Real-word demonstration of black start capabilities using grid-forming inverters - and some important questions in this thread

Great article about the social function of the front porch. I think air conditioning has a big impact. Not only does it keep me inside on a hot summer night. That noisy box makes it less enjoyable for my neighbours to sit on their front porch.

Excellent first episode! Loved the discussion on designing fail-safe but preparing to fail safely under increasingly uncertain circumstances. Best quote Emily Grubert “How do we black out gracefully?”

⁦@riversNic⁩ and my’s paper: “Stretching the Duck” getting some play today :) financialpost.com/commodities/en…

New MAP report: It’s time for public health authorities in #Toronto to emphasize ventilation, filtration and ultraviolet disinfection in COVID-19 guidance for congregate settings such as shelters and group homes: maphealth.ca/public-health-… #covid19 #homelessness

COVID-19 safety in shelters and group homes should include indoor air quality. But there’s almost no mention of ventilation, filtration and UV disinfection in Toronto Public Health’s public guidance for congregate settings. Same with Public Health Ontario. #COVIDisAirborne

#Opinion: Without significant movement on climate risk information and disclosure, physical climate risks will continue to expand until some extreme weather event bursts the bubble, writes Ryan Ness of @ClimateChoices torstar.co/H2xP50Ghs6J

NEW REPORT!📄 Canada's infrastructure isn't prepared for climate change. Our roads and buildings must be able to withstand current and future climate and extreme weather, or we risk disruption, lost lives & billions of dollars in damage. climatechoices.ca/reports/under-…

Excellent report from @ClimateChoices. It’s clear that failing to prioritize resilience will only exacerbate infrastructure challenges. Governments must take action – and shift public & private investments toward making infrastructure more resilient. #ClimateProofCanada #CDNPoli

Are you a climate scientist looking for a PhD in climate adaptation? Even better, in climate adaptation in the power system? I want to work with you U-M SEAS !

📣@Climatechoices is undertaking a project on aligning Canada’s electricity systems with net zero, coming Spring 2022. As part of this work, we’ve commissioned a series of scoping papers on the technical dimensions of the transition. climatechoices.ca/scoping-papers/

I’m a Professor of Practice in the MPP-DS program. I co-teach “Digital Transformation and Strategy” w/ Honey and am on the Advisory Board. As you review master’s degree options, please look at this pioneering/relevant program. Cc: Philippe Rodriguez Vass Bednar Cliff van der Linden

🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨 "System-level of 24/7 Carbon-free Electricity Procurement" is the first study to examine the grid-level impacts of this new strategy in clean energy procurement using a sophisticated electricity system planning model. Download: acee.princeton.edu/24-7

Elated to share our new paper "Overcoming the disconnect between energy system and climate modeling", an effort by more than 20 experts across energy system and climate modelling disciplines! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Happy to share our work on #MachineLearning for scientific assessments with Vanessa Schweizer and Aidan power, Semi-automated Literature Review for Scientific Assessment of Socioeconomic Climate Change Scenarios | Companion Proceedings of the Web Conference 2022 dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.114…

Germany is taking another step forward in introducing CCfDs for Industrial Decarbonisation ("Klimaschutzverträge"). The funding guideline is done and now in consultation across ministries. Let's have a look what's in it (based on public info: background.tagesspiegel.de/energie-klima/…) 1/X

More than 2 dozen riders are getting ready for the epic tour from Thunder Bay to Toronto to raise funds for local communities. Sponsor our riders for the OPS Bike 4 United Way 2024 campaign! b4uw.org/b4uwroutes/rid… #Bike4UnitedWay UnitedWay ThunderBay United Way Greater Toronto United Way North East Ontario United Way of Bruce Grey

If you care about decarbonizing heating, you should read this: linkedin.com/pulse/were-scr… "In nearly 15 years of watching downstream incentives where the homeowner or contractor gets the incentive, I have yet to see a program resulting in market transformation. In literally every

It's time to bring this up again. Most residential HVAC installs are abysmal. I know of one $100M company that has a 34% callback rate on new installs. That tells you that far more than that have issues. Efficiency standards have made equipment far more sensitive than it used

PS Heat pumps are even more sensitive to install quality than furnaces in most instances, so on the electrification front if we fail to solve for this, it's yet another way that we will fail to achieve scale. The amount of inertia against electrification is astounding.