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17Apr

Batteries: Great Promise, Even Greater Hype

Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere. From our smartphones, computers and tablets to electric vehicles, we are in the midst of a battery revolution. But for all the promise of batteries, there are limitations. There are physics problems that dictate how batteries can be used, or should be used, that need to inform our energy policy. Unfortunately, […]
  • On April 17, 2019
  • battery storage, electricity grid, Energy & Environmental Science, Ernest Moniz, renewable energy, solar, Tesla, wind
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10Apr

When the Market is the Problem

“Allow the market to work” has been the catchphrase rebuttal to any suggestion that the accelerating loss of baseload, fuel-secure power plants threatens grid reliability. Renewable and natural gas advocates have sung it from the rooftops like a lost verse of “Baby Shark.” What their dismissal assumes – what their unshakeable faith in the market […]
  • On April 10, 2019
  • Duke Energy Corporation, electricity grid, energy security, Exelon Corporation, FirstEnergy Corporation, grid reliability, ISO New England, market system, PJM Interconnection, Public Service Enterprise Group, Rick Perry
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04Apr

A Clear Call for Action on Grid Reliability

Last Friday, Real Clear Politics hosted an event on the future of the U.S. electricity grid, or rather the challenge of maintaining grid reliability as the nation’s electricity mix undergoes dramatic change. The event, sponsored by NMA and America’s Power, brought together energy experts and officials on the frontline of the issue, including the Secretary […]
  • On April 4, 2019
  • all-of-the-above, America's Power, baseload power, coal, coal-fired power plants, David McKinley, electricity grid, Larry Bucshon, Matt Bevin, polar vortex, Real Clear Politics, Rick Perry
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27Mar

New Report Reaffirms Electricity Markets Aren’t Adequately Valuing Reliability

A new study being pushed by renewables advocates deserves note – but not for the reason its backers claim. It is noteworthy in that it is the perfect example of just how dysfunctional our electricity markets actually are and how uninformed the energy debate has become. The study, titled “The Coal Cost Crossover,” suggests that […]
  • On March 27, 2019
  • "The Coal Cost Crossover", baseload power, coal, coal-fired power plants, electricity grid, renewable energy
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20Mar

A “Very Scary” Situation in Texas

Texas got a taste of cooler than expected weather this week and it sent shockwaves across the state’s electricity market. The Lone Star State learned a valuable lesson about putting too much faith in intermittent renewables. Temperatures dipped Monday morning, increasing heating demand, and that cooler weather was accompanied by calmer than expected winds. Calm […]
  • On March 20, 2019
  • baseload power, Ed Hirs, electricity grid, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), renewable energy, Texas, wind
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14Mar

A Solution in Search of a Problem

It’s not uncommon to hear calls for rebuilding and transforming the electricity grid. In fact, renewable energy boosters say transforming the grid is an imperative if the nation is to reach their goal of 100 percent wind and solar power. But this call for transformation exposes some of the underlying problems with the proposed wind […]
  • On March 14, 2019
  • electricity grid, Energiewende, Germany, National Academy of Engineering, renewable energy, transmission lines
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06Mar

A Most Vital Technology

What technology does Fatih Birol, director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), believe is “most vital” to reducing emissions? Wind or solar power? Nuclear energy or energy storage? It is, in fact, carbon capture. Mr. Birol made his remarks last week in a joint press conference with U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry. Both are adamant […]
  • On March 6, 2019
  • carbon capture utilization and storage, coal, Fatih Birol, fossil fuels, HELE technology, International Energy Agency (IEA), Rick Perry, technology, World Coal Association
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01Mar

A Warning Not to be Ignored

How valuable is a balanced, diverse mix of energy sources? Just ask the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), the grid operator that manages the electricity grid for much of the U.S. Midwest and parts of Canada. When the polar vortex hammered the Midwest at the end of January, the grid weathered the storm, but it […]
  • On March 1, 2019
  • coal, electricity grid, Germany, Hans-Wilhelm Schiffer, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), Minnesota, polar vortex, renewable energy, wind, World Energy Council
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22Feb

Building a Better Future from West Virginia to India

The world’s population is racing towards 10 billion by 2050. It’s an astounding number that has huge implications for global energy use but also for material needs. As populations grow, urbanization is growing as well. A higher and higher percentage of us are living in cities. The United Nations reported last year that 55 percent […]
  • On February 22, 2019
  • Arch Coal, Asia, China, coal, coking coal, India, Jude Clemente, Leer South, metallurgical coal, steel, United Nations, urbanization, West Virginia, World Bank
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14Feb

Evaluating Grid Reliability Requires Examining What’s to Come, Not What’s Been

It was the study energy wonks were sure was going to be a deal maker or breaker in the ongoing debate about fuel-secure sources of generation and the reliability and resilience of the grid. It turns out, the study is neither of those things. E&E News obtained the unpublished draft study, and, if anything, it […]
  • On February 14, 2019
  • baseload power, coal-fired power plants, electricity grid, fuel diversity, IHS Markit, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
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