Schrödinger’s industry: Most productive sector of the economy per: calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... And also simultaneously needs public money bail out and less regulation to be able to survive per yesterdays story
Gov’t collaboration is helping to advance the affordable #decarbonization#electricityhttps://buff.ly/3XJ2Q0u
Deep geothermal has made the @TheEconomist! Important detail missing, I believe these projects are closed cycle, & don’t lose water on each pass, they just need it for well pressurization & makeup. “Geothermal energy could outperform nuclear power” www.economist.com/science-and-...
Alberta might see a great wind and solar electricity day tomorrow. Good to be able to use these resources as they're available, saving gas, charging batteries, and pushing prices down. Stay tuned...
This op-ed reminds me of calls for not only internet access, but also digital infrastructure, to be treated as utilities. e.g., a discussion from 2021: hls.harvard.edu/today/should...
At the annual Klinsky Lecture, Visiting Professor John G. Palfrey ’01, president of the MacArthur Foundation, says we need a regulatory regime for technology.
💨 As terrible smoke conditions linger in Edmonton – and bad ones all across Alberta, I'm reminded of how much First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities continue to be on the front lines of wildfires and their impacts. www.nationalobserver.com/2024/08/14/n...
Officials with the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation announced the move, saying the Flanagan fire was directly threatening their community of Sandy Bay.
Summary of their recommendations: 📊 The AESO needs better data management and reporting standards 🏭 Generators need to provide better data about their facilities
💡 Alberta's market watchdog has just published its report on two electricity grid alert events from this year. They did a DEEP dive into the events including a plant level outage summary 🤿 One key takeaway: gas plants are sensitive to weather too 🥶🥵 albertamsa.ca/assets/Docum...