How a warming climate changes electricity planning
Heating and cooling degree-day trends show how a changing climate is entering utility load forecasts.
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Atlantic Canada’s Energy Transition
News, analysis and perspectives on the projects, technologies and policies shaping our region.
Coverage of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador by David Brushett, P.Eng. Explore solar, battery storage, electrification, district energy and energy management. Archive articles retain their original publication dates.
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Nova Scotia’s right to self-generate
A reflection on the provincial framework supporting customers who generate their own renewable electricity.
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Customer-sited backup generators: an existing capacity resource
How suitably equipped standby generators could provide limited peak support while preserving emergency readiness.
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Batteries versus gas: lessons from PEI’s capacity review
An independent review makes the case for comparing proposed gas capacity directly with a battery alternative.
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Atlantic Canada’s electrification progress
What the 2012–2023 sector comparison shows about the shift from fuels to electricity.
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Inside the White Rock Battery Project
A site visit to a 50 MW project highlights the role of storage, financing and Mi’kmaw ownership in the energy transition.
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How battery cost assumptions shape electricity planning
Long-term storage cost assumptions can influence procurement, renewable integration and the role of customer-owned resources.
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Getting New Brunswick’s net-metering transition right
Principles for evaluating solar compensation, customer investment and the role of batteries.
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What Wind West means for Atlantic Canada’s transmission system
Preliminary offshore wind analysis highlights the scale of transmission upgrades and the complementary role of solar and storage.
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Solar and resilient design at Halifax’s new Boat School
A waterfront community building brings energy-conscious design together with boatbuilding and youth programming.
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Why the next batteries need to do more than the first
Declining marginal capacity value makes storage duration, customer benefits and multiple uses increasingly important.
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Why wind and solar complement each other in Nova Scotia
Seasonal wind generation patterns help explain the complementary role of solar in Nova Scotia’s electricity supply.
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Falling battery costs change the planning picture
Lower storage cost assumptions and higher gas costs are reshaping the relative economics of Nova Scotia’s resource options.
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