications as a prospective substitute for fossil fuels, playing an indispensable role in achieving decarbonization goals. The technology for producing, transporting, and storing... continue reading

Water, CO2, Hydrogen – Alternatives to Batteries and a Hydrogen Future?

Usually, blogging on CTRMCenter involves a lot of material about software and market trends. All valuable and useful to many in the industry given the statistics for the website.... continue reading