Toronto Electricians and Electrical Contractors

In my last blog , I described the three reasons which steer the energy world toward a fully electric one: a unique decarbonization potential, with vast easily accessible reserves around the world, powering a much more efficient energy system. It is time to develop the latter of these assertions and evaluate some of its potential consequences. Doubling the efficiency of the energy system, at reach   The overall efficiency of the energy system is still a barely discussed concept today. Yet, the energy system we currently live in, which has brought massive benefits to our world’s economic development, leading our world to the spectacle of global industrialization, as well as three times more energy consumed per capita over the course of the 20 th century, is largely inefficient. It is its main weakness. Most of the waste, which ends up in air pollution, occurs in two primary areas: One that is well known, the tremendous losses associated with the conventional production of electr...

Disruptive innovation has arrived to support our next generation power grid. These innovations provide increased opportunity for intelligence and connectivity for the management of power distribution in our power critical facilities. In truth, connectivity and intelligence have long been available; intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) are the nervous system to any electrical network – relays, circuit breakers, meters, PLCs and RTUs all work together today. The disruptive innovation that is poised to revolutionize our power grid involves analytics , machine learning, digital twins, cybersecurity, and pervasive sensors to monitor conditions in more detail and in more resolution than ever before. The fact is, as facilities are built or updated, innovative technologies are inherently installed. Schneider Electric Chairman/CEO, Jean Pascal Tricoire has committed to developing a future range of products that is “ 100% Connectable ”, meaning connectivity and intelligence will truly be possi...

EFF to the FCC: Don’t Let AT&T and Verizon Get a Chokehold on Internet Access Competition The majority of Americans do not have a choice when it comes to high-speed Internet. People living in rural areas have poor quality and coverage when it comes to even mid-range broadband, and America is lagging behind other countries in fiber optics. There are very few things in place that help address these problems, and big ISPs are asking the FCC to end one of them . But EFF is stepping in to ask the FCC to deny AT&T’s and Verizon’s petition to give them a further chokehold on Internet access choice. On August 6, we filed a comment [pdf] opposing US Telecom’s (AT&T’s and Verizon’s trade association) petition for forbearance—the request that the FCC use its authority to repeal a key provision of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. Today, thanks to this provision, a new telecom company doesn’t have to raise the huge amounts of money needed to initially build its own infrastru...