Utilities Under Pressure: The Energy Transition Looks Very Different from the Control Room
For most utilities, the clean energy transition is not a discretionary growth strategy—it is a constrained optimisation problem across system reliability, political accountability, and capital allocation. Unlike private developers focused on individual assets, water and power utilities are responsible for whole systems: generation, transmission, distribution, and uninterrupted service. Water and power utilities face a similar…
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From Global Pledges to Local Action: Canada’s Environmental Path
Global climate summits result in ambitious commitments but often fail to achieve significant domestic progress. Effective environmental policies hinge on robust domestic legislation that fosters accountability and guides investment. In the water and energy sectors, the challenge is less about generating clean energy and is now shifting to sustainability of water sources, and the challenges…
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Are Trade Barriers Good for Business? Part 3 – Innovation in the Tech Sector & the DeepSeek Story
In a world where trade policies are increasingly weaponized, we find ourselves facing yet another example of the unintended consequences of protectionist measures. The emergence of China’s DeepSeek AI model is a compelling case study in what could become a recurring theme in this blog. U.S. restrictions on exporting advanced NVIDIA chips to China were…
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