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Regulatory Efficiency: A Must for Electricity Infrastructure Renewal

February 7, 2012 by Jim Burpee
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We at the Canadian Electricity Association have publicly raised, many times, that our electricity sector faces a complex challenge over the next two decades. In order to meet Canada’s increasing demands for electricity, we must invest in electricity infrastructure. That means renewing, replacing and adding to the generating stations and power lines that power the economy. [read more]

Can Old Coal Plants Be Replaced With Energy Efficiency?

August 22, 2011 by Neal Elliot
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Over the past year, the utility industry has experienced significant angst over pending updates to utility environmental regulations. Of particular concern is the question of whether to invest in plant updates to comply with these  regulations or to retire these plants altogether and replace this capacity with new (and most likely... [read more]

The Four Hurdles of Renewable Energy

July 3, 2010 by Taylen Peterson
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American Electric Power CEO Michael Morris is all too familiar with the challenges of incorporating renewable energy into the existing industrial framework. But he believes that the largest of these hurdles can be overcome with sound planning for the future. Here’s what he has to say. #1 – Moving Renewables to High-Consumption... [read more]

Gone with the wind

February 28, 2008 by Eddy De Clercq
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Flanders (Belgium) doesn’t invest in wind mills. The current 123 units are peanuts compared to the 18000 mills in Germany and 1840 in The Netherlands. Even when recalculated to the size of Flanders, we should have at least 583 wind mills installed if we want to catch up with The Netherlands. But even then, it will be hard to keep up the... [read more]