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therightinsight.org/Turbine-Trouble
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8/1/19 at 6:00 AM
- Energy Policy
therightinsight.org/Why-renewables-cant-save-the-planet-TEDx
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12/26/19 at 6:00 AM
- Energy Policy
therightinsight.org/WindWaste
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10/1/20 at 6:15 AM
- Energy Policy
therightinsight.org/History-in-Real-Time
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10/25/22 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
- Ed Reid
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
George Santayana
“Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
Winston Churchill
"Insanity is doing the same thing ...
therightinsight.org/How-Much-Energy-Will-the-World-Need
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6/16/22 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
therightinsight.org/How-Much-Storage
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10/26/21 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
- Ed Reid
The US electric grid was built around a combination of baseload, load following and peaking generating plants. The US nuclear generating fleet has been used primarily for baseload service because the plants were reliable, and their design ...
therightinsight.org/In-Praise-of-Global-Oil-Markets-Will-the-Idiocy-End
Two days in October 1973 (16th and 17th) marked the most important turning point for US energy policy. That is when energy policy idiocy began and despite all evidence to the contrary continues to this day. When will it end?
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therightinsight.org/Incentives-Disincentives
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9/13/22 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
- Ed Reid
Society employs incentives and disincentives in numerous ways to influence the actions of various members of society. Sometimes these incentives and disincentives are soft and subtle, while at other times they are brutal and explicit.
The...
therightinsight.org/Innovation-Instead
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10/18/22 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
- Ed Reid
“That's why I think we need to recognize it has to be about innovation instead. If we focus on making green energy so cheap that eventually everyone will want it, then we can get everybody on board, and we can do so very, very ...
therightinsight.org/Intermediate-Replacement
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7/26/22 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
- Ed Reid
Replacement of conventional intermediate load generators with renewable generation plus storage is similar to, but not identical to, replacement of baseload generation. Intermediate load generators must be able to deliver their full ...
therightinsight.org/Introductory-Energy-Post-and-the-Clean-Power-Plan
Hi. My name is Ken Malloy and I am a Senior Scholar with the Mark H. Berens Family Charitable Foundation, the non-profit organization that publishes this website, TheRightInsight.org.
My expertise is in the ...
therightinsight.org/Is-the-Energy-Transition-Moving-Too-Fast
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7/13/23 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
therightinsight.org/Is-There-Really-a-Climate-Emergency
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5/7/22 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
therightinsight.org/This-House-Believes-Woke-Culture-Has-Gone-Too-Far
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1/19/23 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
therightinsight.org/Lessons-Learned
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3/21/23 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
- Ed Reid
The past two years have provided unpleasant lessons for several electric utilities and their customers. The challenge remains for those utilities and the utility industry to learn from those lessons and take actions to prevent their ...
therightinsight.org/Level-Playing-Field
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1/17/23 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
- Ed Reid
Wind and solar generation are intermittent forms of renewable generation. Wind generation functions only when wind velocity is above a minimum threshold and below a maximum threshold. Solar functions only during the daytime, and then only ...
therightinsight.org/Looking-For-The-Official-Party-Line-On-Energy-Storage
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12/29/22 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
therightinsight.org/Mitigation-Adaptation
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12/6/22 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
- Ed Reid
The principal thrust of the UNFCCC and the IPCC has been on climate change mitigation through reductions in global annual emissions of CO2 and other ‘Green House Gases’ (GHGs). The focal point of their efforts has been keeping ...
therightinsight.org/My-Energy-Storage-Report-Hydrogen-As-An-Alternative-To-Batteries
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12/22/22 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
therightinsight.org/Navigating-Americas-net-zero-frontier-A-guide-for-business-leaders
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5/19/22 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
therightinsight.org/Net-Zero-Emergency-Power
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3/12/24 at 6:00 AM
- Energy Policy
- Ed Reid
Many electricity customers in all customer classes have fossil fueled emergency or standby generators which they use to power some or all of their electrical loads in the event of a grid power outage. For some commercial customers, such as ...
therightinsight.org/Net-Zero-or-Good-Enough
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3/2/23 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
From: Climate Etc.
By: Russell Schussler and Roger Caiazza
Date: February 9, 2023
Net Zero or Good Enough?
This good enough plan may get you to net zero before the more ambitious ones. It is likely to have less carbon ...
therightinsight.org/Net-Zero-Targets-Sustainable_Future-or-CO2-Obsession-Driven-Dead-end
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11/30/23 at 6:00 AM
- Energy Policy
therightinsight.org/Net-Zero-Targets-Sustainable-Future-or-CO2-Obsession-Driven-Dead-end
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12/21/23 at 6:00 AM
- Energy Policy
therightinsight.org/NETZERO-is-impeding-progress-on-UN-Sustainable-Development-Goals
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12/28/23 at 6:00 AM
- Energy Policy
therightinsight.org/New-Climate-Reality-is-Passing-New-York-By
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12/14/23 at 6:00 AM
- Energy Policy
therightinsight.org/New-Report-Highlights-Green-Failure-in-Europe-and-Warns-America
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1/11/24 at 6:00 AM
- Energy Policy
therightinsight.org/No-Coal-Storage
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4/16/24 at 6:00 AM
- Energy Policy
- Ed Reid
In a summary of a recent peer-reviewed paper, the principal author stated that an electric grid predominantly powered by intermittent renewables such as wind and solar would require storage approximately equal to 25% of annual generation to...
therightinsight.org/Not-All-Electric
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4/4/23 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
- Ed Reid
The US Energy Information Administration Annual Energy Outlook 2022 does not reflect the Administration’s Net Zero by 2050 goal, as shown in the graph below. It also does not reflect the Administration’s “All-...
therightinsight.org/Not-Zero
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3/28/23 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
- Ed Reid
The Biden Administration has set a goal of achieving Net Zero US annual CO2 emissions by 2050. To accomplish this goal, the Administration has decreed that all coal-fired electric generation would cease by 2030; and, that all natural gas ...
therightinsight.org/Offshore-Wind-Project
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6/7/22 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
- Ed Reid
Dominion Energy has proposed Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW), the first large offshore wind project in the United States. CVOW would be a 2.6 GW wind farm consisting of 176 15 MW wind turbines, 3 offshore electric substations,...
therightinsight.org/Offshore-Wind-Woes
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1/9/24 at 6:00 AM
- Energy Policy
- Ed Reid
The year, 2023, was not a good year for the offshore wind industry, which has seemingly been beset by adversity on all sides.
Supply chain disruptions, largely resulting from the COVID pandemic and national efforts to deal with the ...
therightinsight.org/On-site-Generation
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5/18/21 at 3:00 AM
- Energy Policy
- Ed Reid
On-site power generation was common in the mid-20th century for large power users with the need for high reliability power supply. These users included industrial plants running continuous processes, plants with large steam consumption, and...
therightinsight.org/Paths-to-Net-Zero
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5/9/23 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
- Ed Reid
Numerous potential paths to net zero annual CO2 emissions have been identified and discussed, including:
- Renewables plus storage
- Massively overbuilt renewables and transmission
- Renewables plus Dispatchable Emission-Free Resources (DEFR...
therightinsight.org/Pieces-of-a-Plan
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9/21/21 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
- Ed Reid
"A goal without a plan is just a wish." – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Biden Administration has yet to release a plan to reach its stated CO2 emission reduction goals for 2030, 2035 and 2050. However, the ...
therightinsight.org/Policy-Implications-Of-The-Energy-Storage-Conundrum
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1/12/23 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
therightinsight.org/Prosperity-and-Electricity
The United States faces a prosperity crisis. Increased prosperity will make it somewhat easier to resolve many of the problems that the next generation must face head-on. Reviving prosperity in the United States poses some ...
therightinsight.org/R-D-D-and-D
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2/22/22 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
- Ed Reid
The path to new technology consists of research, development, demonstration and finally deployment. Research and development frequently continue in an effort to improve the technology. However, at some point, the technology is determined to...
therightinsight.org/REALISM-OR-UTOPIANISM-A-proposal-for-reform-of-Net-Zero-policy
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2/24/22 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
therightinsight.org/Reckless-or-Ruthless
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11/30/21 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
- Ed Reid
reckless (Merriam-Webster)
: marked by lack of proper caution: careless of consequences
ruthless (Merriam-Webster)
: having no pity : merciless, cruel a ruthless tyrant
The UK and portions of the EU are currently faced with ...
therightinsight.org/Reliable-vs-Intermittent-Generation-A-Primer
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3/16/23 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
From: Master Resource
By: Bill Schneider
Date: March 1, 2023
Reliable vs. Intermittent Generation: A Primer
Part 1 --- Part 2
“Why should a thermal plant spend money in a...
therightinsight.org/Reluctant-Realization
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12/19/23 at 6:00 AM
- Energy Policy
- Ed Reid
The US federal government has set a goal of transitioning the US energy economy to a fossil-fuel-free, “all-electric everything” energy economy by 2050. This transition would require an approximate tripling of the US electricity...
therightinsight.org/Renewable-Demonstration
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3/22/22 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
- Ed Reid
I believe it is essential that at least one large scale demonstration of a completely freestanding renewable plus storage powered grid be conducted under carefully controlled conditions. This demonstration should begin as soon as possible ...
therightinsight.org/Renewable-Design
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12/7/21 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
- Ed Reid
This commentary provides a simplified overview of the process of replacing a single dispatchable powerplant with either wind or solar generation plus storage.
The powerplant to be replaced is a 1,000 MW plant, either coal or nuclear fueled...
therightinsight.org/Renewable-Experts-Undeterred-and-Unmoved-by-Failed-Ideas
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5/11/23 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
therightinsight.org/Renewable-Productivity
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4/19/22 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
- Ed Reid
The wind and solar generation systems installed in the US have been installed in the most favorable locations available, for obvious reasons. However, as wind and solar generation are expanded toward a renewable plus storage generation ...
therightinsight.org/Renewable-Transition
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1/25/22 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
- Ed Reid
The US transition to renewable electric generation is proceeding down a path which assures that electric rates will rise. Wind and solar are “source of opportunity” generators, producing electricity when the wind blows and the ...
therightinsight.org/Renewables-Responsibility
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2/13/24 at 6:00 AM
- Energy Policy
- Ed Reid
The renewable energy industry apparently believes that its responsibility in the proposed energy transition is take maximum advantage of federal and state subsidies, incentives, preferences and mandates by installing as much generating ...
therightinsight.org/RGGI-Investment-Report-Lessons-for-Cap-and-Invest-Programs
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7/20/23 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
therightinsight.org/Setting-Utility-Rates
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11/16/23 at 7:00 AM
- Energy Policy
From: Watts Up With That
By: Kevin Kitty
Date: November 5, 2023
Setting Utility Rates
Until about a year ago, I thought about public utility regulation as too boring, too far outside my education, and unrelated to my ...
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