Tariffs, “Reshoring” and Electrification
Part 3 in the Series: “Resilience in a Storm.”
Looking down the “AI” rabbit hole
Part 2 in the Series: “Resilience in a Storm.”
Resilience in a Storm
Part one of a four-part blog for people who buy lots of electricity.
COP-Out
*Photo Source: NASA This year’s COP 29 summit in Baku lacked, from the beginning, the sunny optimism associated with Glasgow’s COP 26. There in 2021, Mark Carney led the GFANZ climate investment initiative, and attendees got the sense that real money was ready to flow into building a new energy economy. Of course, the wheels […]
CFOs take note: Climate risk is Financial Risk
In Oct 2021, COP 26 Glasgow gave the world a hint that capital markets were going to reshape the environmental practices of corporations around the world. Mark Carney – recently the head of the Bank of England – assembled GFANZ, a group of the world’s largest financial asset managers – Blackrock, Vanguard, banks, insurance companies […]
What’s Hot in Cooling
The topic of heating and cooling will be very much with us this summer.
Shockingly – we received recently the tragic report from Saudi Arabia: 1301 pilgrims to Mecca died from heat exposure.
Will “AI” make us Stupid?
The US phase-out of coal fired electricity generation will be delayed due to the impact of growing loads driven by data-centres and in particular the energy demands associated with AI.
*Featured Image: Coal plants operating as of November 2021. Darker markers indicate multiple generators. Map: The Conversation/CC-BY-ND Source: EIA
Wait a Minute – I Thought Natural Gas was Resilient?
Power outages are on the upswing across America, and a key culprit turns out to be, wait for it, fossil-gas. A recent article by Alex Kimani in Oil Price.com points out something a bit ironic.
Mixology
The matter at hand: Planning the energy mix during a period of rapid decarbonization. This past winter, the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers gazed into the future of Ontario’s electrical supply.
It’s Getting Hot In Here
The earth is accumulating heat. Back in April 2023, the World Meteorological Association laid some important track in our understanding of this issue.