Tag: energy-storage
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Coal Power: The Energy Source That Should be Providing 20% of America’s Primary Energy
Previous posts have discussed electricity growth and the likely shortage of Dispatchable generation in the winter of 2027. This article provides a Common-Sense path to adequate, affordable, resilient, reliable and Dispatchable generation capacity 24/7 for the Grid. The answer? Build new coal plants
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Hawaii: A Glimpse Into the future of the “Green New Deal” aka “Inflation Reduction Act”, Here is an Update
This post was written in June 2020 when Hawaii Electric announced they would shut down the Barber’s Point Coal Plant. I thought this would be a very good experiment of applying the “Green New Deal”. Why? Because Hawaii is an outstanding location for sunshine and wind, so wind and solar have the natural geography and…
