Fundamentals and Basics. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. As discussions and debates heat up on renewable resources and replacing fossil fuel burning power plants with solar and wind, the topic of reliability and economics is often lost in the shuffle and the point is usually muddled in those conversations if it is […]
Power Systems for the Rest of us (Perspectives on Energy)
Fundamentals and Basics. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. As discussions and debates heat up on renewable resources and replacing fossil fuel burning power plants with solar and wind, the topic of reliability and economics is often lost in the shuffle and the point is usually muddled in those conversations if it is […]
Grid Storage and Blackouts (Perspectives on Energy)
Batteries Used as Grid Forming Resources. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. As renewable resource variability has a well-documented impact on grid reliability, and Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) still beyond the commercially available horizon, utility scale batteries and their associated inverter-based technologies may not only smooth out that variability, but also serve as […]
Energy Imbalance Markets and Reliability (Perspectives on Energy)
Renewable Variability Managed Through EIMs. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. One of the most pressing reliability challenges posed by renewable resources is their variability. Besides causing reliability concerns, it also has an impact on economics and real time energy pricing as it may force base load generation to redispatch or even cycle […]
Grid Reliability Concerns (Perspectives on Energy)
Solar, Wind and Risk. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. As the industry commissions a growing number of utility scale solar and wind projects, larger entities have the ability to manage and mitigate the effects of premature retirements of base load generation in favor of renewables. Unfortunately, smaller entities such as cooperatives and […]
Electrical System Blackout in Pakistan (Perspectives on Energy)
Electric Infrastructure and Reliability. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. The nation of Pakistan recently suffered a systemwide blackout of most of its electrical grid. Though it has been mostly restored, the root cause analysis is well underway but early indications point to a frequency collapse. The question that looms now is how […]
Europe’s Energy Crisis is a near Miss (Perspectives on Energy)
Is Europe’s Energy Crisis over. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. Europe has managed to avoid a serious energy crisis for now, thanks mostly to unusually warm weather and procuring other sources of LNG after Russia cut off supply. Unfortunately, winter is not yet over and current energy prices, even with price caps, […]
We Can’t Legislate Renewables as Imagined (Perspectives on Energy)
Reliance on Renewables and Reliability. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. Go to HSI.com for more information As we have seen energy concerns play out this week, it is becoming painfully evident that a shift towards 100% renewables cannot happen as legislated by wishful thinkers. California and parts of the western United States […]
New Training Needs of the Energy Industry (Perspectives on Energy)
How we Train New Energy Industry Pros. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. The guest is Rocky Sease. A conversation with Rocky Sease, VP of Industrials Skills at HSI and founder of SOS Intl, explores the changing makeup of the utility industry employee. Additionally, it also explores the impact on who is being […]