sylvain gignac
@sylvaingignac.bsky.social
Bulk Power System's Planning + Operations
Most sophisticated infrastructure problem: no enforceable standard for whether meter's power flow gets recorded as + or −. Somewhat surprising. www.fuseenergy.com/news/uk-elec...
Backwards grid meters could add £100 million to electricity costs
UK electricity grid meter issues could add £100 million annually to grid costs.
fuseenergy.com
I'm pretty confident that Brent crude prices will be between $65 and $110 next week
By Dec 31, 2026 - NERC to propose standards on integration of computational loads aka AI/DC + specific registry criteria.
FERC@ferc.gov · 3w agoSummaries | July 2026 Commission Meeting 🔗 www.ferc.gov/news-events/...
🤯 "De siste tallene fra 2024 viste at datasentre sto for 22 prosent av kraftforbruket i Irland. Dette kan stige til 30–33 prosent i 2026, og det er i stor grad drevet av KI. Til sammenligning ligger EU-gjennomsnittet på rundt 3 prosent."
Energi og Klima@energiogklima.no · last mo.Datasentre knyttet til teknologiselskaper sluker opptil en tredel av strømmen i Irland. Samtidig ligger landet dårlig an til å nå klimamål. Det må stilles strengere krav til datasentrene, mener analytiker Matt O’Neill.
PJM has declared a capacity emergency and called all resources into service as loads exceeded 162 GW, fueled by a heat wave with temperatures exceeding 100 degrees. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/4zVB50ZksWR Writer: Devin Leith-Yessian
FERC issued six Orders to Show Cause at its open meeting June 18 to every jurisdictional ISO and RTO, directing changes to how their rules interconnect data centers and other large loads. #energysky 🔌💡 Writer: James Downing See Full Story: ow.ly/sZVE50ZeCqs
While offshore wind contracts are cancelled in NA, Europe's collaboration has a 300 GW target by 2050 with interconnections to back it up. All TSO's collaborating across North Sea. www.energiogklima.no/nyhet/ser-st...
Trump posted that scenario RCP8.5 no longer being plausible is an admission that the IPCC was "WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!". That's of course incorrect and also ironic, since RCP8.5 envisioned a very Trumpian future. It's also a bit of good news, as I explore for @climateconnections.bsky.social (🧵 1/7)
Solar, wind, and EVs have knocked out a doomsday climate scenario » Yale Climate Connections
Explosive growth in clean technologies has pushed an old coal-heavy scenario out of the realm of plausibility, according to a recent study. But there’s more work to be done.
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J'ai beaucoup apprécié mon récent passage à C dans lair pour discuter des risques de l'IA pour nos sociétés, nos économies, et nos démocraties. Merci Caroline Roux pour l'invitation! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNCu...
Le cri d'alarme d'un des pères fondateurs de l'IA - Rencontre avec Yoshua Bengio
YouTube video by C dans l'air - France Télévisions
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“It shows again that if you go big with a technology, and you kick it off big from the start, you can make a really significant difference. If you’re a battery manufacturer focused on residential right now you really must be focused on Australia.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The household battery revolution that could change energy bills … and the world
Australia is pioneering a revolution in home renewables and battery use, proving what is possible with the right policies
theguardian.com
Presentation & Report | The 2026 Summer Energy Market and Electric Reliability Assessment 🔗 www.ferc.gov/news-events/...
Presentation & Report | The 2026 Summer Energy Market and Electric Reliability Assessment
Presentation
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I have an extremely specific complaint about data centers and why they shouldn't be built: they're taking resources away from renewable integration projects directly and more generally undoing the progress we'd been making as an industry decarbonizing
"my favourite person on Instagram continues to be this beautiful Iranian man who just loves to pose with his fruit" x.com/never_oppres...
🧵 🔌💡 Saturday revealed the extent to which “out of market” transactions are influencing power flows across northeast N. America. It was a noteworthy day here in the ISO New England Inc. service territory. It was the weekend, with lower forecasted system loads; clear skies promised abundant solar…
Can distributed solar help ease Pennsylvania's power crunch? Lawmakers and regulators are sparring over the impact these mid-sized projects can have on curbing rising electricity rates — and not surprisingly, utilities and solar developers don't agree: www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol... #energysky
Mid-sized solar could help bring down electricity bills in…
Distributed solar developers say they could build gigawatts of projects to help ease the state's power crunch — if lawmakers and regulators set clear…
canarymedia.com
"DTE said the pause is conditioned on a $15 billion data center coming online by 2027 and “other regulatory approvals” — terms that Michigan AG Dana Nessel said equates to a 'ransom note.'" www.eenews.net/articles/uti...
Utilities pledge affordability while spending billions on grid upgrades
Consumer advocates say the spending spree — some of which is to accommodate data centers — will increase already rising electric bills.
eenews.net
What would a just distribution of socio-economic and environmental resources look like at the global level from 2025 to 2100 – both between and within countries? From now to June 2026, the #GlobalJusticeProject will help provide answers. inequalitylab.world/en/global-ju... [1/5]🧵
Global Justice Project - World Inequality Lab
The Global Justice Project (GJP) aims to provide a platform to stimulate research, policymaking, and citizen engagement to shape a fairer, more democratic and sustainable 21st century.
inequalitylab.world
Only following the law that if you take a picture of the sunrise you have to post it. Quebec City, over the St Lawrence River.
Just learned that there is a "North American Wood Pole Council." It promotes "up-to-date scientific and economic information" about wood utility poles. "Wood poles are part of our overall culture." It has a coloring book. woodpoles.org
Wood Utility Poles – Wood That Lasts
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Challenging paper = what drives make-whole payments in wholesale electricity markets? Turns out it's not the pricing rule, it's operational policy and look-ahead uncertainty. Really worth a thorough read with strong coffee. Hopefully I got it... maybe not.
Jacob Mays@jacobmays.bsky.social · 4mo agoNew paper on non-convexity, uncertainty, and uplift in wholesale electricity markets: in our NYISO simulations, operational policy mattered more than the pricing rule, and uncertainty + look-ahead price inconsistency drove most make-whole payments. doi.org/10.1109/TEMP...
NERC is moving toward requiring AI data centers & large compute loads to meet grid reliability standards for the first time. Voluntary guidelines are a start but binding rules are the only real protection. Comments open until May 15. www.nerc.com/initiatives/...
Large Loads Action Plan
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Listen to this episode of The Climate Briefing with UKERC's Michael Bradshaw. Mike joined Arthur Snell and Beatrice Mosello to discuss war in Iran, and how it impacts the energy transition and geopolitics. Listen in full ⤵️ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
Climate change, energy and geopolitics
Podcast Episode · The Climate Briefing · 31 March · 45min
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"The curves are pointing straight up: China's exports of solar cells, batteries, electric cars and other green technology set new records in March. Global markets have reacted immediately to the increase in oil and gas prices as a result of the Iran war..." www.energiogklima.no/data/kina-po...
Kina pøser ut solceller, batterier og elbiler
Kurvene peker rett til værs: Kinas eksport av solcelleanlegg, batterier, elbiler og annen grønn teknologi satte nye rekorder i mars.
energiogklima.no
"Costs to build natural gas-fired power plants in the US increased 66% between 2023 and 2025" "More expensive power plants will likely mean higher utility bills for homes and small businesses." This won't end well.
Cost to Build a Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant Surges 66%, BNEF Says
Costs to build natural gas-fired power plants in the US increased 66% between 2023 and 2025 as developers propose building more projects nationwide to meet rising electricity demand, adding to custome...
bloomberg.com
"the Hershey Cuban Railway consisted of a single 56-kilometer-long standard gauge track on which ran seven steam locomotives that burned coal or oil. But due to the high cost of the imported fuel and the inefficiency of the locomotives, Hershey began electrifying the line in 1920."
IEEE Spectrum@spectrum.ieee.org · 4mo agoMilton Hershey had a personal obsession with Cuba, and in 1916, his company went all in on its investments there.
Yicai: "China is expected to surpass the United States in operational nuclear power capacity before 2030, becoming the world’s largest, as the country accelerates reactor construction and investment." www.yicaiglobal.com/news/china-s...
China May Overtake US as World’s Top Nuclear Power Operator by 2030, CNEA Says
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"Climate policy alone is not enough, but climate policy as energy security, as industrial policy, as local control, can be... Greater control over one's own electricity. It's not just technical solutions — it's a story about who decides." www.energiogklima.no/to-grader/ek...
Dette er grunnen til at klimapolitikken taper
Professor Espen Moe om hvordan identitetspolitikk, energikrise og geopolitikk gjør klimaforlik vanskelig – og hvorfor kobling kan redde det grønne skiftet.
energiogklima.no
Utilities build for peak demand. Energy efficiency (as well as rooftop solar) reduces it. That's why it's a mistake, as MD just did, to gut energy efficiency programs thinking it'll save ratepayers money. Maybe a few cents now, but not in the long-run ... www.eenews.net/articles/mar...
Maryland passes relief package for utility customers
The legislation lowers energy efficiency targets and funding in a bid to decrease electricity and gas bills.
eenews.net
Aldi Suisse has inaugurated 🇨🇭 Switzerland's largest rooftop solar installation, with a capacity of 10 MWp / 8 GWh, at its distribution centre in Domdidier. www.aldi-suisse.ch/de/unternehm...
