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Energy & Climate

Physics, real-world engineering, and economics keep the lights on, not slogans

By Probe Media Scotland’s electricity system is becoming increasingly fragile as the National Energy System Operator (NESO) prepares to conduct a world-first experiment on its power grid. The operator plans to test “synthetic” or alternative stability services—such as grid-forming batteries, synchronous condensers, and other inverter-based technologies—at a scale never before attempted across an entire regional […]

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Energy & Climate Environment

Canada’s rising carbon tax and the supreme court

The expansion of federal control over the economies of resource-rich provinces will ensure those provinces, and all Canadians, will lose out through escalating energy prices that increase the cost of living generally.