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Electricity: Ready for Centre Stage (Part 4 – Priorities for Government and Industry)

March 4, 2010 by Jim Burpee
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In Parts 1-3 of this series, we looked at electricity’s modern revolution and how it will set traditional concerns aside as out of date, and in so doing will bring five timely and relevant new priorities to the fore for governments and industry to address. We’ll look now at the first of these priorities, as I see them… (... [read more]

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

March 3, 2010 by Jim Burpee
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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 adaptation... [read more]

Electricity: Ready for Centre Stage (Part 2 - Energy Challenges in an Interdependent World

March 1, 2010 by Jim Burpee
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    Here, then, are some of the energy-related challenges that form the backdrop to our world’s heightened electricity expectations…   The last two decades have seen some extraordinary changes in the world – changes that have only been accelerating. In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, centers... [read more]

Electricity: Ready for Centre Stage (Part 1)

February 24, 2010 by Jim Burpee
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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 given the... [read more]