Climate change mitigation and smart energy solutions
(Continuation of part of Question 6/5)
Motivation
Question 11/5 aims to develop standards, guidance, Supplements and/or Technical Reports to create a smart energy system using ICT and digital technologies such as artificial intelligence.
Driven by a robust global economy and strong heating and cooling needs, global energy demand continues to grow. The growing demands for fossil fuel and natural gas are outpacing the record gain in renewables, including solar and wind generation. As a result, global energy-related emissions increased by 1.7% in 2018 and is expected to continue to grow1.
At the heart of climate change mitigation is to reduce carbon emissions. Information communication technologies (ICTs) and digital technologies are the key enabler for creating a sustainable, efficient, cost effective and intelligent smart energy system. Smart energy system connects energy supply and demands through intelligent networking. ICTs such as smart grids and meters monitors the optimal usage of energy, balancing supply and demand based on real-time information collected by different IoT applications. A smart energy system not only reduce energy demand but also increase renewable energy uptake so it will be possible to achieve a high impact on climate change mitigation.
In view of the above, this Question seeks to develop standards, guidelines and measurement frameworks that support the development of a smart energy system and applying smart energy solutions to achieve a low-carbon economy.
This Question aims to develop Recommendations, Supplements and/or Technical reports on real time energy service and control solutions for more effective and efficient energy management trough ICT and digital technologies.
This Question will develop standards, frameworks and requirements for promoting energy efficiency and will facilitate energy management improvements for CO2 emissions reduction.
This Question is in line with the following Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 7 “Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all”; SDG 9 “Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation”; SDG 11 “Make cities and human settlement inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable” and SDG 13 “Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impact”.
The following Recommendations and Supplements, in force at the time of approval of this Question, fall under its responsibility:
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ITU-T L.1305, L.1360, L.1361, L.1370, L.1371, L.1380, L.1381, L.1382.
QuestionStudy items to be considered include, but are not limited to:
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What Recommendations, Supplements or technical reports are needed to deal with climate change mitigation and smart energy systems?
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What are the requirements for smart energy solutions able to mitigate climate change?
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What are the requirements for the application of smart energy solutions in ICT installations (e.g. data centres, IoT, M2M, radio sites, customer sites, etc.)?
- What Recommendations are needed to deal with a virtuous mechanism of CO2 emission reduction (ref. UNFCCC) and simultaneous reduction of energy consumption with rewarding referring to the technological and nominal additionality of the technological solutions and systems?
TasksTasks include, but are not limited to:
- Develop Recommendations and Supplements to support the implementation of smart energy solutions (including cooling solutions);
- Develop Recommendations and Supplements to set the requirements for mitigating climate change using digital technologies;
- Develop Recommendations, Supplements and/or Technical Reports on utilizing ICT sites as a micro-grid (e.g. using IoT technology);
- Develop Recommendations, Supplements and/or Technical Reports on the characterizations and specifications of the energy storage evaluation and power system configurations, architectures, and cable distributions of the DC or hybrid AC and DC power feeding system considering the interconnection to smart grids or smart energy solutions;
- Develop Recommendations, Supplements and/or Technical Reports on smart energy technologies and solutions for digital technologies (including data centre, 5G, big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain, etc) and other industries;
- Develop Recommendations, Supplements and/or Technical Reports to improve the energy efficiency of ICT equipment through, for example, smart power management;
- Develop Recommendations, Guidelines and Supplements concerning the implementation of a virtuous mechanism of CO2 emission reduction (ref. UNFCCC) and simultaneous reduction of energy consumption coupled with rewarding mechanisms referring to the technological and nominal additional value of technological solutions and systems;
- Maintenance and revision of existing Recommendations and other deliverables.
An up-to-date status of work under this Question is contained in the ITU-T SG5 work programme
(https://www.itu.int/ITU-T/workprog/wp_search.aspx?q=11/5).
Relationships
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