Reliability, Cost Threaten Policy Goals. The host for this show is Joe Kent. The guest is Isaac Orr. Hawaii’s goal of 100% renewable energy by 2045 is intended to limit the state’s carbon footprint and decrease global warming, but recent events have highlighted some drawbacks related to reliability and cost. Isaac Orr, a policy fellow […]
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 […]