Michael Giberson On October 16, FERC directed operators of regional transmission systems with integrated wholesale power markets (i.e. RTOs and ISOs) to take additional steps to accommodate participation of demand response resources, and to ensure energy pricing rules appropriately reflect shortage conditions. The new regulations also require the organizations to take actions intended to support …
Michael Giberson A post by Andrew Demaria at Environmental Lovins descibes one vision for how electric cars could link up to the smart grid: As I go about my evening’s business, preparing some food before heading out to meet friends at the bar, I am oblivious to what is happening in the garage. The car …
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Lynne Kiesling Tuesday was the 129th anniversary of Edison’s invention of the incandescent light bulb, and Wired commemorated it with this very nice article. It tells the narrative well, from Humphrey Davy to arc lighting, with Edison using his telegraph profits to fund his research, to spending 14 months developing a light bulb that lasted …
Michael Giberson Typical offshore wind power projects — actually there are not enough projects in existance to talk about “typical projects”, so let’s say “typical offshore wind power proposals — envision embedding the turbines into the ocean floor. Not a problem off the U.S Atlantic Coast or in the Gulf, where the ocean is relatively …
Lynne Kiesling Informing individuals about the resource use and environmental consequences of their energy consumption can be surprisingly difficult. Do you ever read the little flyers that your utility or your energy retailer puts in your bill? Nope, I don’t either. But in general we’re pretty clueless about our energy consumption, because we do not …
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Lynne Kiesling I have been playing around with Twitter for the past few weeks, and it sure is intriguing. Most of my Twitter stream is BBC news updates and playlist updates for a couple of online radio sites that I frequent, but the one about which I’m most excited is andy_house, which is the Twitter …
Lynne Kiesling This EcoGeek post addresses a pet topic of mine: if we are going to invest in renewable electricity generation technologies, we should start by coupling the energy-related benefits with other benefits, particularly at this point when renewables are not yet price-competitive. Solar parking lot canopies are a great example of this idea. I …
Michael Giberson The results from the first RGGI auction have been announced, coming in louder than a whimper, but softer than a bang. As the WSJ Environmental Capital blog reports, “Demand was actually pretty strong.” About 50 million units were bid upon, while just 12.5 million were offered. The demand pushed the clearing price to …
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Michael Giberson “We used to curse the wind,” Max Watt said. “Now we love it.” The aptly named Max Watt is a Nolan County, Texas landowner benefiting from the wind energy boom. The quote is from a Reuters story describing how the boom in wind farm construction in west Texas has led to a boom …
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Lynne Kiesling One of the consequences of the current financial market upheaval is MidAmerican’s buyout of Constellation Energy. See also the discussion at WSJ’s Environmental Capital of this and other possible consequences for energy industries. Keith Johnson at WSJ also thinks that this move shows an interest on Warren Buffet’s part in nuclear assets. Electricité …
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