DoE’s Chris Wright: Spend More Money, Die Faster.
Yeah, we’re all well aware that we’re living in the upside down these days. But this even extends to energy
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Give Me Something To Work With, DTE!
DTE Energy truly offers the worst of both worlds– high prices and little to show for it in terms of reliability, energy efficiency, or clean energy.
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First TMI, Now Palisades. Is Uranium Back?
Nuclear power advocates have regained a healthy glow, though the environmental movement continues to split more hairs than atoms over the role of the carbon-free energy source.
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But Weight, There’s More: The Achilles Heel of Electric Vehicles
Electric cars are generally far more efficient than gas-powered ones, as a matter of thermodynamics. But a new article looks at one huge problem with electric cars, and one that is often entirely disregarded in policy, regulation, and consumer economics, and that’s the factor of how much they weigh.
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Time-Of-Use Pricing Is Coming. Here’s How To Make Sure You’re Ready.
Time-of-use pricing is (most likely) coming to a utility near you, if it hasn’t arrived already. Here’s what you need to know.
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Centralization: Economy of Scale? Looming Disaster? Lil Bit of Both?
Streetcars, gas and water pipes, power lines, and other “invisible networks,” to borrow a line from the title of Ann Durkin Keating’s book, make up a vibrant history of infrastructure in which centralization vs. decentralization is a big debate.
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BUILD GREEN Act Charges Forward With Electric Transit. Is It The Right Move?
Public utilities are apprehensive about vehicle electrification because it’ll require a huge amount of investment in grid infrastructure. A new legislative proposal to electrify transit systems might make this a bit easier by delivering a big economy of scale.
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This Doesn’t Happen In A Normal Climate– Or Power Grid
An unusual winter storm in the Lone Star State is prompting the grid operator to orchestrate voluntary blackouts– asking people to shut off power voluntarily. Climate change, power reliability, and the state of infrastructure in the United States in 2021.
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