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Electricity: Ready for Centre Stage (Part 6 – Conclusion)

March 16, 2010 by Pierre Guimond
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<!--break--> In our last post in this series, we looked at more new priorities for governments and industry to address for the future of electricity. Here is the last of these five priorities, and where they leave us… The world will need better regional, national and international governance – more effective and inclusive decision... [read more]

Electricity: Ready for Centre Stage (Part 3 - From Regional Supplier to Global Problem-Solver?)

March 3, 2010 by Pierre Guimond
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<!--break--> Admittedly, not all the trends identified in my most recent post in this series have positive implications for electricity; resource depletion, for instance, may entail costs and shortfalls for the sector’s water and material inputs, while climate change is not only a one-sided opportunity – it will also entail costly... [read more]

Electricity: Ready for Centre Stage (Part 1)

February 24, 2010 by Pierre Guimond
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<!--break--> Increasingly, observers are looking to electricity to address an array of major energy challenges confronting society.  Electricity is widely expected to play a greater role in the global energy system and in meeting societal needs than it has in the past. But if electricity is to answer this call, it must also be... [read more]