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The latest 'CACOR LIVE' schedule is HERE.
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Welcome to Stay Informed, CACOR's weekly newsletter. The latest website updates, announcements and upcoming events. Please share our Stay Informed link on your personal networks. That's also the place to catch up on previous newsletters if you missed them.
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Archived Articles Revisited:
This is your weekly personal list of three random articles extracted from our website archives. These links are unique to you and are more than one year old. The intention is to deliver a sense of what was considered a priority on that date compared with today's latest articles and presentations. You are encouraged to share these links with your social media and other networks.
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Speaker: Dr. Art Hunter Subject: Project Payback. Financial benefits of a microgrid as part of a virtual power plant Time: 4 Sept 2024 13:30 Eastern Standard Time (US and Canada) Summary: Home rooftop solar panels and home batteries provide a microgrid owner with energy independence from grid failures. Recently the Ontario Energy board approved Ultra-Low Overnight electricity rates as when …
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You are invited to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Speaker: Dr. David Harries Subject: WHENCE & WHITHER CANADA’S SOVEREIGNTY ? Time: 11 Sept 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87291434183?pwd=WjdkMk5ZM0xKNzJjY1pybE1LT2llZz09 Meeting ID: 872 9143 4183 Passcode: 327877 Summary: TBD Biography: Dr. David Harries, a nuclear engineer, former senior military officer, consultant on personal and corporate security, and advisor …
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The Supreme Ethical Rule: Act so as to elicit the best in others and thereby in thyself. Felix Adler, professor, lecturer, and reformer (1851-1933)
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Categories: Articles, Quotes
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Iceland is leveraging its geothermal energy resources, which include hot springs and volcanic activity, to provide heating and electricity for its homes and industries. Although the country is a leader in geothermal energy, there is still untapped potential deep beneath the surface. New research projects aim to explore these resources further, with international collaboration focusing on developing technologies to extract geothermal energy globally. The urgency for renewable energy sources is heightened, as countries commit to significantly increasing their renewable energy capacities by 2030.
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Categories: Articles, Solutions
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By Jen Judson Friday, Aug 9, 2024 HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Army is slated to begin evaluating a hypervelocity projectile for the service’s artillery systems in 2025, according to Lt. Gen. Robert Rasch, the Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office director. The service is pursuing such a capability as a potential munition for eliminating cheaper targets, rather than using high-end …
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Categories: Articles, CACOR Groups
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On the hottest afternoons this summer, when residents across New England cranked their air conditioners, something noteworthy happened. Thousands of internet-connected thermostats, home solar panels and battery systems were called into action to help reduce the strain on the electric grid. Welcome to the age of “virtual power plants,” or VPPs. Virtual power plants are essentially a network of devices …
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Categories: Articles, Climate
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Collapse Canadian Style The end comes – as it always does – from within Jaspar, Alberta While recuperating from my almost 3 month road trip to BC - where we were supposed to visit Jaspar - I read a trashy novel about WWIII. The quote above is from it and has aligned with my newsfeed about Canada which I surmise …
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Categories: Articles, What are you doing
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In August 2024, CACOR member Claude Buettner made these observations about the rising levels of greenhouse gas in our air. Some are in a quote from an American official, others in a video Claude made (Where Will the Excess Heat Go?), for which a link is attached. They are worthy of wide circulation and preservation for posterity. Ed. ** Canadian …
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Categories: Articles, CACOR Writers
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Our work Get involved News About us Causing environmental damage should be a criminal offence, say 72% of people in G20 countries surveyed 6 September 2024 Across G20 countries surveyed*, 72% of people agree that approving or permitting actions which cause serious damage to nature and the climate should be a criminal offence. 59% are very or extremely worried about …
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Categories: Articles, Trending
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Key indicators of how humans are changing the Earth: Sea level, species, carbon dioxide, sea ice, population, daily temperature extremes, annual climate change performance by country, air pollution, temperature records, climate change indicators, top ten emitters, historic emissions, electric vehicles.
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The microgrid controller serves as a crucial element in microgrid infrastructure, often compared to its central brain. Designed to improve the reliability and effectiveness of microgrids, these control systems ensure continuous power supply while optimizing overall performance. 09/06/24, 05:39 AM | Energy Storage The microgrid controller industry size is expected to reach USD 18.7 billion by 2029 from USD 6.8 billion …
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John Rustad has been, to phrase it gently, a long-time climate change skeptic. The B.C. Conservative leader, who hopes to become the next premier of B.C., has long questioned human-caused climate change and consistently downplays the problems associated with global heating. But this week, when B.C.’s political landscape shifted, he began to backpedal, realizing his past statements might not be …
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Cascade of catastrophes! Threats emerging within the megacity.
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World’s largest survey of public opinion on climate change: Check the results!
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It's always hot this time of year in central Arizona, but 2024 is proving to be an endless summer with especially high temperatures in Phoenix. On Tuesday, the city hit its 100th straight day with at least 100 degree temperatures. That's long since shattered the record of 76 days in a row set back in 1993, according to data from …
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Medical News & Perspectives | CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH As Extreme Heat Becomes More Common, the Unprecedented Pacific Northwest Heat Dome Offers Lessons Jennifer Abbasi I n early summer of 2021, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, another public health emergency was unfolding in the Pacific Northwest region of Canada and the US. The extreme heat event came to …
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Ford Motor Company and TXU Energy, a Texas electricity provider and subsidiary of Vistra, have teamed up to create a new retail energy offering for Ford electric SUV and truck customers in Texas – offering customers credit back on their bills for charging during off-peak hours. The TXU Energy Free EV Miles program offers participating Ford EV customers the opportunity to charge their vehicle …
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On the hottest afternoons this summer, when residents across New England cranked their air conditioners, something noteworthy happened. Thousands of internet-connected thermostats, home solar panels and battery systems were called into action to help reduce the strain on the electric grid. Welcome to the age of “virtual power plants,” or VPPs. Virtual power plants are essentially a network of devices …
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July 2024 HIGHLIGHTS • The possibility of extreme and wide-spread heat waves puts large swaths of the country at elevated risk for insufficient electricity generation to meet demand this summer. This risk is likely to grow if utility projections of 38 GW of new peak load through 2028 materialize. • Virtual power plants (VPPs), aggregations of distributed energy resources that …
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Our electric grid is the “beating heart” of our modern economy and society, so it is vital to ensure it operates smoothly. There are a lot of challenges confronting electric grid reliability today, including unprecedented extreme weather events and rising failures in thermal generation plants. At the same time, our electric load is rising dramatically due to new datacenter and manufacturing demands, requiring new …
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