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25Jul

What We Don’t Know Can Hurt Us

As Americans cranked up their air conditioners to gain relief from sweltering mid-July heat, the grid called for all-hands-on-deck to keep the power flowing. Soaring electricity demand was met by every power plant utilities and grid operators could throw at the challenge. Thankfully, for most Americans, the lights and the AC were there when they […]
  • On July 25, 2019
  • battery storage, California, electricity grid, Energiewende, Morning Consult, renewable energy, renewables subsidies, U.S. Energy Information Administration, utilities
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10Jul

No Way in Hell

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) analyzes the reliability of our electricity supply. NERC’s reports and statements are consistently measured, typically packing all the flair and excitement of a buttoned-down white dress shirt. So, it’s with good reason that eyebrows were raised when NERC’s CEO, Jim Robb, recently told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission […]
  • On July 10, 2019
  • baseload power, battery storage, California, grid reliability, natural gas, New England, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), pipelines, Texas, Wood Mackenzie
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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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Recent battery storage Posts
  • What We Don’t Know Can Hurt Us
  • No Way in Hell
  • Batteries: Great Promise, Even Greater Hype
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