by Graham Palmer | May 14, 2018 | Electricity
The social contract of electricity service In an address to a group of British engineers in 1892, Hopkinson articulated many of what we would now identify as contemporary problems faced by electricity regulators. Hopkinson explored the issue of fixed versus variable...
by Graham Palmer | May 10, 2018 | Solar
Is PV capacity growth logistic? The logistic growth function is a useful way to explore the growth rates of many natural phenomena. Many man-made developments can be described by a logistic function, including the diffusion of power technology, such as hydropower and...
by Graham Palmer | May 7, 2018 | Energy, energy security, Oil, oil security
Australia’s strategic oil reserve [UPDATE 7 May 2018. I originally posted this in July 2017, but since the Australian Federal Government announced a review, I thought I would repost this.] With the current political debates in Australia around energy and climate...
by Graham Palmer | May 1, 2018 | Decoupling, Dematerialization, Futurism
Futurism and dematerialized growth Futurists can be interesting to listen to but almost invariably bring a Silicon Valley mindset to addressing sustainability challenges. Discussing Google’s foray into energy with the RE<C project, Carey King noted that Google...
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