It was with great interest that most of us listened to President Obama put climate change back on the US agenda in his state of the union address this month. “After years of talking about it, we are finally poised to control our own energy future. We produce more oil Read more
I have just done my first pass of the Word Energy Outlook 2012 issued by the IEA this November. Many of you will have seen some of the headlines – one of the most intriguing is that the US is expected to become the world’s largest oil producer by 2017 Read more
I want to commend the Saskatchewan government for honouring Dr Sylvia Fedoruk by renaming the Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation located at the University of Saskatchewan the Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation. Dr. Fedoruk died on September 26 at the age of 85. When I thought about writing Read more
If 2011 was all about the events at Fukushima, 2012 is shaping up to be a big year in moving forward with the nuclear renaissance. For the Chinese, this is the year of the dragon. This is, in fact, the major symbol of good fortune in Chinese Astrology. Of the Read more
The good news is that as 2011 comes to a close, Fukushima has achieved cold shutdown and the recovery is moving to the next stage. The emphasis is now on decontamination and getting the dislocated people back into their homes as soon as possible. Does this mean that nuclear will Read more
Has it been that long since my last blog entry? Been extremely busy this winter and of course, busy is good! But on the other hand, I have a set of topics piling up that I would like to write about. Earlier, I blogged when I read Jeff Rubin’s book Read more
As usual at this time of year I find myself asking “Where did the time go?” Seems like just yesterday the year was beginning. And in this case, it was a very busy year. I am thankful to have been busy as we have been going through the worst economic Read more
System operators have recently seen something rather new – SBG – or “Surplus Baseload Generation”. This is due to falling demand related to the current economic situation and a newer phenomenon; the displacement of base load by variable load renewable generation. With governments everywhere and the public strongly supporting new Read more
I just finished reading Jeff Rubin’s book “Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization“. Was a good thought provoking read. In summary, Rubin is stating that the world has reached peak oil production and that ultimately prices will continue to Read more
This week MIT released an update to its 2003 report, “The Future of Nuclear Power”. Back in 2003 this report brought the economics of nuclear power in the United States to the forefront. It supported new nuclear as a low carbon option for electricity generation and considered a scenario that Read more
This is the beginning. MZConsulting Inc was started about four years ago. We are in the clean energy business. We work with technologies that are low carbon. This means renewables such as wind and solar and nuclear power as the major large scale low carbon option. Our primary business is Read more