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19Aug

When Warnings Become Blackouts

This was not part of the plan. In fact, some might wonder if there was a plan. In the midst of a heatwave, California can’t keep the power on. To ensure the grid for the entire Western U.S. doesn’t collapse, California’s grid operator has been forced to cutoff power for millions of people for hours […]
  • On August 19, 2020
  • blackouts, Bloomberg, California, California ISO, E&E News, electricity grid, electrification, Frank Wolak, grid reliability, renewable energy, solar, Stanford University, Steve Berberich, The Mercury News, Wade Schauer, wind, Wood Mackenzie
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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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06Jan

The Important Difference Between Capacity and Security

To hear environmental groups and renewable boosters tell it, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) recent action to restore competition to PJM Interconnection’s capacity market was a terrible solution in search of non-existent problem. The capacity market is supposed to ensure that PJM’s customers will have adequate generating capacity, including a strong reserve of power, […]
  • On January 6, 2020
  • capacity markets, energy security, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, ISO New England, natural gas, PJM Interconnection, renewable energy, renewables subsidies
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13Nov

No Solution at All

Questions continue to arise about the cost and technical feasibility of moving to an emissions-free grid by 2050. Or, in the case of the Green New Dealers, making that jump even sooner. At a recent hearing on the subject, House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) said, “a solution that is unaffordable […]
  • On November 13, 2019
  • Bernie Sanders, electricity grid, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Frank Pallone Jr., ISO New England, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), National Renewable Energy Lab, renewable energy, Wood Mackenzie
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02Oct

The Case for Carbon Capture Has Never Been Stronger

The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s 2019 International Energy Outlook projects that global energy consumption will increase 50 percent by 2050. Electricity consumption is expected to jump an even more staggering 79 percent. Should electrification take off – as many experts expect it will – and there is a decisive shift to electric vehicles, as well as […]
  • On October 2, 2019
  • carbon capture utilization and storage, electric vehicles, Fatih Birol, innovation, renewable energy, Rick Perry, U.S. Energy Information Administration
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11Sep

Restore Competition to Electricity Markets

Are renewable sources of power ready to stand on their own two feet? Ask wind and solar boosters and the answer would seemingly be yes. The story we’re being told is that after decades of government support, wind and solar projects are now cost-competitive with traditional sources of power. Except when they’re not. Curiously, these […]
  • On September 11, 2019
  • baseload power, coal, grid reliability, renewable energy, renewables subsidies, University of Chicago
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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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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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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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05Jun

Driving Up the Cost of Power for Consumers

Making an apples to apples comparison of new weather-dependent renewables against existing coal or nuclear power plants cannot be done – at least not with our existing tools. Not only are you trying to compare one source of variable power to dispatchable, baseload generation that’s available 24-7, but you’re also attempting to compare a facility […]
  • On June 5, 2019
  • baseload power, coal-fired power plants, electricity prices, renewable energy, solar, utilities, wind
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