No, resiliency arguments won’t save coal DOE’s grid study misses the main future threats to system reliability and resiliency, SparkLibrary’s cofounder Alex Gilbert argues After months of waiting for DOE’s controversial baseload study, with political lobbying and leaked reports galore, the energy world was braced for a groundbreaking study. Clean energy advocates worried that DOE … Continue reading No, resiliency arguments won’t save coal
DOE Invests up to $50M for Microgrids, Grid Resilience & Cybersecurity The Department of Energy didn’t mention microgrids much in a recent report on grid reliability, but it did back the technology today in a $50 million energy resilience and security package. microgridsThe money will go to the DOE’s national laboratories for early research on … Continue reading DOE Invests up to $50M for Microgrid s, #Grid-Resilience & #Cybersecurity
Transmission: The unsung hero of the DOE grid reliability study Much of the media scrutiny on the Department of Energy grid reliability study focused on its treatment of generation resources, but just as important to ensuring clean and reliable electricity supply is the grid that connects them. Annual spending on U.S. transmission is expected to … Continue reading Transmission: The unsung hero of the DOE grid reliability study
Smaller nuclear reactors, more cost efficiency on horizon for DoE The current Energy Department administration is more invested in nuclear power options than ever before, according to one insider. “The health of the nuclear sector is good,” Ed McGinnis, principle deputy assistant secretary for nuclear energy at the Department of Energy, said on Energy Department … Continue reading Smaller nuclear reactors, more cost efficiency on horizon for DoE
Energy Dept disappoints US coal industry: no order keeping plants open The Trump administration has reneged on one aspect of a promise widely discussed throughout the 2016 presidential campaign: reviving the coal industry. President Donald Trump declared the United States coal industry would thrive under his watch, but the Trump administration and the Energy Department … Continue reading Energy Dept disappoints US coal industry: no order keeping plants open
DOE grid report says shale gas to blame for coal plant closures The Department of Energy says coal and nuclear are still needed to support the nation’s power grid, and the main reason for coal plant closures results from abundant, cheap shale gas production. The report had been ordered by Trump’s Secretary of Energy Rick … Continue reading DOE grid report says shale gas to blame for coal plant closures
Entities respond to DOE report on electricity markets, reliability Several entities have responded to the recently released U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) “Staff Report to the Secretary on Electricity Markets and Reliability,” which found, for instance, that the recent rise of natural gas as a top power generation resource, the increase in variable renewable energy … Continue reading Entities respond to DOE report on #electricity_markets, #reliability
Leaked DOE report shows grid coping well with more wind Variable renewable resources are not a reliability risk for America’s electricity grid, according to a leaked preliminary draft of a closely watched report for the US Department of Energy (DOE). Bloomberg and other news outlets, including the Washington Post, reported on the leaked staff report … Continue reading Leaked DOE report shows grid coping well with more wind
Reliability will be preserved through market transition, grid operators tell Congress Leaders of the nation’s seven organized wholesale power markets had few policy requests for Congress in their Wednesday hearing. Testimony largely focused on the changing fuel mix, with grid operators emphasizing that the nation’s power supply is as dependable as ever. In PJM, the … Continue reading Reliability will be preserved through market transition, grid operators tell #Congress
THE DOE IS ABOUT TO RELEASE A CONTROVERSIAL STUDY OF THE GRID A controversial study of the electric grid, requested by Energy Secretary Rick Perry in April, is finally expected to be released this month. And to some experts, its exact purpose remains, well, questionable at best. In an April memo to energy department staff, … Continue reading THE DOE IS ABOUT TO RELEASE A CONTROVERSIAL STUDY OF THE GRID
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