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

21Oct

An Energy and Emissions Reality Check from Candidate Biden

In a townhall last week, Joe Biden sought to distance himself and his energy plan from the Green New Deal. “The difference between me and the new green deal is they say, automatically, by 2030 we’re going to be carbon free. Not possible,” Biden said. He continued, making a case for investment into carbon capture, […]

On October 21, 2020
carbon capture utilization and storage, Fatih Birol, Green New Deal, International Energy Agency (IEA), Joe Biden, USE IT Act

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