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Energy: Tech to make more and use less


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Right now, we need a lot more energy.  In 2023, on average we use 60 kilowatt hours of electrical energy, each, per day. That's enough to boil approximately 600 litres of water. Which is a lot, especially when you consider that several billion of us are using a lot less than that. Demand is growing, too, by 3-5% globally every year. The IT industry is a major contributor to this, using around 6% of the world's electricity. So how can we make more, and use less?

That’s the topic of a two-part special of our sister podcast, Technology Untangled. This week, we’re taking a look at some of the key findings from these special investigations in something of a highlights reel.

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About the experts featured in this episode
Patricia Thornley from the Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/patricia-thornley-66724b69
CEO of Octopus Energy’s Kraken Flex, Devrim Celal: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/dcelal
HPE Chief Technologist, John Frey: https://twitter.com/drjohnfrey?lang=en
Joe Baguely of VMWare: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joebaguley/?originalSubdomain=uk

This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week we look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organisations and what we can learn from it.

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