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Watchdog Has Grim Winter Warning: There May Be Blackouts
Watchdog Has Grim Winter Warning: There May Be Blackouts North American Reliability Corp: As much as two-thirds of the United States could experience blackouts in peak winter weather. Earlier this year, NERC issued a blackout warning for some parts of the U.S. over the summer, citing extreme temperatures. The regulator points to the lack of […]
Exclusive: Saudi Arabia doubles second-quarter Russian fuel oil imports for power generation
Exclusive: Saudi Arabia doubles second-quarter Russian fuel oil imports for power generation People walk near power plant number 10 at Saudi Electricity Company’s Central Operation Area, south of Riyadh, April 27, 2012./File Photo Summary This includes content produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine. Kingdom burns Russian fuel […]
Calculation of the Extra Capacity Required of Non-Fossil Fuel Power Generation Systems to Completely Phase Out Fossil Fuels
Calculation of the Extra Capacity Required of Non-Fossil Fuel Power Generation Systems to Completely Phase Out Fossil Fuels Abstract The task to phase out fossil fuels is now at hand. Most studies and publications to date focus on why fossil fuels should be phased out. This paper presents the physical requirements in terms of required […]
Coal Generation In UK Jumps As Wind Speed Drops
Coal Generation In UK Jumps As Wind Speed Drops Coal met some 3 percent of the UK’s electricity demand on Friday morning, reaching its highest level of Britain’s power generation in one month, amid lower wind speeds this week and an outage at a gas-powered plant, Bloomberg reports. The last time the UK generated 3 percent […]
Sydney go on your rooftops and save power for 3 million new immigrants
Sydney go on your rooftops and save power for 3 million new immigrants The latest report “Integrated System Plan” of the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) assumes that power consumption on Australia’s East Coast will stay rather flat despite government engineered immigration resulting in a population growth of 1.5% pa. This implies a call on […]
Welcome to renewables world: Australia plans for blackouts, throws billions of dollars, but ABC says it will get “cheaper”
Welcome to renewables world: Australia plans for blackouts, throws billions of dollars, but ABC says it will get “cheaper” The fear is palpable How much fun can you have living in a global experiment? In Australia, peak summer is about to hit in a post-Hazelwood-electricity-grid. We’re drowning in electricity news as summer ramps up. Everyday […]
Will EV’s Break The Grid?
Will EV’s Break The Grid? While the UK government has vowed to end the sale of all new conventional gasoline and diesel cars by 2040, as part of a wider plan to fight air pollution, there is talk that electricity demand will lead to a fast and dirty response to a strained power grid. But […]
The sustainable energy transition: a “back of the envelope” calculation
The sustainable energy transition: a “back of the envelope” calculation Image source. “Back of the Envelope” calculations are a tradition in science and often turn out to be able to provide plenty of useful information, at the same time avoiding the common pitfall of complex models, that of being able to fit anything provided that […]
Nebraska’s Community-Owned Electricity System
Nebraska’s Community-Owned Electricity System In Nebraska, 121 publicly-owned utilities, 10 cooperatives, and 30 public power districts provide electricity to a population of around 1.8 million people. In the United States, there is one state, and only one state, where every single resident and business receives electricity from a community-owned institution rather than a for-profit corporation. It is […]
