Making predictions, especially about the future, is dangerous. That didn’t stop Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX, from making a rather startling one recently: U.S. electricity demand will triple by around 2045, in part due to widespread […]
At a time when reliability concerns are plaguing most regional power grids in America, it helps to remember one of the largest blackouts in the country’s history — the 2003 northeast blackout. Twenty years ago on August […]
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe – At the fuel station that Emmanuel Bhuru supervises in Zimbabwe’s second industrial city of Bulawayo, electricity outages are the norm. As the station has no functional generator, his staff now work shorter […]
It turns out that the conversation about getting out of fossil fuels and into green energy is a lot more complicated than just energy. Of course “black gold” has literally fueled our society into its […]
My brother and sister-in-law love Austin. They moved there in 2015 from the midwest and always said they’d never leave. Great weather 9-10 months out of the year, friendly locals, good restaurants, outdoor activities—you know […]
Powerful winds and lashing rain from an approaching typhoon have killed at least one person and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people in southern Japan. The slow-moving Typhoon Khanun, which was nearing […]
Transmission competition is the key to upgrading our electricity grid in a cost-effective manner. FERC must embrace competition and deliver on its mandate to ensure just and reasonable rates for consumers. In his 2022 State […]
The third powerline was the last straw for Marla Britton. Her and her husband’s 40-acre farm near Brainerd, Minnesota, is already framed by electrical wires on the east and south. When she learned of […]
Large cross-country transmission lines carrying clean energy from remote rural areas to population centers will be a key strategy for reducing emissions. But as a project in Minnesota illustrates, the grid puzzle is more complicated […]
Authroed by Joshua Trott via RealClear Wire, On paper, the Inflation Reduction Act was a big win for America’s infrastructure and energy future: $550 billion in federal spending, with nearly $400 billion earmarked for energy […]
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