Big data is critical to meeting net-zero commitments, says United

DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, Aug. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In a article entitled: “Good intentions are no longer enough. Welcome to the age of big data for climate” – Chris Caldwell articulated his view that big data and AI are essential to the world’s effort to achieve net-zero carbon emissions.

Caldwell, a cleantech entrepreneur and President Emeritus of the London Business School Alumni Energy Club, has over a decade of experience building and managing wind, solar and hydro energy projects. Financial and carbon accounting and infrastructure (using a range of technologies) have long been at the heart of his interests and professional experience – from clean energy to his previous role as director of corporate finance for a variety of banks. Caldwell also presents Discussions on climate, a podcast that invites leading economic experts to discuss key issues related to climate change. For this article, he drew on his experience of discussing the topic of big data with Ramez Nasser from Energisme SA, in an episode to be found here.

Today’s article assesses the place of next-generation data technologies in carbon accounting, including:

• Why measuring Scope 3 emissions will dominate the future of carbon tracking
• How Internet of Things technology and Big Data will enable the private sector to track carbon across the entire corporate value chain
• Why AI will be a necessity to deal with the amount of environmental data it will produce
• The importance of solving privacy issues and one’s digital technology footprint

United Renewables is a full cycle clean energy developer with over 40 deployed renewable energy projects managed from land acquisition and licensing to construction and aftercare. United Renewables has sophisticated in-house technology talent across a range of cleantech functions, and tracking energy and carbon is just one of them. In partnership with the London Business School, the company also produces…