Regular readers will know that I have long been concerned over the extraordinary level of payments to wind farms to switch off. These so-called ‘constraint payments’ are deemed necessary when the wires in the transmission […]
Banks, governments, and businesses would face failure due to the essential role of fossil fuels in the economy. Critical infrastructure like electricity, internet, and trade systems would collapse without fossil fuel support. Agriculture and home […]
Dive Brief: There have been significant reliability improvements made to the Texas electricity grid since Winter Storm Uri in 2021 but the state should still consider new approaches to system recovery including the use of […]
This month’s capacity market auction in the UK – designed to pay power producers to provide additional capacity to the grid in times of high demand – could fetch record-high clearing prices for the 2027-2028 […]
The Aloha State is saying goodbye to polluting power and hello to an opportunity for its sunny skies to provide more than ripe pineapples and golden tans. As reported by Electrek, a Tesla Megapack battery system replacing Hawai’i’s very last […]
CrossWind Google has penned its biggest deal yet to purchase offshore wind power for its data centers in Europe. The tech giant has signed up to offtake 478 MW of two wind farms off the […]
ENB Pub Note UPDATE: 1/12/2025 – This article was originally published at the beginning of 2024 on January 31st and has been brought to light again with the 60-minute interview with Christopher Wray. It is […]
Commissioner Mark Christie, who is a strong advocate for grid reliability, took the opportunity to talk about the week’s winter storms during a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) January 18, 2024, open meeting. Commissioner Christie commended […]
Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook, January 2024 We expect average wholesale electricity prices for 2024 in most areas of the country to be close to or slightly lower than in 2023 because of […]
Gas station owner Sunoco LP will buy pipeline and liquids terminal operator NuStar Energy in an all-equity transaction valued at around $7.3 billion, including debt, the companies said on Monday in the latest merger deal in the […]
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