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Techno-economic analysis of decarbonized backup power systems using scenario-based stochastic optimization
Jonas Schweiger, Ruaridh Macdonald
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06736

Techno-economic analysis of decarbonized backup power systems using scenario-based stochastic optimization
In the context of growing concerns about power disruptions, grid reliability and the need for decarbonization, this study evaluates a broad range of clean backup power systems (BPSs) to replace traditional emergency diesel generators. A scenario-based stochastic optimization framework using actual load profiles and outage probabilities is proposed to assess the most promising options from a pool of 27 technologies. This framework allows a comparison of cost-effectiveness and environmental impac…

Data-knowledge fusion driven frequency security assessment: A robust framework for renewable-dominated power grids
Yurun Zhang, Wei Yao, Yutian Lan, Hang Shuai, Shanyang Wei, Wei Gan, Chao Duan, Jinyu Wen, Shijie Cheng
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07320

Data-knowledge fusion driven frequency security assessment: A robust framework for renewable-dominated power grids
Frequency security is critical for power grids, as deviations can trigger widespread outages and result in substantial economic losses. However, modern renewable-dominated power grids face an increased risk of insecurity due to low inertia and nonlinear frequency responses. To mitigate these risks, robust pre-fault frequency security assessment (FSA) is critical, which enables grid operators to implement preventive control strategies. We propose a data-knowledge fusion framework to achieve inte…

The US supreme court agreed on Tuesday to decide the legality of Trump’s sweeping global tariffs,
setting up a major test of one of the Republican president’s boldest assertions of executive power that has been central to his economic and trade agenda.
The justices took up the justice department’s appeal of a lower court’s ruling that
Trump overstepped his authority in imposing most of his tariffs under a federal law meant for emergencies.
The court acted swiftly aft…

Distributed Frequency Control for Multi-Area Power Systems Considering Transient Frequency Safety
Xiemin Mo, Tao Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07345 https://

Distributed Frequency Control for Multi-Area Power Systems Considering Transient Frequency Safety
High penetration of renewable energy sources intensifies frequency fluctuations in multi-area power systems, challenging both stability and operational safety. This paper proposes a novel distributed frequency control method that ensures transient frequency safety and enforces generation capacity constraints, while achieving steady-state frequency restoration and optimal economic operation. The method integrates a feedback optimization (FO)-based controller and a safety corrector. The FO-based …

> As currently constructed, AI is an oligarchy-enriching, worker-immiserating, energy-depleting, brain-rotting economic bubble in waiting. Democrats can get on the public’s side here.
I haven't even read the article but (considering how strongly I agree with the premises here) I'm mostly just sad about how clearly this highlights the financial capture of the DNC
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Democrats Must Oppose the AI Industry - The American Prospect

Democrats Must Oppose the AI Industry
As currently constructed, AI is an oligarchy-enriching, worker-immiserating, energy-depleting, brain-rotting economic bubble in waiting. Democrats can get on the public’s side here.

Forthcoming book
by Bernie Sanders:
Fight Oligarchy.
“Sanders explains how the United States today is an oligarchic society in which a small handful of multibillionaires exercise enormous economic and political power.”
https://bookshop.org/p/books/fight-oli

Trump’s latest letter imposing a 50 percent tariff on Brazil, marks a new departure,
and I think it’s both evil and megalomaniacal.
Trump barely even pretends that there’s an economic justification for this action.
This is all about punishing Brazil for putting Jair Bolsonaro on trial.
Bolsonaro, is Brazil’s previous president, who lost the last election — but tried to stay in power through a coup overturning that election.
Of course that sounds familiar.

Trump's Dictator Protection Program
Using tariffs to fight democracy

Ukrainian-style oligarchic economies: how concentrated power undermines value added in production chains
Jakub Karnowski, Przemyslaw Szufel
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02949 http…

Ukrainian-style oligarchic economies: how concentrated power undermines value added in production chains
Oligarchic control exerts significant distortions on economic efficiency. Ukraine exemplifies this phenomenon, where oligarchs dominate key sectors and achieve economies of scale through vertical integration of coal mines, steel mills, and power plants while controlling critical infrastructure (e.g. access to transportation networks) to stifle competition. Their Soviet-era production chain monopolization strategies, coupled with political patronage networks (including both local and national go…

• Solar and wind capacities can serve as insurance against gas supply shocks.

 
• We analyzed the economic value of increased renewable power capacity.

• Externality-based pricing can offer strategic risk management for power systems.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti

The insurance value of renewable energies
Solar and wind power are energy sources which, by their very nature, give rise to a degree of uncertainty, considering their variability depending on …

Revolutionary syndicalism is a radical political and economic ideology that developed in the late 19th century and continued to influence the 20th century. Its central aim was to place political and economic power directly in the hands of the working class through the organized strength of trade unions, rather than through traditional parliamentary or state-centered politics.
Emerging from the intersection of Marxist critiques of capitalism and anarchist suspicions of centralized autho…

Q&A with Peter Thiel on economic and technological stagnation, US growth and dynamism, supporting President Trump in 2016, the future and risks of AI, and more (Ross Douthat/New York Times)
https:…

Opinion | Peter Thiel and the Antichrist
The original tech right power player on A.I., Mars and immortality.

From David Suzuki
Our current economic path leads to disaster
An economic approach that rewards waste, greed and endless growth isn’t compatible with today’s reality. But as some cling to this destructive, outdated, fossil-fuelled system in their pursuit of greater wealth and power, others are experimenting with better ways.
We invent economic systems to facilitate production and distribution of goods, services and wealth, and to maintain societal stability.
...

Starbucks partners with Workday for solar power installation in Texas, driving economic, workforce, and environmental benefits. #climatechange #climatesolutions #climate

Starbucks announces game-changing partnership in unexpected new industry: 'Demand is booming right now'
Starbucks and Workday have teamed up to fund the construction of a massive, 350-megawatt solar power installation in Texas.

"The new agreement is openly unequal. From what is known so far, the United States is imposing 15% tariffs on all European imports, with exceptions including steel and aluminium (which could remain at 50%) and certain products deemed strategic by the U.S. and necessary at a low cost (such as critical minerals). In return, the European Union commits to applying no tariffs on U.S. exports."
#USA

USA–EU: The Treaty of Atlantic Humiliation
From Free Trade to Forced Deals: How Washington Uses Power Politics and Economic Pressure to Bend Europe to Its Rules in the New Global Order

There’s a second theory, not mutually exclusive, about the frozen job market having to do with resentment from corporate leadership about the sudden surge in labor power in 2020. Someone (maybe @…?) referred to this as a “captial strike.”
I’m not sure how much economic sense that theory makes — but I am sure that corporate leadership is often impulsive, petty, and irrational, and frequently does things that make no economic sense. I can’t elucidate the theory well, but it’s thing I’m keeping my eye on.

Digital Sovereigns Big Tech and Nation-State Influence
Michael Bollerman
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21066 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.21066

Digital Sovereigns Big Tech and Nation-State Influence
Technology companies have gained unprecedented power and influence in recent years, resembling quasi-nation-states globally. Corporations with trillion-dollar market capitalizations are no longer just providers of digital services; they now wield immense economic power, influence global infrastructure, and significantly impact political and social dynamics. This thesis examines how these corporations have transcended traditional business models, adopting characteristics typically associated wit…

Multistage Robust Optimization for Time-Decoupled Power Flexibility Aggregation with Energy Storage
Rui Xie, Yue Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14477 https://

Multistage Robust Optimization for Time-Decoupled Power Flexibility Aggregation with Energy Storage
To mitigate global climate change, distributed energy resources (DERs), such as distributed generators, flexible loads, and energy storage systems (ESSs), have witnessed rapid growth in power distribution systems. When properly managed, these DERs can provide significant flexibility to power systems, enhancing both reliability and economic efficiency. Due to their relatively small scale, DERs are typically managed by the distribution system operator (DSO), who interacts with the transmission sy…

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Please join us for another conversation for possibility about how we might live effectively in these times, with courage, grace, and power. 
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Green Economic Load Dispatch: A Review and Implementation
Shahbaz Hussain
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12062 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506…

Green Economic Load Dispatch: A Review and Implementation
The economic dispatch of generators is a major concern in thermal power plants that governs the share of each generating unit with an objective of minimizing fuel cost by fulfilling load demand. This problem is not as simple as it looks because of system constraints that cannot be neglected practically. Moreover, increased awareness of clean technology imposes another important limit on the emission of pollutants obtained from burning of fossil fuels. Classical optimization methods lack the abi…

Grid Transmission Evaluation for Solar Deployment and Data Center Growth
Kajal Sheth, Dhvanil Patel, Shyam Kareepadath Sajeev
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01778 https://

Grid Transmission Evaluation for Solar Deployment and Data Center Growth
The rapid growth of renewable energy deployment and data center demand in the United States has intensified challenges in grid interconnection, with project delays and escalating costs threatening both economic expansion and energy reliability. This study investigates transmission constraints using the IEEE 39-bus New England Power System model to evaluate the simultaneous interconnection of a 1 GW solar facility and a 1 GW data center load. Employing PSSE and Python-based automation (psspy), w…

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Trump’s tariff threats have turned into a play for cold, hard cash
as he tries to leverage U.S. economic power to cajole other nations to make multibillion-dollar investments in order to maintain access to America’s market.
The president’s second-term trade agenda has clear echoes of his “Mob Boss” approach,
essentially demanding that trading partners show him the money in the form of investment pledges or else face astronomically high tariffs

Trump’s Demand to Trading Partners: Pledge Money or Get Higher Tariffs
President Trump is using an “Art of the Deal” approach to get other nations to hand over cash to lower their tariffs.

Price Aware Power Split Control in Heterogeneous Battery Storage Systems
Sheng Yin, Vivek Teja Tanjavooru, Thomas Hamacher, Christoph Goebel, Holger Hesse
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00628

Price Aware Power Split Control in Heterogeneous Battery Storage Systems
This paper presents a unified framework for the optimal scheduling of battery dispatch and internal power allocation in Battery energy storage systems (BESS). This novel approach integrates both market-based (price-aware) signals and physical system constraints to simultaneously optimize (1) external energy dispatch and (2) internal heterogeneity management of BESS, enhancing its operational economic value and performance. This work compares both model-based Linear Programming (LP) and model-fr…

Assessing the economic benefits of space weather mitigation investment decisions: Evidence from Aotearoa New Zealand
Edward J. Oughton, Andrew Renton, Daniel Mac Marnus, Craig J. Rodger
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12495

Assessing the economic benefits of space weather mitigation investment decisions: Evidence from Aotearoa New Zealand
Space weather events pose a growing threat to modern economies, yet their macroeconomic consequences still remain underexplored. This study presents the first dedicated economic assessment of geomagnetic storm impacts on Aotearoa New Zealand, quantifying potential GDP losses across seven disruption and mitigation scenarios due to an extreme coronal mass ejection (CME). The primary focus is upon the damaging impacts of geomagnetically induced currents (GICs) on the electrical power transmission …

Real World Assets on-Chain Assistance Low-Altitude Computility Networks: Architecture, Methodology, and Challenges
Haoxiang Luo, Ruichen Zhang, Yinqiu Liu, Gang Sun, Hongfang Yu, Zhu Han
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.17911

Real World Assets on-Chain Assistance Low-Altitude Computility Networks: Architecture, Methodology, and Challenges
Low-altitude airspace is becoming a new frontier for smart city services and commerce. Networks of drones, electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) vehicles, and other aircraft, termed Low-Altitude Economic Networks (LAENets), promise to transform urban logistics, aerial sensing, and communication. A key challenge is how to efficiently share and trust the computing utility, termed computility, of these aerial devices. We propose treating the computing power on aircraft as tokenized Real-Wo…

Economy and Geography Shape the Collective Attention of Cities
Ke-ke Shang, Jiangli Zhu, Junfan Yi, Liwen Zhang, Junjie Yang, Ge Guo, Zixuan Jin, Michael Small
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08907

Economy and Geography Shape the Collective Attention of Cities
Complex networks are commonly used to explore human behavior. However, previous studies largely overlooked the geographical and economic factors embedded in collective attention. To address this, we construct attention networks from time-series data for the United States and China, each a key economic power in the West and the East, respectively. We reveal a strong macroscale correlation between urban attention and Gross Domestic Product (GDP). At the mesoscale, community detection of attention…

Trump’s strategy of imposing sweeping tariffs on America’s main trading partners will face a major test in the US courts on Thursday,
four days after the president hailed the “powerful deal” reached with the EU -- and just hours before a new round of punishing import duties is set to come into effect.
Trump has underpinned his tariff policy with an emergency power that is now being challenged as unlawful in the federal courts.
On Thursday the US court of appeals for the fed…

On the Operational Resilience of CBDC: Threats and Prospects of Formal Validation for Offline Payments
Marco Bernardo, Federico Calandra, Andrea Esposito, Francesco Fabris
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08064

On the Operational Resilience of CBDC: Threats and Prospects of Formal Validation for Offline Payments
Information and communication technologies are by now employed in most activities, including economics and finance. Despite the extraordinary power of modern computers and the vast amount of memory, some results of theoretical computer science imply the impossibility of certifying software quality in general. With the exception of safety-critical systems, this has primarily concerned the information processed by confined systems, with limited socio-economic consequences. In the emerging era of …

AI Data Centers Need Pioneers to Deliver Scalable Power via Offgrid AI
Steven P. Reinhardt
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18214 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.1821…

AI Data Centers Need Pioneers to Deliver Scalable Power via Offgrid AI
The scalable computing revolution of the late '80s through mid- '00s forged a new technical and economic model for computing that delivered massive societal impact, but its economic benefit has driven scalability to sizes that are now exhausting the energy grid's capacity. Our time demands a new revolution in scalable energy, mirroring in key ways the scalable computing revolution; e.g., compelling economic forces, use of mass-market components, overcoming foibles of those components, judicious…

Rethinking Growth: An Extension of the Solow-Swan Model
Timothy F. Power, Roman G. Smirnov
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10864 https://a…

Rethinking Growth: An Extension of the Solow-Swan Model
The aggregate Cobb-Douglas production function stands as a central element in the renowned Solow-Swan model in economics, providing a crucial theoretical framework for comprehending the determinants of economic growth. This model not only guides policymakers and economists but also influences their decisions, fostering sustainable and inclusive development. In this study, we utilize a one-input version of a new generalization of the Cobb-Douglas production function proposed recently, thereby ex…

Asynchronous Grid Connections Providing Fast-Frequency Response: System Integration Study
Felix Wald, Amir Sajadi, Barry Mather, Giovanni De Carne
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.23571

Asynchronous Grid Connections Providing Fast-Frequency Response: System Integration Study
This paper presents an integration study for a power electronic-based fast-frequency response technology, an asynchronous grid connection operating as an aggregator for behindthe-meter resources and distributed generators. Both technical feasibility and techno-economic viability studies are presented. The dynamic performance of the fast-frequency response enabled by the asynchronous grid connection is validated with Power Hardware-in-the-Loop experiments and transferred to an IEEE 9-bus system …

Trump may be chipping away at America's economic advantage.
In recent weeks, Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics when her agency reported weak job growth
and tried to force out officials at the Federal Reserve when they refused to cut interest rates.
He and his aides have used the power of the federal government to target
— and perhaps criminally prosecute
— perceived enemies, including at the Fed, and to pressure companies over thei…

Trump’s Attacks on the Fed and BLS Threaten Key Source of Economic Strength
The president’s efforts to control the Federal Reserve and Bureau of Labor Statistics carry risks. But collectively, the moves could be even more damaging, economists warn.

How flexible do we need to be? Using electricity systems models to identify optimal designs for flexible carbon capture storage system for gas-fired power plants
Fangwei Cheng, Qian Luo, Jesse Jenkins
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.18626

How flexible do we need to be? Using electricity systems models to identify optimal designs for flexible carbon capture storage system for gas-fired power plants
As the share of variable renewable energy in power systems grows, enhancing the operational flexibility of combined cycle gas turbines with carbon capture and storage (CCGT-CCS) becomes increasingly valuable. This study integrates techno-economic analysis with capacity expansion modeling to quantify the value of improved CCGT-CCS flexibility-such as lower start-up costs, reduced minimum generation, faster ramping, and shorter up/down times-at both plant and system levels. Using the Texas power …

Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Decision-Making Strategy Considering User Satisfaction Feedback in Demand Response Program
Xin Li, Li Ding, Qiao Lin, Zhen-Wei Yu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02946

Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Decision-Making Strategy Considering User Satisfaction Feedback in Demand Response Program
Demand response providers (DRPs) are intermediaries between the upper-level distribution system operator and the lower-level participants in demand response (DR) programs. Usually, DRPs act as leaders and determine electricity pricing strategies to maximize their economic revenue, while end-users adjust their power consumption following the pricing signals. However, this profit-seeking bi-level optimization model often neglects the satisfaction of end-users participating in DR programs. In addi…

Reducing Cartel Violence: The Mexican Dilemma Between Social and Security Spending
Rafael Prieto-Curiel, Dieter Grass, Stefan Wrzaczek, Gian Maria Campedelli, Gernot Tragler, Gustav Feichtinger
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.06509

Reducing Cartel Violence: The Mexican Dilemma Between Social and Security Spending
Organised crime in Mexico threatens societal stability and public safety, driving pervasive violence and economic disruption. Despite security investments and social programs designed in part to reduce involvement in crime, cartel power and violence continue to persist. This study evaluates existing policies and introduces a novel framework using optimal control theory to analyse cartel dynamics. Specifically, by modelling resource allocation between security measures and social programs, we id…

Hi, it’s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. 
If we do not assert ourselves and enshrine our rights
— and demand healthcare, and education, and dignity
— the alternative is barbarism,
which is what we are contending with now.
If we do not win unions, healthcare, wages, and ending endless war,
then we will condemn ourselves to barbarism.
𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝗽. 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲.
𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯, 𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 …

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Nippon Steel’s $14.9bn acquisition of US Steel closed on Wednesday,
confirming an unusual degree of power for the Trump administration after the Japanese company’s 18-month struggle to close the purchase.
Under the deal terms, Nippon bought 100% of US Steel shares at $55 a share, as it first laid out in its December 2023 offer for the well-known and struggling steelmaker.
A press release on the filing also discloses details of a national security agreement inked with the Tr…

Resilience assessment framework for cyber-physical distribution power system based on coordinated cyber-physical attacks under dynamic game
Yulin Liu, Zhaojun Ruan, Libao Shi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.19636

Resilience assessment framework for cyber-physical distribution power system based on coordinated cyber-physical attacks under dynamic game
Owing to the advanced communication networks and intelligent electronic devices, the cyber-physical distribution systems (CPDSs) possess the capability to perform flexible economic dispatch and achieve rapid self-healing from extreme events. Meanwhile, the deep integration of cyber and physical systems makes CPDS vulnerable to coordinated cyber-physical attacks. In this paper, a resilience assessment framework for the CPDS under coordinated cyber-physical attacks is proposed to investigate the …

Techno-Economic Planning of Spatially-Resolved Battery Storage Systems in Renewable-Dominant Grids Under Weather Variability
Seyed Ehsan Ahmadi, Elnaz Kabir, Mohammad Fattahi, Mousa Marzband, Dongjun Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.12526

Techno-Economic Planning of Spatially-Resolved Battery Storage Systems in Renewable-Dominant Grids Under Weather Variability
The ongoing energy transition is significantly increasing the share of renewable energy sources (RES) in power systems; however, their intermittency and variability pose substantial challenges, including load shedding and system congestion. This study examines the role of the battery storage system (BSS) in mitigating these challenges by balancing power supply and demand. We optimize the location, size, and type of batteries using a two-stage stochastic program, with the second stage involving …

Assessing Value of Renewable-based VPP Versus Electrical Storage: Multi-market Participation Under Different Scheduling Regimes and Uncertainties
Hadi Nemati, Ignacio Egido, Pedro S\'anchez-Mart\'in, \'Alvaro Ortega
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22496

Assessing Value of Renewable-based VPP Versus Electrical Storage: Multi-market Participation Under Different Scheduling Regimes and Uncertainties
This paper compares the participation of Renewable-only Virtual Power Plants (RVPPs) and grid-scale Electrical Storage Systems (ESSs) in energy and reserve markets, evaluating their technical performance, market strategies, and economic outcomes. To ensure a fair comparison, scheduling is analyzed over representative sample days that capture seasonal operating regimes, and the associated uncertainties are explicitly modeled. Two-stage robust optimization frameworks are employed: the RVPP model …

Trump’s newly signed tax and spending law, eviscerated Biden-era incentives for clean technologies such as wind and solar power.
Now Democrats aim to flip the usual partisan energy debate
by portraying Republicans as the party of electricity shortages and rising prices.
Their targets would include the moderate Republicans who spent months urging Congress to preserve the Biden tax breaks because of their projected economic gains for GOP-held districts
— only to fold a…

Integrated Learning and Optimization to Control Load Demand and Wind Generation for Minimizing Ramping Cost in Real-Time Electricity Market
Imran Pervez, Omar Knio
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09774

Integrated Learning and Optimization to Control Load Demand and Wind Generation for Minimizing Ramping Cost in Real-Time Electricity Market
We developed a new integrated learning and optimization (ILO) methodology to predict context-aware unknown parameters in economic dispatch (ED), a crucial problem in power systems solved to generate optimal power dispatching decisions to serve consumer load. The ED formulation in the current study consists of load and renewable generation as unknown parameters in its constraints predicted using contextual information (e.g., prior load, temperature). The ILO framework train a neural network (NN)…

Imperfect Competition in Markets for Short-Circuit Current Services
Peng Wang, Luis Badesa
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09425 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.0942…

Imperfect Competition in Markets for Short-Circuit Current Services
An important limitation of Inverter-Based Resources (IBR) is their reduced contribution to Short-Circuit Current (SCC), as compared to that of Synchronous Generators (SGs). With increasing penetration of IBR in most power systems, the reducing SCC poses challenges to a secure system operation, as line protections may not trip when required. In order to address this issue, the SCC ancillary service could be procured via an economic mechanism, aiming at securing adequate SCC on all buses. However…