sylvain gignac
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Electric Grid & Energy Systems operator mindset + some trading instincts Use đđĄ for
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Solid analysis on why gas is getting expensive in the Northeast. Interested in getting further studies on how to replace it to tackle winter peaks.
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"The revival of the pipeline project came as part of a deal Gov. Kathy Hochul reportedly struck with the Trump administration in order to save the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project, which the federal government had sought to shut down mid-construction."
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State Permits Trump-Backed Natural Gas Pipeline in New York Waters
The Williams pipeline would span 17 miles near the Rockaways and Staten Island. The state had rejected the project three times previously.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/07/williams-natural-gas-pipeline-hochul-trump/
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The twin peaks far out on the horizon are north and south Chalone Peaks, in Pinnacles National Park about 60 miles away.
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Joshua Basseches
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Yet when rooftop solar is framed as being about "energy freedom," pro-solar policies can be popular even in red states, as I argue here: (2/2)
www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/19/1...
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How to make clean energy progress under Trump in the statesâblue and red alike
Cheaper energy bills are a nonpartisan issueâno matter where you live.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/19/1122023/how-to-make-clean-energy-progress-under-trump-in-the-states-blue-and-red-alike/
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More are claiming that âTime to drop the goal of climate neutrality. It will be expensive, the climate effect is uncertain and the money could be used smarter.â But as extreme events â disrupt energy systems, this argument ignores the real cost of inaction.đ€·ââïž
www.energiogklima.no/meninger-og-...
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PÄ tide Ä droppe mÄlet om klimanÞytralitet
Det vil bli dyrt, klimaeffekten er usikker og pengene kan brukes smartere. Stortingets mÄl om at Norge skal vÊre klimanÞytralt fra 2030, bÞr avskaffes, skriver Zero-leder Stig SchjÞlset.
https://www.energiogklima.no/meninger-og-analyse/debatt/pa-tide-a-droppe-malet-om-klimanoytralitet
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In ThyborĂžn, Denmark, local community built one of the worldâs largest wind turbines. No protests, no delays. 2800 citizens co-own the 15 MW turbine and share profits.
www.nrk.no/sorlandet/xl...
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266 meter hĂžy: innbyggerne jubler over gigant
Nylig ble verdens stÞrste kommersielle vindturbin reist pÄ Jylland, og det skjedde uten én eneste klage.
https://www.nrk.no/sorlandet/xl/verdens-storste-vindturbin-i-danmark-er-bygget-uten-klager-1.17604713
17 days ago
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Grid Status
17 days ago
Like any event that changes daily routines, Halloween impacts load curves across the country Over the past 9 years, real-time load has underperformed almost all of PJMâs forecasts over the evening peak, precisely during prime trick-or-treating hours đđĄ
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If FERC loses its independence, how might that reshape NERCâs ability to uphold reliability standards, just as weâre trying to catch up with an increasingly complex grid?
www.rtoinsider.com/118169-ferc-...
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FERC Veterans Share Worries over Agencyâs Independence
A pair of FERC veterans told attendees at the Nodal Trader conference that they fear for the agency's independence.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/118169-ferc-veterans-share-worries-agencys-independence/
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NERC-Planning Energy Assurance opens for comments up Dec 5, 2025. Dealing with "inconsistent output from variable energy resources, coincident with unassured deliverability of fuel supplies and volatility in load, can contribute to insufficient amounts of available energy on the Bulk Power System".
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As NERC is developing a better understanding of AI/DC loads, "we anticipate codifying those in a reliability guideline later this year or early next year and maybe eventually even in auditable standard auditable standards."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv5K...
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Jim Robb Addresses the State of the Bulk-Power System at FERC Technical Conference
YouTube video by NERC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv5K_giW-sA
20 days ago
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Dustin Mulvaney
21 days ago
Building Community Power - our new report looks at community benefits agreements, intended to increase social acceptance. Read about California and New Yorkâs programs to approve renewables and energy storage projects at the state level with community support.
climateandcommunity.org/wp-content/u...
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data there via
@gridstatus.io
had some nice conversations with the folks on the story over the last month
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"Globally, we are facing a systemic risk that threatens the entire society. Climate risk is unpredictable and increasing. What you have to pay for insurance as a result of climate change will gradually increase to the point where it becomes impossible to manage"
www.energiogklima.no/nyhet/klimao...
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Klimakrise gir forsikringskrise: Ăkende tap truer lĂžnnsomhet og stabilitet
Konsekvensene av klimaendringene â som branner, flom og ekstremvĂŠr - gjĂžr forsikringer dyrere. Selskaper sier nei til Ă„ forsikre utsatte omrĂ„der. I verste fall kan dette pĂ„virke stabiliteten i finansm...
https://www.energiogklima.no/nyhet/klimaogfinans/klimakrise-gir-forsikringskrise-okende-tap-truer-lonnsomhet-og-stabilitet
about 2 months ago
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CDRmare
about 2 months ago
Do you know that our CDRmare infographics are published under a CC-BY licence? We do this to provide fact-based, scientifically accurate graphs to help everyone communicate on the topic of
#mCDR
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lnkd.in/eWcmmxsN
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Ken Sands
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A federal judge has lifted a stop-work order on Revolution Wind, handing a rare victory to the U.S. offshore wind industry amid the Trump administrationâs relentless effort to torpedo it. đđĄ
@yes-energy.bsky.social
www.rtoinsider.com/115390-judge...
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Two factors to the falling imports from Canada: drought conditions have led to less hydropower in Canada + "between 2016 and 2024, electricity demand in ISO-NE fell 9%, and demand in NYISO fell 6%". But...
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
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U.S. Northeast is relying less on electricity imports from Canada - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=66144
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
Annaâs hummingbird, tongue out.
#Birds
#YardsBirds
#Photography
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Northern Norwayâs largest wind farm has stood idle since April, not for lack of wind, but because prices are too low. Just shows how "optimisation" with price signals isnât as simple as we like to think. Turns out electrons have their own appetites. Need the right buffet.
www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnm...
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Ănsker seg dyrere kraftpriser i nord: Vindkraftverk har stĂ„tt stille siden april
Lave kraftpriser fÞrer til Þkonomisk hodepine for bÄde kraftselskap og kommunene.
https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/onsker-seg-dyrere-kraftpriser-i-nord_-vindkraftverk-har-statt-stille-siden-april-1.17577029
about 2 months ago
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Despite promise to cut electricity bills in half, US households are seeing prices rise, up to 7%. Culprits = scrapped offshore projects and support for onshore renewables + soaring demand from AI/data centers.
www.ft.com/content/4e19...
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Surging US power costs defy Donald Trumpâs pledge to halve bills
Electricity price inflation sparks political debate ahead of elections
https://www.ft.com/content/4e19bd8d-096c-48cf-89c0-37d33d025c27
about 2 months ago
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On đšđŠ supporting the idea of natural gas as a transitional fuel = Fermeuse Energy LNG plans to tap 9.7 Tcf offshore gas for export to Europe...and Northeast. No discussions on a gas pipeline to ISONE 'cause don't wish to be captive to New England only.
pgjonline.com/news/2025/se...
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Planned Newfoundland LNG Hub Targets Europeâs Growing Energy Needs
The estimated $12â15 billion project is expected to create thousands of jobs and deliver long-term economic benefits for Newfoundland and Labrador.
https://pgjonline.com/news/2025/september/planned-newfoundland-lng-hub-targets-europe-s-growing-energy-needs
about 2 months ago
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"To hold warming below 2 °C, a total of 525 to 755 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide will need to be removed from the atmosphere by 2100". As with expanded popcorns, difficult to push down the lid of the pot.
spectrum.ieee.org/scaling-carb...
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Scaling Carbon Capture: Can We Meet the Challenge?
What would it take to scale carbon removal technologies to remove billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide a year? These charts explain.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/scaling-carbon-capture-technology?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=hero&utm_campaign=2025-09-16&utm_content=hero1
about 2 months ago
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Christophe McGlade
about 2 months ago
A major topic of debate today is about how the oil & gas outlook is affected by policy, renewables, EVs, etc. A key variable often missing from the conversation is how production declines from oil and gas fields. That's the topic of a new
@iea.org
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www.iea.org/reports/the-...
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The Implications of Oil and Gas Field Decline Rates â Analysis - IEA
The Implications of Oil and Gas Field Decline Rates - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
https://www.iea.org/reports/the-implications-of-oil-and-gas-field-decline-rates
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Great paper on the real bottleneck in the energy shift, itâs not tech cost, itâs coordination. // with NERC stressing for years, grids need tighter cross-energy orchestration btw electricity, heat, hydrogen, EVs and tutti quanti to keep reliability intact.
www.oxfordenergy.org/publications...
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The complex challenge of coordination in liberalised and carbon-constrained energy systems - Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
Liberalisation and decarbonisation have transformed energy system coordination from internal engineering to a complex economic and digital challenge. Liberalisation replaced vertically integrated util...
https://www.oxfordenergy.org/publications/the-complex-challenge-of-coordination-in-liberalised-and-carbon-constrained-energy-systems/
2 months ago
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"....some proposed data centers have reportedly requested more water per day than the entire county uses daily. Officials there now face tough choices: reject new projects... invest in costly infrastructure upgrades, or risk imposing water rationing on residents."
spectrum.ieee.org/ai-water-usa...
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How Much Water Do AI Data Centers Really Consume?
There's a lot of confusion about how much water is used by AI. Get the real story on data centers' water consumption, and read about tech for doing better.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-water-usage?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=hero&utm_campaign=2025-09-12&utm_content=hero6
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"Chinaâs share of patent applications in clean energy technology rose from 5 percent in 2000 to 75 percent in 2022." + with around 6 million engineering undergraduates enrolled in a given year.
www.energiogklima.no/nyhet/fem-pa...
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NĂ„ ryker arbeidsplasser i store oljeselskap
Denne ukens fem utvalgte nyheter: Big Oil kutter, Kina dominerer, oljeselskap kobles til hetebĂžlger, kritisk for kritiske klimasatellitter og Afrikas stĂžrste vannkraftverk bekymrer.
https://www.energiogklima.no/nyhet/fem-paa-fredag/na-ryker-arbeidsplasser-i-store-oljeselskap
2 months ago
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2 months ago
From "Journal de voyage au Canada" 1984 đ·Ădouard Boubat
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On 9/11, we were running a dry run with Cantor Fitzgerald, testing rules and platform for the new IESO. Around 9:00 a.m., they went offline. Months later, when we sent out Christmas party invitations, their names were still on our mailing list. A quiet reminder of that day.
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2 months ago
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Growing connections of AI/DC have now reached a level of complexity warranting a NERC alert, citing "rapid, major swings in load, experienced both in typical operations as well as in response to grid disturbances.â = more data + modeling needed.
www.nerc.com/pa/rrm/bpsa/...
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https://www.nerc.com/pa/rrm/bpsa/Alerts%20DL/NERC%20Alert%20Level%202%20%20Large%20Loads.pdf
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Michael Pettis
2 months ago
1/7 Although August CPI deflation widened year on year to -0.4%, compared to 0.0% in July and well above expectations of -0.2%, leading many analysts to worry that deflation in China is accelerating, I think prices actually did fine.
en.people.cn/n3/2025/0910...
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China's CPI down 0.4 pct in August - People's Daily Online
BEIJING, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, was dow
https://en.people.cn/n3/2025/0910/c90000-20364209.html
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The rise of AI makes power system engineering more relevant, obviously, not less.
www.nerc.com/comm/RSTC/LL...
2 months ago
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Concerning..."the power industry is facing a deepening human capital crisis...the system is advancing, but those who understand the system are disappearing."
electra.cigre.org/341-august-2...
2 months ago
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"There is too much money chasing yesterdayâs trade, too little directed at the backbone required for electrification, and far too much trust being placed in public cost estimates that have proven unreliable time and time again."
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My informal tally = 6.5 GW of OSW now cancelled, halted, or facing permit revocation. Plus DOT pulled $679M from 12 OSW port/supply-chain projects. Big hit for future resource adequacy amid looming energy deficit.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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Trump administration cancels $679 million in funding for offshore wind projects
The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind ind...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-administration-cancels-679-million-in-funding-for-offshore-wind-projects
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Costa Samaras
2 months ago
I have 51 articles in the data that trained Open AI. Now you know why it makes mistakes.
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Cancelled New England Wind, which was planned for 2â2.6 GW, enough for 900,000 homes. Thatâs a massive chunk of the regionâs future capacity. Can't be replaced by NG, not enough capacity.
www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/e...
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New England Wind project faces federal reversal. Healey criticizes new review of permits
New England Wind project has faced vocal doubters on Cape Cod. Now, a federal agency intends to take another look at its own 2024 approval.
https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/environment/2025/09/05/avangrid-new-england-wind-cape-cod-maura-healey-ack-for-whales-wampanoag-tribe-gay-head-aquinnah/85975019007/
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Northvolt NAâs Quebec venture may have ended in losses, but the upside is that 352 MW of reserved power is now freed up... potentially available for AI/DC loads.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Quebec declares Northvolt battery plant partnership dead, loses $270M investment | CBC News
Quebec's Northvolt project is officially dead â and the government says it is cutting its losses and investing no further money in the company.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/northvolt-quebec-end-1.7623155
2 months ago
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Interesting example of an infrastructure-for-public-benefit owned by the public: Commonwealth of Australia (49%), the Victorian Government (33.3%), and the Tasmanian Government (17.7%).
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While electricity system planning + energy deficit require consideration of new technologies.
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AI/DC = same behaviours as IBRs. Challenging and somewhat unpredictable just like snowflakes.
www.nerc.com/pa/Documents...
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Just got involved in a crazy discussion with planners: if we did see an AI that started managing its own energy flow would we see that as independence⊠or as the first red flag of something weâd want to shut down?
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Really strong paper, ISO/RTO planners should take note. It tackles Mark Christieâs question head-on: "Is it past time to reconsider capacity constructs?" All about energy adequacy.
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"..developers responded..." to uncertainty.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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US Renewable Investments Fell 36% on Trumpâs Policies, BNEF Says
US investments in renewable energy projects plunged this year as developers responded to White House policy shifts targeting the sector.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-26/us-renewable-investments-fell-36-on-trump-s-policies-bnef-says?srnd=phx-green&embedded-checkout=true
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"...Donald Trump's stop order for Ărsted's offshore wind project in the US is revenge because Denmark has just signed a cooperation agreement with California, including on green technology."...while we are facing an energy deficit.
www.energiogklima.no/nyhet/fem-pa...
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Trump presser Ărsted og Danmark
Denne ukens fem utvalgte nyheter: Donald Trump gĂ„r lĂžs pĂ„ Danmark og Ărsted, og rammer fornybar energi bredt i USA. Dansk havvind sliter ogsĂ„ hjemme. Kina og India bak nesten all ny kullkraft. HetebĂžl...
https://www.energiogklima.no/nyhet/fem-paa-fredag/trump-presser-orsted-og-danmark
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Increasing decentralized grid often rhymes with lack of visibility as shown by Spain's blackout: "...significant difficulties in collecting relevant and high-quality data from several DSOs and generation companies have delayed the initial, more ambitious schedule".
www.entsoe.eu/news/2025/08...
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28 April Blackout in Spain and Portugal: Expert Panel finalises data collection and prepares factual report
https://www.entsoe.eu/news/2025/08/19/28-april-blackout-in-spain-and-portugal-expert-panel-finalises-data-collection-and-prepares-factual-report/?utm_source=ENTSO-E+News+alerts&utm_campaign=31259234a0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_05_01_10_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-2411c18a3d-97016112
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So obvious + needed to share interconnection capacity at POI = allows for incremental increases in gen without requiring new physical network upgrades
surplusinterconnection.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/PJM.pdf
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Hydro-Québec + First Nations sign landmark deal: up to 6,000 MW of wind in Gaspésie & Bas-Saint-Laurent = $18B+ investment. A reminder that holistic, long-term planning of energy resources is key.
news.hydroquebec.com/news/press-r...
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Wind power development: A historic partnership for eastern Québec
QuĂ©bec Premier François Legault; Gespeâgewaâgi Mi'gmaq Nation Chiefs CĂ©line Cassivi, Scott Martin and Roderick Larocque; Miâgmawei Mawiomi Business Corporation (MMBC) General Manager Fred Vicaire; All...
https://news.hydroquebec.com/news/press-releases/all-quebec/wind-power-development-historic-partnership-eastern-quebec.html
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AI data centers could overload U.S. gridsâor cut power use during a handful of hours per year to get hard-to-find grid capacity. Googleâs new utility agreements will put this âflexible computingâ to the testâand could boost it in the AI race to power:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...
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Googleâs new plan to keep its data centers from stressing the grid
AI data centers are set to swamp U.S. power grids. Googleâs new utility deals aim to flip the script â shifting workloads to ease strain and speed itsâŠ
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/utilities/google-ai-data-center-flexibility-help-grid
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Interesting paper about risk aversion in power system planning increasing the value of renewables and storage. Can only agree.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Power system planning in the North Sea area under demand uncertainty and risk aversion
Electricity demand is increasingly difficult to predict due the uncertain timing and scale of future electrification, data center consumption, and eleâŠ
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211467X25000276
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Hurricane Erin showed just how messy forecasting can be. ISONE predicted wind would bottom out but offshore turbines at Vineyard Wind quietly held steady near max output.
www.linkedin.com/posts/grid-s...
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Hurricane Erin, the 1st major storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, brushed past New Englandâs coast last week, demonstrating new challenges for ISO New England Inc. and the state of offshore⊠...
Hurricane Erin, the 1st major storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, brushed past New Englandâs coast last week, demonstrating new challenges for ISO New England Inc. and the state of offshore w...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/grid-status_hurricane-erin-the-1st-major-storm-of-the-activity-7366092037596561409-HWyS?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAACe1lgB-xoqOAILprDMF26hxrTT5_RWoow
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