The Electricity Demand Elephant in the Room

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is occupying an alternate universe where soaring electricity demand from electrification and big data isn’t a concern. In EPA’s world – or the one they present in justifying their blitz of rules targeting fossil fuel generation – rapid electrification of transportation, heating and heavy industry, and surging electricity demand […]

On June 21, 2023
clean power plan, electricity grid, Elon Musk, energy, energy security, energy transition, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), fossil fuels, Manu Asthana, National Renewable Energy Lab, NYISO, PJM Interconnection, renewable energy

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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