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 […]
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 […]
Small Modular Reactors and Co-ops (Perspectives on Energy)
Feasibility Studies Are Underway for SMRs. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. There is no question that the push for zero carbon emissions in electricity generation will need nuclear energy in their portfolio, to bridge the gap between renewables and fossil-fueled dispatchable generation. There are several utilities and cooperatives in Alaska that are […]
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, […]
Renewables and Grid Reliability (Perspectives on Energy)
Impact of Renewable Variability. The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier. Given the rapid deployment of renewable energy resources, their impact on the electric grid has become of increasing concern for system reliability. One of the reasons for this issue is their severe variability issues and how that forces conventional generators to respond. The […]