How Fast Will The Electric Industry Exit Coal? What do Siemens, General Electric and Toshiba have in common— other than the obvious: they are global manufacturers of electrical equipment? The answer is that this year all three announced they would no longer construct coal-fired electric power generating projects. Regardless of how managements describe this action, … Continue reading How Fast Will The Electric Industry Exit Coal?
Could California’s summer rolling blackouts happen in the Northwest? For two days in August, as an intense heat wave smothered Western states and drove electricity use to record levels, the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), which manages the state’s high-voltage electricity transmission grid, imposed rolling electricity outages that cut power to 813,000 customers. The reason, … Continue reading Could #California ’s summer rolling blackouts happen in the #Northwest?
FERC Issues Minor Revisions to Public Utility ROE Methodology On November 19, 2020, FERC issued Opinion No. 569-B, in which it made minor modifications to the discussion in, but largely reaffirmed, its previously-issued Opinion No. 569-A wherein FERC revised its return on equity (“ROE”) analysis and methodology. Specifically, FERC reaffirmed the three-model methodology it had … Continue reading FERC Issues Minor Revisions to Public Utility ROE Methodology
How these U.S. cities are aligning energy markets with their clean energy goals In two-thirds of the United States, electricity generation is bought and sold in markets managed by membership-based nonprofit agencies called Regional Transmission Operators (RTOs) or Independent System Operators (ISOs), which were not designed to support low-carbon energy or emerging renewable technologies. These … Continue reading How these U.S. cities are aligning energy markets with their clean energy goals
Ambri’s liquid metal battery to be used at desert data centre in Nevada ‘Liquid metal’ battery technology developed as a potential low-cost competitor for lithium-ion looks set to be used at a data centre under development near Reno, Nevada. An agreement has been made to deploy energy storage systems using the novel chemistry batteries between … Continue reading Ambri’s liquid metal battery to be used at desert data centre in Nevada
New blockchain use cases coming for the energy sector New blockchain use cases are under development for Energy Web’s Decentralised Operating System (EW-DOS) and the EW Chain. Among these are enterprise-grade settlement services, distributed resource integration, the growth of geothermal energy in Germany and the advance of token-enabled ecosystems. Enterprise software provider R3 is partnering … Continue reading New blockchain use cases coming for the energy sector
Responding to Cyber-Attacks in the Utility and Energy Sectors To assist utilities with assessing and responding to cyber risks, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) recently issued a report on best practices to respond to and recover from cybersecurity incidents in the utility industry. Like other industries, … Continue reading Responding to Cyber-Attacks in the #Utility and Energy Sectors
China turns on nuclear-powered ‘artificial sun’ China successfully powered up its “artificial sun” nuclear fusion reactor for the first time, state media reported Friday, marking a great advance in the country’s nuclear power research capabilities. The HL-2M Tokamak reactor is China’s largest and most advanced nuclear fusion experimental research device, and scientists hope that the … Continue reading China turns on nuclear-powered ‘artificial sun’
Many U.S. electric utilities plan slow decarbonization over next decade The country’s top emitting utilities are on decarbonization pathways that are too slow to meet the climate goals set forth by President-Elect Joseph Biden. Biden has promised to achieve a zero-carbon power sector by 2035 en route to reaching an economy-wide target of net-zero emissions … Continue reading Many U.S. electric utilities plan slow #decarbonization over next decade
FERC orders ISO-NE to nix new power suppliers’ ability to ‘lock in’ capacity prices Washington — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has found that ISO New England’s capacity market rules allowing new entrants to “lock in” their initial clearing price for seven years are no longer just and reasonable, and directed the grid operator to … Continue reading FERC orders ISO-NE to nix new power suppliers’ ability to ‘lock in’ capacity prices
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