Empowering Viewers with Energy Knowledge. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. The guest is Jay Fidell. As we recap the series of show and episode highlights, we discuss the benefits of being the vehicle of delivery for this industry knowledge and best practices to the viewers. The hope was always to equip the […]
Power Systems for the Rest of us – Pt 2 (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 […]
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 […]
EIA Energy Outlook 2023 (Perspectives on Energy)
Where we Are Now and will be by 2050. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. The US Energy Information Administration recently issue the Annual Energy Outlook for 2023 along with projections into 2050. Though it shows where we are now and where we are trending, it still illustrates a rather overly optimistic view […]
Comparing Notes on Clean Energy Around the Country (Hawaii: State Of Clean Energy)
What Should Hawaii Know About What’s Going on. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Guillermo Sabatier. Guillermo Sabatier of HSI, host of ThinkTech’s Energy Perspective series, helps us understand the importance of capacity and reliability in clean energy development, and the need to resist those players in the marketplace that […]
HALEU – High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (Perspectives on Energy)
A New Era of Nuclear Power is Coming. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. As the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission work to get the commercial use of High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium – HALEU – on the horizon, many in the legacy nuclear industry are still not quite up to speed […]
MARVEL – Micro Reactor Design Milestone (Perspectives on Energy)
Reaching Final Step. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy Microreactor Applications Research Validation and Evaluation (MARVEL) Project has achieved reached 90 percent of its final design, a key step that will allow the project to move forward with fabrication and construction. Given the recent […]
Pumped Storage Plants – Did we Forget (Perspectives on Energy)
Thinking Beyond Batteries, Again. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. As the industry evolves and transitions toward a larger share of its generation supplied by renewable resources, we are still plagued with the persistent issues of variability and excess supply. The prevailing opinion on managing this issue is to utilize energy storage systems, […]
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 […]
Role of Natural Gas in Energy Transition (Perspectives on Energy)
What the Future Holds for Natural Gas. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. As the electric utility and energy industry moves towards reducing carbon emissions, the role of natural gas is becoming ever more important in spite of being a fossil fuel. Given the need for reliability and dispatchability in response to renewable […]