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Energiewende

01Sep

Reshaping the U.S. Electricity Mix by 2030 is Full of Potential Pitfalls – Just ask European Consumers

Proposing to upend the nation’s electricity mix and do it at warp speed is policy that at the very least deserves transparent discussion and requires extensive planning. Tucked into the reconciliation package is just such a proposal. The Clean Electricity Payment Program will throw vast sums at utilities to transform their generating fleets and do […]
  • On September 1, 2021
  • Angela Merkel, Bloomberg, California, Clean Electricity Payment Program, electricity prices, Energiewende, energy transition, Europe, Germany, grid reliability, Harald Herzig, Mainova, Spain, Texas, United Kingdom, Wall Street Journal
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13Jan

The Grids Are Not OK

Despite ongoing insistence that the fuel security, balance and reliability offered by coal can be easily replaced, mounting evidence points to just the opposite. In states and grids across the U.S., blackouts, near-misses and troubling warnings have become all too common. California suffered rolling blackouts this summer, Texas has stumbled from one near-miss and capacity […]
  • On January 13, 2021
  • blackouts, Bloomberg, California, coal, Energiewende, Financial Times, Germany, Japan, renewable energy, Texas, United Kingdom
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20May

As the Pandemic Unfolds, Voter Concern Over the Affordability of Electricity is Surging

U.S. unemployment is flirting with 25 percent. As the country tries to weather the COVID-19 storm and look forward to reopening and recovery, economic pain is front and center for millions of families. It’s no surprise then that a new poll conducted by Morning Consult found that nearly half of all registered voters (47 percent) […]
  • On May 20, 2020
  • COVID-19, Der Spiegel, E&E News, electricity prices, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Energiewende, grid reliability, Morning Consult, Texas, U.S. Energy Information Administration
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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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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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30Jan

The German Misstep

Strong voter support for an all-of-the-above energy strategy in the U.S. – as identified in recent Morning Consult polling – is undoubtedly informed by experience. Just ask Xcel Energy customers dealing with record subzero temperatures this week who were asked to turn their thermostats down to 55 degrees to prevent widespread natural gas outages in the area. […]
  • On January 30, 2019
  • coal, Dietar Woidke, Energiewende, Germany, Johan Rockstrom, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, renewable energy, Xcel Energy
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Recent Energiewende Posts
  • Reshaping the U.S. Electricity Mix by 2030 is Full of Potential Pitfalls – Just ask European Consumers
  • The Grids Are Not OK
  • As the Pandemic Unfolds, Voter Concern Over the Affordability of Electricity is Surging
  • What We Don’t Know Can Hurt Us
  • A Solution in Search of a Problem
  • The German Misstep
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