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[update] Support your heroes by funding their legal defense! 19 Aug 2013 | 02:22 pm
I think we live in times where both governments and citizens of western democracies are searching for a new role in their relationship. My point today is only this: the court systems are still working...
"shut-off" option in smart meters considered harmful 19 Aug 2013 | 01:45 pm
Smart meters in the UK will come with an option to shut things off in households, which is unsettling for many people given the state of cyber-security we have witnessed recently: http://www.theguard...
Electricity Price Patterns January vs. May 2 Aug 2013 | 08:42 pm
I have been gathering price histories from the UK wholesale power market APX to use in future scenarios for the retail level. I noted that it is interesting to look at patterns between months, for exa...
Antifragility 28 Jul 2013 | 10:25 pm
This book is about things that gain from uncertainty or volatility. For instance, a candle is extinguished by a random wind blow, but a fire might just thrive from it. The candle light is fragile. Tal...
Economix 25 Jul 2013 | 01:57 am
At their core, the models of the human economy have always been sketches of the real thing, at best. And economic practice (i.e. government policy) has always even further simplified these sketches wh...
On the road to a workable compromise for scattered electricity grids: U.S. and E.U. not so different 22 Jul 2013 | 03:56 am
The U.S. electricity network has many owners and thus they face a similar planning problem as we do in Europe, in order to lower needed investment costs and also to integrate renewables [1]. In Europe...
Emergent bike path: Cyclists show what they want, City of Amsterdam listens 10 Jul 2013 | 12:00 am
On the way to the offices I work in, the bike path layout had a flaw: To reach Science Park (coming from Amsterdam center), one had to take a little detour. In the situation shown on the picture below...
For the first time in Germany, a value is being attributed to the flexibility of electricity consumers 2 Jul 2013 | 03:31 pm
A new market has been rolled out in Germany on July 1st (summary in this article), which is one of the few that deals exclusively with reserve capacity. In particular, it is about what I call virtual ...
Warehouse automation is blending into science fiction 22 Jun 2013 | 06:22 pm
Sometimes you can tell that technological progress is blending into a known science fiction scenario. I think right about now is a time to spot several of those - this year is like those special days ...
Ways that Climate Change Will Affect The Electricity Grid 7 Jun 2013 | 08:44 pm
A nice summary on this from a report by NERC (Organization of US electrical grid operators). I summarise even further: Weather extremes (e.g. heat waves) cause peaks. Long sustained states like droug...
