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PM2.5: Going After Utilities is Misinformed
We are led to believe that PM2.5 particulate matter from coal-fired power plants will lead to 11,000 (or pick a number) premature deaths, as part…
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45Q
The Clean Air Task Force published its “Impact of 45Q Federal Tax Credits” report in February 2019. The report was broadly characterized as “Carbon Capture…
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Mostly Flat!
“EIA’s recently released Annual Energy Outlook 2019 projects that the U.S. electric power sector emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and carbon dioxide (CO2) will…
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New Source Performance Standard 2019
The Valmont Generating Station in Boulder, Colo. The single remaining coal-fired unit at the plant is scheduled to be retired in 2017. Valmont will continue…
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“We’re Wasting Time!”
The U.S. Energy Information Agency recently published their estimate of the Power Sector CO2 emissions in 2017 at 1,744 MMmt, claiming a 28% reduction from…
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The future of gas turbines. Is there one?
No question, the gas turbine business is on its heels! The price of oil, combined with the move to renewables has been punishing on the…
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EIA Annual Energy Outlook January 2018
The EIA released their Annual Energy Outlook for 2018 in January. The forecast includes 10 different cases/scenarios, visible in the table generated using their browser…
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Grid Scale UPS System
Most of us are familiar with the “Duck” and the need to manage its impact on the grid. As we make progress toward the Renewable…
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Grid Stabilization or Enabling Renewables?
The DOE’s recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR), advertised as “Grid Stabilization”, was immediately demonized by the Renewables Community as a subsidy for Coal and…
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The EIA Has Resorted to CO2 Intensity in their 2017 WW Forecast
The EIA just released the International Energy Outlook for 2017 and declared that Carbon Intensity is projected to continue to fall in the Reference Case. I looked for…