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10Nov

Stumbling Over Transmission

The cost of wind and solar power may be falling but building the transmission infrastructure to send power across the country – perhaps the key piece of the renewable puzzle – has only gotten more difficult and more expensive. A reality now playing out in both the U.S. and Europe. Germany’s attempt to pivot to […]
  • On November 10, 2020
  • Bloomberg, Germany, Green New Deal, infrastructure, Peter Altmaier, solar, Texas, transmission lines, wind, Wood Mackenzie
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02Sep

The World Still Desperately Needs Coal

Energy poverty and energy access remain the foremost energy challenges for much of the world. Great progress has been made over the past decade: the United Nations reports that the number of people without access to electricity has declined from 1.2 billion in 2010 to 789 million in 2018. But a new report finds that […]
  • On September 2, 2020
  • affordability, air conditioning, California, carbon capture utilization and storage, energy access, Germany, HELE technology, industrialization, International Energy Agency (IEA), technology
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01Jul

Grappling with the “Dark Doldrums”

A fascinating thing is happening. While renewable energy and climate policy ambitions are growing more aggressive, the few nations trying to rapidly pivot away from coal, natural gas and nuclear power are struggling. There seems to be a growing disconnect between data and experience, and the energy vision touted by climate hawks.  Germany – with […]
  • On July 1, 2020
  • California, electricity prices, Energy Futures Initiative, Germany, grid reliability, renewable energy, Scientific American, solar, Texas, United Kingdom, wind
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30Jan

A Failure to Connect the Dots

The U.S. has a growing energy infrastructure problem. More precisely, major transmission lines needed to move wind and solar power from regions of production to centers of demand aren’t being built at nearly the pace needed. Natural gas pipeline additions are also failing to keep up with gas demand. One infrastructure project after another is […]
  • On January 30, 2020
  • California, coal-fired power plants, Germany, infrastructure, Iowa, Minnesota, natural gas, North Dakota, solar, South Dakota, Texas, transmission lines, wind
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28Aug

From Texas to Germany, Grid Reliability Concerns are Growing

Texas’ recent near-miss with blackouts has turned more than a few heads. The challenges posed to the Texas grid, and other regional grids, by growing reliance on intermittent sources of power and, in some cases, an overstretched natural gas transmission system, have caught the attention of regulators and policymakers. Last week, U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer […]
  • On August 28, 2019
  • baseload power, Bloomberg, electricity grid, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Germany, grid reliability, Kevin Cramer, Severin Borenstein, solar, Texas, United Kingdom, wind
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07Aug

When Down is Up

The reduction in the price of electricity from solar and wind power over the last decade has made for a fantastic story. But it’s hiding a more complex and troubling truth. While the price of generating power from renewables has fallen, the cost, or burden, of integrating these intermittent sources of power onto the grid […]
  • On August 7, 2019
  • California, Competitive Renewable Energy Zone, electricity grid, Germany, Green New Deal, grid reliability, National Renewable Energy Lab, renewable energy, solar, Texas, transmission lines, wind, Wood Mackenzie
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02Jul

Trillions with a “T”

According to new analysis from Wood Mackenzie, transitioning to an all renewables grid in the U.S. by 2030 would cost roughly $4.5 trillion. Remarkably, that cost – estimated at about $35,000 per household – does not account for the costs of prematurely closing hundreds of existing power plants, the inevitable supply chain bottlenecks that would […]
  • On July 2, 2019
  • California, electricity grid, emissions, Germany, renewable energy, Texas, United Kingdom, Wood Mackenzie
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29May

The Real Energy Story in the U.K.

From the tone of the coverage announcing that the U.K. has gone more than 10 days without generating any electricity using coal, one would think Britain had singlehandedly turned the tide against rising global emissions. Renewable boosters and climate hawks have fallen over themselves in praise of this “accomplishment.” But what this fawning coverage has […]
  • On May 29, 2019
  • coal, Germany, renewable energy, United Kingdom
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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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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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