Tag: Energy
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Choosing to Keep the Lead in Reliable Electricity Generation!
Human progress is dependent on reasonable cost electricity. The electricity growth of Ai Data Centers, manufacturing reshoring, EVs and population growth make it imperative that all forms of primary energy be considered to satisfy the increasing demand, including coal fuel.
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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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The U.S. Needs 250 GW: Take a Look at Four Plants to Visualize Real Bulk Power Generation
America needs about 250 GW of new electricity generation in the next decade. As I see it, we are headed for power shortages this winter due to excessive federal regulations, Bureaucratic red tape and a public that has been indoctrinated to believe green power is good, when in fact the green new deal has been…
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Coal: An Important Fuel for Future Electricity Generation
Coal remains important and new coal plants are needed. Here are a dozen reasons: 1. The growth of new electricity generation capacity is projected to be 100 GW by 2030 and 800 GW by 2050 2. With de-regulation, no Utility is held accountable for expanding growth of Dispatchable generation as Regional Utilities did in the…
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Back to Basics: A Primer on Primary Energy
“The cavemen had the same natural resources at their disposal as we havetoday, and the difference between their standard of living and ours is a difference between the knowledge they could bring to bear on those resources and the knowledge used today…..” Thomas Sowell Continuing Sowell’s quote…. “To produce sufficient energy that drives our economy,…
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Musings of a Nuclear Engineer and a Coal Power Engineer on the Adequacy of Bulk Power Supply for the Future
This document summarizes discussions of Don Spellman, a senior nuclear engineer, retired U.S. Navy Submarine officer and Dick Storm, a retired coal power engineer. We have had ongoing discussions for several years regarding the inadequacy of new replacement of Dispatchable or Base Load capable coal and/or nuclear power plants. Therefore, We decided to jointly write this article to share our views. Introduction America’s Grid grew from the days of Edison, Tesla and Westinghouse to about the 1990’s in an…
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Thoughts on Primary Energy and the Way the World Really Works
The Developed world and the Developing countries depend on energy to run. Developing countries need reliable PRIMARY Energy to progress from muscle power to machines and the Developed countries, including China and India require lots of reliable primary energy to sustain their quality of life. I am one of the few people who focus on…
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Progress in Clean Coal Combustion Is a Remarkable Achievement, So, Let’s Get on with Building More New Coal Plants
New Modern Coal Plants are Needed for Energy Security, Grid Reliability, Affordable Electricity Generation and Without Pollution, so let me explain some of the details of the equipment used to clean the flue gases and the progress made in cleaning the air since 1970 Short History of Air Pollution Control The EPA was started in…
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Perceptions vs. Reality
If it was simply the laws of Physics, Economics and Global Experiences of which source of Bulk Power was Best; then coal power plants would be on order by the hundreds. How can we fix the poor perceptions of coal power? Here are my thoughts. Energy Powers Life as We Know It America runs on…
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The Real Problem With American Energy Policy
This post will be short and to the point. Myself and many of my energy experienced friends have watched as absolutely anti-American, anti-Human energy polices have come to be. My friend Tom cut through the BS and wrote the following as a response to the Daily Caller article which documented Chinese involvement in NGOs impacting…
