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Technologies for Clean Electricity Generation: Challenges and Opportunities (Part 2)
In a recent blog post, I mentioned that the appetite for low emissions and carbon-free technology in electricity generation has never been so great. Here in Canada, we are making great strides in the development of low emissions technologies in order to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets we fully expect will become legally... [read more]
Technologies for Clean Electricity Generation: Challenges and Opportunities (Part 1)
Recently, the Canadian Electricity Association organized a joint strategic session where we welcomed members of our Corporate Partners Committee along with members of our Generation Council. Corporate Partners are the many firms that provide equipment, services and technology to the electricity industry, and the Generation Council is... [read more]
Tracking Public Perceptions (Part 3): Electricity Price Trade-offs
In my previous posting I highlighted the importance that electricity customers place on the price they pay, and shared data that showed price-related concerns have risen to an all-time high. In my final post about CEA’s 2009 Public Attitudes research I want to focus again on price, but this time in terms of the relative importance... [read more]
Tracking Public Perceptions, Part 2: It’s All About Price
The gloomy economic headlines of the past year have coloured the views of consumers about all things financial. According to our public opinion research, it has also coloured their perceptions of, and concerns about, the price they pay for electricity. The customer’s focus on price is understandable, but it also points to the challenges... [read more]
Poised for Transformation (Part 3): Policy for Transformation: Technology Shift
This post is part three of a series on Canadian Electricity Industry policy priorities, found here: Part One Part Two In order to facilitate the transformation to a more efficient and lower-emitting electricity system that continues to meet the needs and expectations of a growing population, a massive technology shift is required.... [read more]
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Baby You Can Drive My (Electric) Car
Posted May 11, 2012 by Scott Edward Anderson
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Siemens develops ABS plastic alternative
Posted May 9, 2012 by Doris de Guzman
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Reduce CO2 and Slow Global Warming?
Posted April 30, 2012 by Willem Post
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Hidroenergia 2012
May 25, 2012, Wroclaw, Poland
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WGC 2012 - 25th World Gas Conference
June 4, 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Ecwatech 2012
June 4, 2012, Moscow, Russia
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Scott Edward Anderson is a consultant, blogger, and media commentator who blogs at The Green Skeptic. More »
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Jesse Jenkins is the director of energy and climate policy at the Breakthrough Institute. More »
Robert Rapier works in the energy industry and writes and speaks about energy and the environment. More »
Geoffrey Styles is Managing Director of GSW Strategy Group, LLC and an award-winning blogger. More »
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Hidroenergia 2012
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NESCO Town Hall: Security Risk Management Practices for Electric Utilities
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“Cities will need to be retrofitted, as a whole. There's much work to be done. Vertical farming and other forms of energy/space/agriculture integration will be necessary to further sustain how humans live on this planet.”
“David,Reserves, potential resources and production are not interchangeable, and apocalyptic statements that depend on conflating them are thus fundamentally flawed. Your cogent analysis makes this crucial distinction well. It just needs a bigger audience.”